Extension Gardener Handbook: Top Hat Interactive Version
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Collapse ▲In partnership with Top Hat Monocle, we have created an online, interactive version of the NC Extension Gardener Handbook.
The Entire Handbook is Available Online
Formatted like the hardcover book
This 728-page book provides practical tools like:
- 1,067 color images
- Detailed graphics, charts, and diagrams
- 109 tables, including 5 diagnostic tables
- Integrated Pest Management case studies
- Frequently asked questions
- Specific management strategies for insects, diseases, weeds, and other pests.
Written by a team of the state’s leading horticulture experts, it contains a wealth of information to support you in creating and managing thriving gardens, lawns, and landscapes. This book is essential for serious gardeners in North Carolina and the Southeast.
This online interactive version includes:
- Reader’s guides
- The ability to highlight text and take notes
- Rollover glossary
- Each botanical name is linked directly to the specific plant profile in the NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Videos
- Slide decks
- Embedded interactive check your knowledge questions
- Homework assignments
- Quizzes and an Exam
Once you enroll in the Top Hat class, the interactive version of the handbook is yours for life.
Examples of embedded Resources
All Botanical Names are Linked to the Plant Toolbox
Curated images, each with the photographer and the Creative Commons license identified.
[Figure 5-3] Image Courtesy of honey-bee under CC-BY-2.0
Videos embedded within the text
Interactive check-your-knowledge exercises integrated throughout the book
- Slide Decks for each chapter.
Rollover Glossary
Instructional resources: readers’ guides, handouts, quizzes, and exams.
This is the textbook for the Garden and Landscape Online Course Series and the NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program initial training.
For individual self-study, purchase a copy of the interactive handbook,
School: Extension Gardener
Top Hat Join Code: 275675
This content is also available in other formats including Hardcover books, and online. More Information on the Extension Gardener Handbook
There is also a Teacher’s guide with Instructional Resources.
For more information, contact Lucy_Bradley@ncsu.edu, NC State