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Fruit Plants Still Available Through 4/17/26 or Until Sold Out/

Watauga Extension 2026 fruit plant sale has been extended while supplies last. We have now sold out of Liberty, Gragg, and Red Astrachan, Keener Seedling, and Hopples Antique Gold, and have 1 Roxbury…

Apple Grafting Workshop is now Full

Watauga Cooperative Extension Service will offer an apple grafting workshop on March 26 from 5:30-7:30 pm. At this workshop you will learn the uses and techniques for grafting fruit trees. You will…

Attend the Seed / Plant Swap and Educational Classes March 22nd

Watauga Extension will once again hold a Seed and Plant Swap as well as Educational Classes. on Sunday March 2rd, beginning at 1:30 Registration and details here Classes start at 1:30 and Seed Swap…

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Plant Diagnostic Services and Home Horticulture Hotline Available

Home Horticulture Hotline Paige Patterson, Consumer and Commercial Horticulture Agent, along with the Watauga Extension Master Gardeners, can help you with all your plant needs. If you have a…

Watauga County 4-H Summer Camps; dates listed; contact susie_douglas@ncsu.edu 828.264.3061

Watauga County 4-H Summer Day Camp Registration Is Open for 2024

Watauga County 4-H Summer Day Camp Registration is Open!!! Please register in 4-H Online! Once you register, the amount you owe will be due ONE WEEK after you register. You must pay at the Extension…

Watauga County Events Promoting Greening My Plate Month

2024 GREENING MY PLATE EVENTS INDOOR SEED STARING WORKSHOP: MARCH 28, 6PM-7:30PM Agricultural Conference Center 4-H EVENT - GROW YOUR OWN SALAD: APRIL 2 AND APRIL 30, 6PM-7PM Agricultural Conference…

March 28th Class: Indoor Seed Starting Using Artificial Lighting

As LED lights become less expensive and more commonly available, shopping for lights for starting seeds indoors can become quite confusing. Come to our class to be held on March 28th at 6:00-7:30 at…

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Help Eradicate Oriental Bittersweet This Fall

Did you know that a lot of invasive plant species we now want to eradicate from our yards, gardens, and forests were actually introduced to North America in the nursery trade? That’s right–they were…

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2022 Fruit Plant Sale to Be Held

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Watauga County Center will host our annual fruit plant sale. Order forms will be made available beginning February 1st, with plants being delivered the 2nd week of April.…

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Upcoming Workshop on Tree Pruning and Training

January 20th, 6:30-7:45 pm, Horticulture Agent Paige Patterson will lead a virtual workshop on pruning and training trees. We will go over where, why and how to make proper pruning cuts on trees.…