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Lee County Center
plants in a parking lot

Plant List Drop!- Pollinator Plant Sale is Friday, April 24!

Come Shop Our Native Pollinator Plants (cash or check ONLY) and Support the Pollinator Haven Garden!Find the perfect additions to your home landscape!We’ve been busy dividing, potting, and nurturing…

Lee County Center
orange flowers in a field

2026 "Pollinator Seed Mix" Meadow Project

What's Going OnWe are transforming what was once a 'dead patch' adjacent to the Garden into a vibrant, annual wildflower display. We didn't start out intending to prepare the site, but we are turning…

Lee County Center
volunteer sitting in a chair next to a large white flowers plant counting insects on a clipboard

Research and Community Science in the Pollinator Haven Garden

The Garden as a Living LaboratoryThe Pollinator Haven Garden is an Extension Demonstration Garden located at the McSwain Center in Lee County, NC. With its Extension mission in mind, the Garden…

Forsyth County Center
Flyer showing We are Hiring an Extension Agent for Consumer Horticulture in Forsyth County. Details included in the news story.

New! - We're hiring - Extension Agent, Horticulture

Join North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Forsyth County! We are seeking a dedicated individual to provide an effective educational program in Consumer Horticulture, managing a large Extension…

Lee County Center
wooden planter container with mixed plants

Container Gardening Class Series Inspired by Lee County Ag Week 2026 “Together We Grow” Theme

Celebrate Lee County Ag Week 2026! This year’s theme, "Together We Grow," is a call to action for every resident—whether you have a hundred-acre farm or a small apartment balcony.In Lee County, we…

Lee County Center
boxes of invasive wisteria for sale at local store

Wisteria: A Beautiful Beast in Our Forests

If you drive through Lee County right now, you’ll see a purple haze clinging to the treelines. While it is undeniably beautiful and smells incredible, this is the spring bloom of Japanese Wisteria…

Bladen County Center
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Spring 2026 Edition of “The Carolina Sandhills Gardener” Horticulture Newsletter Now Available!

The Spring 2026 edition of The Carolina Sandhills Gardener Horticulture Newsletter is now available!Click the link below to view.2026 Spring Sandhills Newsletter - Bladen County Edition.pdf

Caswell County Center
Beautiful blue hydrangeas: learn how to take care of hydrangeas this year

Ag Chat: Taking Care of Hydrangeas for the Upcoming Year

Ag Chat from 3/25/26: Taking Care of Hydrangeas for the Upcoming YearFrom our Field Crops/Horticulture Agent, Matt SolomonWhen wanting to know how and when you should be pruning your Hydrangeas for…

Lee County Center
rosemary plant is dried and brown from winter wind

Winter Damage in the Summer?

March is famous for coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb, but in Lee County, it often feels like it can’t decide whether it wants to be arctic or tropical. This "weather whiplash" is…

Lee County Center
red flowered deciduous azalea in full flower in a yard in lee county

Honeysuckle Azaleas: A sweet-smelling native shrub for every yard

I attended a gardening lecture several years ago by a nurseryman friend of mine. He titled his presentation “Pretty, pretty pictures” and proceeded to wow us with the beauty of deciduous azaleas.…