Register Now for Beginner Beekeeping Course 2020
The Guilford County Beekeepers Association and the North Carolina Extension Service will offer the Beginners Beekeeping Course series starting in …
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2019 Local Food Guide Now Available!
This Local Food Guide is designed to make consumers aware of the benefits of buying and eating local food …
Guilford Gardener Course and NC State Extension Master Gardener Program
There will be a spring series of classes called Guilford Gardener and then the Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer classes …
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Ahead of expected busy fall wildfire season, fire officials urge caution and offer tips for prevention. RALEIGH – As we …
Register Now for Fall Gardening Classes
2019 EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER Educational Classes Want to know how to make your winter garden spectacular? Want to have the …
It's Tick Season!
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Soil Testing Information for Homeowners
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Japanese Beetles and Their Control
While I was walking in the parking lot the other day I walked past a plant and I noticed …
Homegrown, a New Educational Video Series From NC State Extension
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Lady Beetles Coming Inside
The multicolored Asian lady beetle has invaded many homes recently and these smelly pests have caused many headaches leaving …
Heirloom Vegetables and Seeds
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Community Gardens
- Collard Greens and Common Ground: A North Carolina Community Food Gardening Handbook
- Community Gardens
- Garden Wise April 2018
- GCS Employees Work with Community and School Gardens for Share the Harvest of Guilford County
- School Garden Network
- Share the Harvest of Guilford County
Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
- Become an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer
- Extension Gardener Handbook
- Garden Help - Questions & Answers
- Guilford County Extension's Master Gardener Volunteer Program Information
Extension Master Gardeners
Gardening with Children
- FoodCorps
- Grow Your Own Pizza Garden
- Grow Your Own Salad Garden
- Grow Your Own Stir-Fry Garden
- Grow Your Own Taco Garden
- Kids Gardening Commercial
- School Garden Network
Guilford County Extension Demonstration Garden
- Demonstration Garden Virtual Tour
- Extension Demonstration Garden- Piedmont Planters Blog
- Guilford county EMGV Pollinators Blog
- Mulches in the Landscape
- Shade Gardening
- Vegetable Gardening
- We Dig Pollinators
- Winter interest Garden
Guilford County Extension's FoodCorps Program
- FoodCorps makes ranch dressing with WGHP Fox 8 morning anchors
- United Healthcares School Garden Build, Supporting Guilford County Extension's program
- WGHP Fox 8 Childrens Gardening Commercial
Guilford Garden Journals
- GGJ - Drip Irrigation
- GGJ - Raised Bed Gardening
- GGJ - Stop Crape Murder- How to Properly Prune Crape Myrtles
- GGJ -Winterizing Your Motorized Yard and garden Equipment
- Monthly Garden Tips
Information Portals
- Blackberries and Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Composting
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Gardener
- Gardening in North Carolina (Urban Horticulture)
- Horticulture
- Muscadine Grapes
- NC Community Gardens
- Therapeutic Horticulture
Local Food Guide
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More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Fruit Crops
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- Urban Wildlife
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- Gardens and Landscapes
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- Water Conservation for Lawn and Landscape
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