Master Gardener Volunteers Help Grow Gardening Resources
Thanks to contributions from many Master Gardener℠ volunteers, two great resources are now available to gardeners and horticultural educators: …
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Self-Study Plant ID Classes
New for 2022! We are now offering CONDENSED, COMPLETELY ASYNCHRONOUS self-study versions of our popular online Plant ID classes, offered …
Self-Paced, Online Plant ID Classes Beginning March 21!
NC Extension Gardener is pleased to be partnering with Longwood Gardens, one of the premier botanical gardens in the …
Plant Toolbox Keeps Getting Better With Help From Master Gardener Volunteers
The Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox is a one-stop shop for plant information that contains more than 4,500 plant profiles, each …
Master Gardener Volunteers Help Grow Online Gardening Courses
NC State Extension offers a growing number of self-paced, non-credit online courses in plant identification and therapeutic horticulture. Master Gardener …
Promoting Pollinators and Native Plants
Pollinators are critical for fruitful gardens, productive farms, and healthy ecosystems, but pollinator populations are in decline in many …
Plants Do That: Health
Take a look at the research behind this and other ways that gardening improves health. Plants do that-health-master National Initiative for …
Plants Do That! Good Habits
Take a look at the research behind this and other ways that gardening improves health. Plants do that-health-master From the National …
NC Extension Gardener Handbook, 2nd Edition Now Available!
This national award-winning handbook, developed especially for Master Gardener℠ Volunteers and home gardeners is full of research-based information on gardening …
Plants Do That! Nutrition
Take a look at the research behind this and other ways that gardening improves health. Plants do …
Preventing and Managing Ice and Snow Damage to Landscape Plants
Preparing Landscapes for Snow and Ice Snow in the Carolinas is often heavy, piling up on plants sometimes breaking limbs and …
Plants Do That! Exercise
Gardening is a great way to meet your New Year’s exercise goals. Take a look at the research behind this …
How to Use a Plant Name to Search the EG Toolbox for the Plant Profile, Images, and Videos
plants.ces.ncsu.edu Type a plant name into the search box to bring up the plant profile. You may use botanical …
Getting Dirty in Your Garden - Extension Master Gardener Radio Show and Podcast - Interview of Byron Schermerhorn
Charles Murphy, Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer from Durham County interviews Byron Schermerhorn, a wildlife habitat certified consultant. Listen to …
Keep It Clean: Practices for Healthy Vegetable Gardens
Good Gardening Practices 1. Choose disease-resistant varieties of vegetables if possible. Do not purchase vegetable transplants with yellow or distorted …
Holiday Cacti - What's the Difference?
In terms of plants, the holidays often bring to mind images of Fraser fir and poinsettias. Many of us …
The Worst Thing You Could Do to Grapes in Unseasonable Warm Winter Weather . . .
According to former NC State Extension Specialist, Dr. Sara Spayd, Don’t be tempted to prune after a few beautiful, unseasonably-warm …
Look Who Came to Breakfast!
I woke up to find this guy in the front yard gorging on persimmons. It is an opossum (Didelphis …
New Course in Therapeutic Hort Program Development Starts January 10!
NEW Course in Therapeutic Horticulture Program Development Starts January 10, 2022 Registration & More Info NC State University Department of Horticultural Science …
Creating a Defensible Space to Protect Your Home From Wildfire
There are a number of steps that you can take to protect your home from Wildfire. Create a defensible …