Requirement
5. Visit an extension office, university, nursery, farm, garden or arboretum
Required
One visit from a wide list, and a report on what you learned. Made early it is also where you get local advice on varieties, sowing dates and the pests in requirement 7.
Notes and warnings
Note. Make this visit early. A county extension office, nursery, farm, botanical garden or arboretum will tell you the sowing dates, the varieties and the pests for your own area (which feeds requirements 2, 4 and 7), and the report to your counselor is required anyway.
Where this step comes from
- Gardening Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 5