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Carolinas Horticulture Therapy Network Summer Meeting 8/23-8/24/19 Bullington Gardens
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Second Annual Southeastern Social Care Farming Summit
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Cicada Killer Wasps Begin Emerging
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Garden Benefit to Support Juvenile Justice Gardens
Anne Spafford Landscape Architect Associate Professor Department of Horticultural Science NC State University A plan to create gardens at two juvenile detention centers to help at-risk …
Soil Health Principles and Practices to Improve Production Soil Microbiology Workshop
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Nickels for Know How - Cast Your Vote 11/1/2016
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Second Saturday: A Celebration of Food & Community, 9am-4pm, Raleigh, NC
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Delay Pruning Until Late Winter
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The Worst Thing You Could Do to Grapes in This Unseasonable Warm Winter Weather . . .
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