New Webform Helps Gardeners get Answers

Launched on September 1, a new webform at extension.unh.edu/ask provides the public with a better way to get answers to their most vexing gardening questions. Through the webform, anyone can ask a detailed question and send photos to the Yard and Garden Education Center, where a seasoned volunteer or Extension staff member will respond and research the issue if necessary.  

The new webform is part of a national platform called “Ask Extension” that is used by dozens of other Extension programs at universities across the nation.  New Hampshire users can search the platform’s vast knowledgebase of questions from others.       

“We are excited to work with this system because it efficiently connects our clients to an incredible amount of trusted information,” says Sean O’Brien, Yard and Garden program manager at the Center. “Our clients will still benefit from real New Hampshire experts answering their questions, but now they have access to a lot more.”   

With the addition of this system, the Center will cease answering questions emailed to  answers@unh.edu and inquires to that address will automatically receive a reply with a link to the new webform. The Education Center will still respond to phone calls, social media messages and walk-ins at 329 Mast Rd, Suite 115, Goffstown, NH.