Learn to grow edibles and ornamentals, including everything from soil cultivation to design, plant selection, lawn and garden care, pest management, and more.
Take the complete series or take just the courses you want. Each non-credit course is complete in itself. There are no prerequisites, and the classes can be taken in any order. You will have hands-on activities (done in your landscape and garden), videos, slides, each botanical name is linked to its profile in the Plant Toolbox, a roll-over glossary, and lifetime access to the Top Hat interactive version of the North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook. You can download a one-page summary of the series.
These are not Extension Master Gardener℠ certification courses. If you are interested in becoming an Extension Master Gardener volunteer, please contact the Extension Master Gardener Coordinator in your county for information on training requirements and volunteer opportunities.
Detailed information on each course:
- GLL1 Soil and Plant Fundamentals Sep. 15 to Oct 31, 2026
- GLL2 Growing Edible Plants Mar. 15 to Apr. 30, 2026, and again from Jul. 15 to Aug. 31, 2026
- GLL3 Pest & Disease Management May. 15 to Jun. 30, 2026
- GLL4 Landscape Materials & Design Mar. 15 to Apr. 30 and again from Jul. 15 to Aug. 31, 2026
- GLL5 Lawn Management & Weeds May 15 to Jun. 30 and again from Sep. 15 to Oct. 31, 2026
By Term
- Mar. 15 to Apr. 30, 2026: Growing Edible Plants AND Landscape Materials & Design
- May 15 to Jun. 30, 2026: Pest & Disease Management AND Lawn Management & Weeds
- Jul. 15 to Aug 31, 2026: Landscape Materials & Design AND Growing Edible Plants
- Sep. 15 to Oct. 31, 2026: Lawn Management & Weeds AND Soil & Plant Fundamentals
Fees
- Regular Tuition: $149 per course
- Discounts:
- Complete Series: Register for all five courses for one price of $499 (that’s a savings of $246 off the regular tuition). No additional discounts apply. Follow this link to Reporter to enroll in the complete series.
- Early Bird discount of $10 off the regular price (applied automatically when you register 4 or more weeks before the course start date).
- Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer discount of $30 off the regular price: Contact your volunteer coordinator/agent for the discount code. If they do not have the code, ask them to send a request via email to eg-online-classes@ncsu.edu from their work email account.
- Extension staff discount of $99 off the regular price: Request the discount code via email to eg-online-classes@ncsu.edu from your work email account.
Registration
To register for all five classes in the series, follow this link to Reporter.
