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Lee County Fruit Pruning Workshop Series 2025

We are excited to offer another fun season of pruning workshops in Lee County (and the surrounding area). We get a lot of requests for pruning help throughout the year and this is our effort to try…

UPDATE RESCHEDULED date for raised bed gardening class

RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER: Raised Bed Gardening Workshop 2025: Gardening Off the Ground

Gardening in raised beds has become very popular over the last few years. It appeals to people who have limited space, but also those who may have challenging soil. Come learn about raised bed…

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Blueberry Pruning 2025: Wrangling and Basics

N.C. Cooperative Extension – Lee County Center is excited to partner with local homeowner Helen Spitler, who has inherited a large, 50-year-old blueberry patch, to host a Blueberry Pruning and Care…

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Winter 2025 Muscadine Pruning in Lee County

N.C. Cooperative Extension - Lee County Center is excited to partner with local muscadine grower, AK Griffin, in Broadway to teach folks about how to tame their muscadine grape vines.The class will…

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…

Register Now: 2024 Regional Small Farm Bootcamp Program

Apply for the Class of 2024 South Central Small Farm Boot Camp here!Are you interested in farming and want to take your first steps? Did you just buy a few acres and want to start growing something?…

Lee County Muscadine Pruning 2024

Brag About Your Garden: Lee Regional Fair Exhibit Intake Approaching!

Find out what categories each age group can enter! Join the Sanford Lions Club and N.C. Cooperative Extension for the Lee Regional Fair Exhibit Hall! You (yes, you!) can enter your produce, flowers,…

Update From the Field/Office- July 28, 2023

We stay busy in Lee County, both in the office and in the field. Rhonda Gaster single-handedly held down the office throughout the week, as all the agents were out and about this week. Thank you,…