This fully online, asynchronous course is part of a series of Garden and Landscape Courses offered by The North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science.
You can complete the courses at your own pace within the six-week term. You will have access to the interactive version of the Extension Gardener Handbook forever!
Each course in the series includes:
- Hands-on activities,
- Recorded presentations by experts around the state
- Videos
- Slide presentations
- Embedded interactive questions
Topics
- Landscape Design: six steps to a design, design concepts, applying design principles
- Herbaceous Ornamentals: annuals, biennials, perennials, flowering bulbs, wildflowers, all the steps for successful selection, planting, and maintenance
- Woody Ornamentals: selection, planting, mulches, pruning, maintenance, and managing common problems
- Native Plants: North Carolina ecological regions, why choose native plants, principles of gardening with native plants
- Plants Grown in Containers: potting mixes, substrates, growing media, outdoor and indoor plants, pest management
- You can download a one-page summary of this course.
Fees
- Regular Tuition: $149
- 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.
This is not an Extension Master Gardener℠ certification course. 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.
Registration
The next class term is March 15 to April 31, 2026. Click on this link to Reporter to enroll in this class. Register before February 15, 2026, to get the early-bird discount.
If you can't enroll in the March class, the same class will be offered again from July 15 to August 31, 2026. Click on this link to Reporter to enroll in this class. Register before June 15, 2026, to get the early-bird discount.
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