NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, Orange County
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Orange County provides research-based gardening education, free seed packets, soil-testing guidance, and volunteer Q&A in Orange County.
Best for
- Residents seeking research-based gardening education
- People needing plant-selection information for North Carolina conditions
- Community members seeking free seeds
- Gardeners seeking soil-testing guidance
- Families looking for gardening activities and youth programs
- Residents seeking local gardening advice at farmers’ markets
Look elsewhere if
- Paid landscape installation or routine yard-maintenance contracts
- Emergency horticultural response
- Commercial landscaping services
Specialties
- Free Dig Deeper gardening talks
- Youth gardening programs
- Demonstration gardens
- Community seed library
- Farmers’ market gardening Q&A
Certifications
- NC State Extension Master Gardener program
- NC State Cooperative Extension
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit association
What makes them different
- Each Orange County Master Gardener volunteer completes a 14-week training class and donates at least 30 horticultural service hours annually
- Free Dig Deeper talks feature NC State University faculty and other gardening specialists
- The Community Seed Library distributes free donated seed packets
- The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox provides information on more than 4,000 plants
- Volunteers provide gardening questions and information at Carrboro and Eno River farmers’ markets
- Serves
- Hillsborough, Carrboro, Chapel Hill
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1020 US-70 W, Hillsborough, NC 27278-8614
- Phone
- +19192452062
- Website
- https://theorangegardener.org/
- user@domain.com
Services
- Research-based plant and gardening education
- Gardening information resources
- Community outreach
- Youth programs
- Annual plant sale and garden festival
- Soil-testing guidance