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Online, Interactive Extension Gardener Handbook Now Has Videos
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Growing Minds Field Trip a Favorite
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Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Botanical Gardens at UNC Asheville
- Bullington Horticultural Learning Center
- JC Raulston Arboretum
- NC Soil Testing Lab
County Extension Programs
Information Portals
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- Blueberries
- Composting
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Gardener
- Gardening in North Carolina (Urban Horticulture)
- Horticulture
- Muscadine Grapes
- NC Community Gardens
- Therapeutic Horticulture
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Fruit Crops
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- Urban Wildlife
- Wildlife Extension
National eXtension Resources
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