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Mission Statement
The Extension Service responds to the needs and interests of people in urban agriculture/horticulture, the environment, family and consumer sciences and 4-H and youth in Cobb County with unbiased research-based education.
About Cobb County Extension Service
The Cobb County Extension Service provides trainings, programs, resources and services as the educational outreach of the University of Georgia . The Cooperative Extension Service came into existence on a national level in 1914 with the passage by Congress of the Smith-Lever Act. The purpose of the Extension Service has always been to provide unbiased research-based information from the land-grant university in each state to the people of the United States by working cooperatively with county governments. The strength of the Cobb County Extension Service is found in the department's identification of local issues that fit within its mission. The department works collaboratively to address those issues. Working with other groups and agencies that have regulatory authority, but no educational delivery system, the Cobb County Extension Service provides the educational component without duplicating services. Local empowerment by the people and grass roots program planning ensures that programs offered by the Cobb County Extension Service are needed and relevant.
Urban Agriculture/Horticulture
The Horticulture staff has broad and varied training and experience. The Horticulture staff consists of one horticulture extension agent and several horticulture program assistants plus a dynamic and growing group of certified Master Gardeners.
The staff fields a broad range of questions over the phone and from walk in clients. The topics range from weeds, bugs, plant diseases to cultural requirements. Free seminars are provided to the public relative to current growing times or conditions. Answers to many questions can be found in one of the hundreds of pamphlets on hand. To contact the Horticulture Department of the Cobb County Extension Service, call 770-528-4070.
