Gardening Classes
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Collapse ▲2025 Haywood Gardener: Learn to Grow Series
Are you interested in learning more about gardening? Come take a class with N.C. Cooperative Extension of Haywood County. The Learn to Grow series and Lifelong Gardening classes provide our community with information presented by Horticulture Agent, Rachel Douglas and NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ (EMG) volunteers on a full variety of home gardening topics. Classes provide research-based, unbiased information on current garden, fruits, and landscape practices.
All Learn to Grow classes will be held at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Haywood County Center located at 589 Raccoon Road in Waynesville. Pre-registration is required and classes cost $10. You may register below via an online form or by calling 828-456-3575. Register soon, as class sizes are limited. Registration for each individual class opens approximately one month before the class date.
Beginning 2025, attendance at 3 or more Learn to Grow classes will be a prerequisite to the Extension Master Gardener program in Haywood County. If you would like to know more, please read our page on becoming an EMG volunteer in Haywood County.
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Register Here for Fall Vegetable Gardening!
Take your vegetable gardening skills to the next level by learning how to grow vegetables into the cooler temperatures of fall. Bonnie Refinski-Knight, an EMG volunteer, will discuss how to select vegetables for fall gardening, how to plan a fall garden for maximum harvest, and how to keep your vegetables and garden soil healthy. Participants will have an opportunity to start fall vegetable seeds to transplant later in their own garden.
Composting
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Registration will be posted in July.
Composting is the process by which microbes convert organic materials, leaves, kitchen scraps, and garden waste into a valuable product which, when used on gardens, lawns, and houseplants, results in healthier plant growth. Composting also reduces waste, improves soil structure, adds nutrients to the soil, and suppresses plant diseases, weeds and pests. Presented by EMG volunteer, Bonnie Refinski-Knight.
Gardening Techniques
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Registration will be posted in August.
EMG volunteer Jim Janke will discuss planting and pruning trees and shrubs, his favorite labor-saving garden tools, the importance of recording rainfall, and other garden-related topics.
Growing Ornamentals
Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Registration will be posted in September.
Please also consider attending free classes at other locations around Haywood County where Extension Master Gardener volunteers will be guest speakers.
Maggie Valley Community Garden
Maggie Valley Community Garden is hosting classes at the First Baptist Church in Maggie Valley (3634 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, NC 28751). Master Gardener volunteers, as guest speakers, will present a lesson lasting approx. 1 hour. This will be followed by outdoor demonstrations approx. 30 minutes at the Maggie Valley Community Garden. Please note: The community garden is a short walk from the parking lot on uneven grassy terrain.
Check back for future class dates and topics!
Haywood County Public Library – Both Waynesville & Canton Locations
Please contact the library to register for classes held there.
Check out the library calendar for latest offerings!
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, N.C. Cooperative Extension will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Please direct accommodation requests to: Rachel Douglas, rachel_douglas@ncsu.edu or 828-456-3575. Requests can be served more effectively if notice is provided at least 10 days before the event.