2019 NC State Extension Gardener Travel Study Adventure in Tuscany, Italy
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2019 Spring Extension Gardener Newsletter Available Now
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NC Extension Gardener Handbook Is 40% Off During UNC Press Sale
Only $36 until June 30, 2019, and if you spend $75 you get free shipping! Use the discount code 01DAH40. 728 pages, …
Introduction to the NC State Extension Plants Database
Take a quick tour to understand how the information and images are organized and then visit the NC State Extension Plants …
Learn What is in the Extension Gardener Portal, and How to Find it Fast!
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This 2-minute video introduces you to the online version of the handbook and provides suggestions for searching quickly. NC Extension …
Edibles, Bulbs, and Houseplants - a 6-Week, Online, Self-Paced, Plant ID Class Starting March 4, 2019
Through photo-stories, video presentations, online plant profiles, an e-book, flash-cards, vocabulary games, mystery plants, and hundreds of beautiful images …
Learn to Identify Annuals, Perennials, Vines, and Groundcovers: Online Course Begins March 4, 2019
Join us in this introduction to Plant Identification. You will learn 45 plants and the botanical vocabulary to describe …
2019 Private Pesticide Applicators Meetings
The Avery County Cooperative Extension Center will be hosting five private pesticide applicators meetings for the 2019 pesticide license …
NC State Partners With Longwood Gardens to Offer 2019 Online Plant Identification Classes
Fun, 6-Week, Online, Asynchronous, Non-credit Courses for Gardeners. Learn to describe and identify plants widely used throughout the country. NC …
Rave Reviews for the NC Extension Gardener Handbook
The NC Extension Gardener Handbook, published on April Fools day 2018, has sold 2,366 hard copies, 27 e-books, and …
NC Extension Gardener Handbook: A Great Gift in Hardback or eBook
This new national award-winning book has everything you want to know about gardening in the South East. 728 pages, …
NC Extension Gardener Handbook
Now available from UNC Press: North Carolina Extension Gardner Handbook HARDCOVER: $60 DIGITAL VERSION: $50 Published: April 2018 728 pp., 8.5 x 11 1067 color plates, …
Extension Specialists in Horticulture, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Soils Crafted the Extension Gardener Handbook
North Carolina State Extension Specialists in horticulture, entomology, plant pathology, soils, plant biology, crops, forestry and environmental resources, and …
2018 Spring Extension Gardener Newsletter
Check out the latest edition of the Extension Gardener Newsletter STATE NEWS Water quality and lawn care Carolina Sweetheart™ Florence fennel Beneficial insects Ask an …
Extension Horticulture Agents Took the Lead on the Extension Gardener Handbook
Extension horticulture agents across the state took the lead in shaping the content for the chapters in The …
Winter Edition of Extension Gardener Newsletter Now Available
2018 Winter Issue Extension Gardener Click on the link below to take you to your region specific edition: Eastern: Sandhills & Coastal Plain Central: Piedmont Western: …
Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Contribute Expertise, Experience, Talent and Time to the Extension Gardener Handbook Project
Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers shouldered the lion’s share of hours on The North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook project over the …
NC Extension Gardener Handbook Wins National Award!
The American Society of Horticultural Science recently awarded the NC Extension Gardener Handbook the 2017 Outstanding Book Award. Congratulations to the entire …
Getting Dirty in Your Garden-Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Podcast-Interview of Stefan Bloodworth
Charles Murphy, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer in Durham County, interviews Stefan Bloodworth who is curator of the Blomquist Native …
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