Annual Report Explores Our Volunteers' Growing Impact Across North Carolina

(Updated: April 10, 2026, 1:13 p.m.)
At an NC State Extension Master Gardener booth, a woman in a red shirt and an older man in a purple shirt chat under a tent in a grassy garden; a banner and red infographic show 2025 volunteer stats. 4103 Volunteers, 244,248 volunteer hours, 335,510 NC Residents Reached, $8.5 Million value of volunteer time

Extension Master Gardener volunteers expand Extension’s reach by contributing service equal to 117 additional full-time staff positions.

The 2025 NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ annual report celebrates the contributions of Extension Master Gardener volunteers,  highlighting the diversity of volunteer work across the state and featuring stories of our collective impact to help North Carolinians learn and grow sustainable gardens, landscapes, ecosystems, and communities.

Visit the full-length online report to explore how thousands of trained volunteers shared their knowledge to help North Carolinians grow healthier plants, more sustainable landscapes, and stronger communities.

Two Master Gardener volunteers in green aprons lead a tour through colorful demonstration garden.

Extension Master Gardener volunteer Joan Barber shares gardening advice during a tour of the Extension demonstration garden in Durham. Image credit: Allie Mullin, Master Gardener volunteer

The NC State Extension Master Gardener program recruits, trains, and engages people to serve as volunteer educators who strengthen Extension's delivery of research-based knowledge to North Carolinians. Our network of trained, passionate Extension Master Gardener volunteers work under the leadership of Extension professionals based in N.C. Cooperative Extension county centers across North Carolina.

Learn how you can join, support, or connect with Extension Master Gardener volunteers in your community.

A red watering can has the words learn, grow, share extending to its right.
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