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Celebrating the Lee County Master Gardener Volunteers: 30 Years Continued

This article was written by Gail Griffin, Class of 1996, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer with North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Lee County.The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Lee…

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2025 Was a Record Year for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census in Lee County

On the cusp of 2026, we are reflecting on the great success we had in Lee County through the Great Southeast Pollinator Census (GSEPC) in 2025. North Carolina has much to celebrate! The 2025 GSEPC…

Count pollinators on Fri Aug 22 and Sat Aug 23 — learn where: go.ncsu.edu/leecopollinatorcensus2025

Help Lee County Count Pollinators in the 2025 Great Southeast Pollinator Census!

Join Lee County to help count pollinators in our community on Friday, August 22, and Saturday, August 23. You can Count on your own and you can learn more about that at the Great Southeast Pollinator…

Get to Know the Insects! Free insect identification webinar — July 10, 2025, 1–3 P.M., Zoom

Insect Identification Webinar Is Set to Help You Count in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census

Do you want to help count pollinators during the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, but you don't know if you are looking at a bee, wasp or fly? This is the webinar for you!This free statewide…

Great Southeast Pollinator Census webinar - Aug 14, 2025, 1-3 p.m.

Registration Is Open for the 2025 Knowledge Is Pollinator Power: A Census Pep Rally

We are so excited to be hosting the third annual Knowledge is Pollinator Power Webinar in 2025! Registration is free and open to the public!This free statewide webinar, part education session and…

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Sign Up to Help in the Pollinator Haven Garden 2025

Join us! Want to get your hands in the soil? Want to learn some weeds? Need to get a shovel into the ground and divide some plants? Do you like to prune or cutback woody and perennials? We have a lot…

Therapeutic Horticulture Garden Craft Gathering — Mar 14, 2025, Sanford, NC; free registration

Therapeutic Horticulture Garden Crafting Group in Lee County

The Extension Master Gardener volunteers of Lee County welcome community members to the inaugural Therapeutic Horticulture Garden Craft Gathering. All are welcome, especially veterans, caregivers,…

Tracie in PollExtension Master Gardener Volunteer Tracie taking data for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census in the Pollinator Haven Garden in 2024inator Garden

Notes From the Garden Lab: Contributions to Science From the Pollinator Haven Garden

I have always taken the philosophy that gardens are living classrooms, full of lessons we can learn if we can just spare a few moments to stop and observe what it is trying to tell us. You can see…

Lee County EMG Volunteer Class of 2025 Recruitment Poster

Lee County EMG Class of 2025: So, You Want to Be an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer?

So, you want to be an Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer? We are recruiting for the EMG Volunteer Class of 2025! Do you want to learn more about gardening? Do you want to serve your local community…

Lee County Counts Pollinator Census, Aug 23-24, 2024; learn more: lee.ces.ncsu.edu

Lee County Counts in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census

Gardeners are scientists!Join N.C. Cooperative Extension- Lee County Center and the Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteers of Lee County to count as part of the Great Southeast Pollinator Census. We…