Make some nice festive soap to use for the Holiday Season or make a few bars as gifts and stocking stuffers!

Check out our Work of the Week Wednesdays to increase your digital literacy skills! This series is a great opportunity to learn modern tips and stay "screen smart!"

To better serve you as the Extension Agent for Consumer and Urban Horticulture for Guilford County, our Horticulture Agent, Taylor Jones, asks for your participation in this Community Needs Assessment. Your input will help him in creating a more impactful, useful Horticulture Extension program for Guilford County.  Please participate, and share this survey with your own networks and communities! Responses will be accepted until January 1, 2026.

We are excited to announce that we will have a new Extension Master Gardener℠ class in 2026!

If you have been thinking about joining the Extension Master Gardener℠ program, now is the time to apply! For this upcoming class, we have made some changes to the delivery of the training classes in hopes to better accommodate a larger group of interested individuals. A full schedule can be found on our website.

Applications for this class will be accepted until January 5th, 2026.

For any questions, contact: Holly Key (hmkey@ncsu.edu)

For 2024, the Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers will be offering free gardening classes to the public both virtually and in-person. Feel free to sign up for as many classes as you like!

NC AgVentures, a NC State Extension program, provides grants to NC farmers and non-profit community groups that work with family farms for agricultural project ideas that will increase farm profits. The program, which is sponsored by the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, will award a minimum of 50 grants to independent family farms. This is a great opportunity for any producer who is thinking of diversifying, improving, or expanding their farm operation. NC AgVentures will award grants up to $10,000.

Deadline to apply is 6 pm, December 19th, 2025. For additional information, contact NC Cooperative Extension Agent, Marcus Williams, at mjwill34@ncsu.edu or (336) 641- 2416 or visit their webpage: www.ncagventures.org

December 11th

5 - 6 PM

Helping Hands Community Service Club meeting at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library on December 11th from 5-6 pm. For more information or questions, contact 4-H Agent Meredith Kreeger.

December 18th

9 AM - 1 PM at the Ag Center

Join us for this free program designed for Master Gardener Volunteers℠, extension agents, teachers & youth educators, 4-H volunteers, and community leaders!

What You'll Learn:

• Implement the Junior Master Gardener® curriculum
• Integrate garden-based STEM learning into youth programming
• Facilitate hands-on activities aligned with 4-H and Extension goals
• Strengthen school, after-school, camp, and community garden programs

Guilford County 4-H is gathering input from youth, parents, caregivers, volunteers, educators, and community partners to guide future programming. Your feedback and the feedback from your audiences will help ensure our programs remain relevant, accessible, and impactful for local young people. The survey takes only a few minutes, and responses are confidential and anonymous (unless you indicate you'd like to be contacted). Please share this survey with your friends and family!