Plant Health Advising Help Desk

Lawn & Garden Questions?

Serving Kenosha, Milwaukee & Racine Counties

Get your lawn & garden questions answered by our WI Master Gardener Volunteers serving at the Plant Health Advising (PHA) Offices in Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine Counties in Wisconsin.

Services: Plant diagnosis, plant disease testing*, garden related insect identification, soil testing*, landscape & gardening info, and plant identification.

*- cost associated for testing, call/email for more info.

Call/text: 608-298-6945 (Monday to Friday) and leave a voice message. We will return your call as soon as possible.

Email: planthealth.advisors@extension.wisc.edu

Walk-in Diagnosis PHA Locations:

  • Milwaukee County: Boerner Botanical Garden, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, WI 53130
    • Tuesday through Friday (May – October): 1.00 P.M. to 3.30 P.M

Plant & insect sample Drop Box: (Monday – Friday, Hours vary by location)

Locations:

  • Kenosha County: Extension Kenosha County, Kenosha County Center, 19600-75th Street, Suite 2, Bristol, WI 53104
  • Milwaukee County: Boerner Botanical Garden, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, WI 53130

Lawn & Garden Resources

Lawn & Garden Fact Sheets – Hort team          All Fact Sheets List – PDDC
Lawn & Garden Publications
Plant ID & Insect ID Links
UW Madison Plant Disease, Insect, Turf, Soil Labs
Certified Arborist, State Agencies, Green Industries
Plant Weather Forecast Models

 

For Plant Health Advising Master Gardener Volunteers: Diagnostic inquiry trees, turf, insect, flowers

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