Gardens, Lawns and Landscapes Series: Growing Edible Plants
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Growing Edible Plants
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.
This is NOT an Extension Master Gardener℠ certification course. If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener volunteer, please contact the Extension Master Gardener Coordinator in your county for information on training requirements and volunteer opportunities.
Each course in the series includes:
- Hands-on activities,
- Presentations by experts around the state
- Videos
- Slide presentations
- Embedded interactive questions
You can complete the courses at your own pace during the six-week course. You will have access to the interactive version of the Extension Gardener Handbook forever!
Topics
- Vegetable Gardening: garden types and techniques, garden organization, 4-season veggie production, succession, seeds, transplants, irrigation, weed and pest management, harvesting considerations.
- Organic Gardening: principles of organic gardening, fertility management, cover crops, green manure, organic weed control, organic insect and disease control, record keeping.
- Small Fruit Production: strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, grapes, kiwis.
- Tree Fruit and Nuts Production: site selection, tree selection, planting, nutrient management, mulching, pruning, and training, fruit thinning, pest management, and harvest tips.
Fees
- Regular Tuition: $149
- Discounts:
- Early Bird discount of $10 off the regular price (applied automatically when you register 4 or more weeks before 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 Professional discount of $99 off the regular price: Request the discount code via email to eg-online-classes@ncsu.edu from your work email account.
Click Here to Register for this Class.
The class term is May 1 to Jun 15, 2025