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Register Now for a Summer Tour of the Pollinator Paradise Garden!
Summer tours of North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden in Pittsboro start at the end of June! The tours …
Five Blueberry Facts
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Learn More About Insects, Diseases, and Weeds Found in Your Yard in June
JUNE Watch Video Join Entomologist, Dr. Matt Bertone, and Plant Pathologist, Mike Munster to explore insects and plant diseases found in …
View Webinar Recording: A Homeowner's Guide to Pollinator Friendly Mosquito Management
The North Carolina Pollinator Conservation Alliance conducted a webinar on May 25, 2021, entitled “A Homeowner’s Guide to Pollinator …
Enjoy an April Virtual Tour of the Pollinator Paradise Garden!
Pollinator Paradise is a Demonstration Garden created by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center. Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos …
Butternut Squash
Historically, breeders focused on the needs of commercial farmers to maximize the number of squash per plant, the size …
Free Virtual Gardening Classes
Want to know how to get the most from your vegetable garden – or maybe just grow a few …
Register Now for a Spring Tour of the Pollinator Paradise Garden!
Spring tours of North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden in Pittsboro start next week! The tours are led by …
The Carolina Backyard Naturalist Program
North Carolina is growing at twice the rate of the national average, with a projected population of 10.5 million …
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THANK YOU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers!!
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With the arrival of spring, more of us are getting outside to enjoy the pleasant weather and new life …
Advisory Members Are Volunteers Too: Eight Ways to Recognize Your Advisory Members for National Volunteer Week
Volunteers have always been the key to success for Cooperative Extension. From its inception more than 100 years ago, …
Homeowner's Guide to Managing Diseases
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Share the Harvest 2021
Share the Harvest will begin its tenth (10th) year on May 24, 2021, and needs your help, now more …
Passalong Plant Sale 2021
Don’t Miss the Passalong Plant Sale! It’s time for the NC Extension Master Gardener Volunteers’ Annual Passalong Plant Sale. The Passalong …
Plant Disease and Insect issues in Your Yard in April
APRIL Start Video Join Entomologist, Dr. Matt Bertone, and Plant Pathologist, Mike Munster to explore insects and plant diseases found …
Register Now for Climate Webinar on April 26
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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
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- NC Community Gardens
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