We celebrate National Volunteer Week to recognize and thank our more than 4,000 NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers for doing important work across our state.
Our volunteers provide more than 200,000 service hours every year through their local North Carolina Cooperative Extension Center. Their work supports Extension education and outreach programs that translate sustainable gardening knowledge into everyday solutions for North Carolinians.Help Us Celebrate!
Here are some ways you can help recognize the work of Extension Master Gardener volunteers during National Volunteer Week:
- Engage with us on Instagram @ncemgv and Facebook @NC Extension Master Gardener Volunteers as we honor Extension Master Gardener volunteers
- Use the Garden Help Directory to connect with Master Gardener volunteers in your community
- Increase your gardening knowledge with tools Master Gardener volunteers helped create:
- Use the Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox to find the right plants for your landscape
- Learn about gardening best practices with the NC Extension Gardener Handbook, available free online as well as for purchase as a hardback book or interactive self-study e-book
- Watch public education videos on our YouTube channel
- Explore the impacts of Master Gardener volunteers’ contributions and read stories that celebrate their work to help North Carolinians learn and grow in our latest annual report
- Support the work of Master Gardener volunteers across NC – Donate to the NC Extension Master Gardener endowment
