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Update on Native Garden at NCSU CMAST Building

Here’s the latest update on the native plant garden installation at the NC State University CMAST building on the campus of Carteret Community College.Last week, the crepe myrtles trees that lined…

Speaker Event: Creating a Pollinator Habitat

Join us Wednesday, 2/5, at 10:00am as Matt Collogan talks about how we can bring nature home with a focus on creating a pollinator habitat in residential setting. Matt’s commitment to the environment…

Native flowering blueberry shrub on the trail.

Free Talk-The Power of Native Plants

On Monday, July 22nd, at 5:30pm, come learn how to enhance habitats for birds, butterflies and bees through manipulating the environment in their favor.Join Carol Peoples, co-leader of the Central…

Blueberry plant in bloom with white flowers

Spring Plants on the Patsy Pond Nature Trail

Shawn Banks, N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, Extension Director and Horticulture Agent, is revisiting the Patsy Pond Nature Trail in a different season. Walk with Shawn in the…

Annual Spring Plant Sale!

Spring is in the air, and that means it’s time to get to planting. The Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteer Association of Carteret County will have plenty of offerings to satisfy your green thumb at…

Native Plant, Yaupon Holly

In this episode of Extension Gardener on the Crystal Coast video series, Shawn Banks takes a look at Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria, which is a native plant in our area.We explore where it grows in the…

Amy Mead, NC Cooperative Extension Area Natural Resources Agent for Brunswick, Pender, & New Hanover counties

Annual Coastal Native Plants Event

Spring is on the way, and it’s time to start germinating ideas for your garden and yard.Join us at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, for a Coastal Native Plants Presentation, hosted by the NC Extension…

So pretty, flowering Atlantic Pigeon Wings Plant.

Native Plants on the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Trail

Shawn Banks, County Extension Director & Horticulture Agent, is back on the trail! This time he revisits the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Trail located on the grounds of the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll…

Revisiting the Tideland Trail

It's summertime and the leaves are out on the deciduous plants. Join Shawn Banks, Director, N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, as he walks the Tideland Trail in Cedar Point, and…

Plant Sale on National Gardening Day

With National Gardening Day being on April 14, this is a good time to mention the plant sale the Extension Master Gardener Volunteers hold at Publick Day at the Beaufort Historic Association, which…