News From New Hanover County Center

A large-scale rainwater harvesting cistern at the New Hanover County Arboretum
Impervious Surface Disconnections – Gutters and Rain Barrels

August 1, 2025

Children learning in the herb garden
A Beginner’s Guide to Field Journaling

July 29, 2025

Passion Flower
Invasives to Avoid This Summer and What to Plant Instead

July 25, 2025

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How to Become Less Toxic: Integrated Pest Management Techniques

July 24, 2025

4-H youth presenting how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at county activity day 2025 - provided by Megan Sweeney
Voices of the Future: Why Youth Public Speaking Matters

July 18, 2025

Orange and black insect on a green leaf with water droplets
IPM Approaches for Summer Garden Challenges

July 11, 2025

Emergency 4-n-1 Flash Light and Radio for Hurricane EmergencyKit
Planning Ahead for Hurricane Season in North Carolina

July 2, 2025

A parasitoid wasp, possibly Pteromalidae, reared from an infestation of crape myrtle bark scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) Photo credit Helena Jolly (1)
Parasitoids: Unsung Garden Heroes

June 30, 2025

A pond with a robust vegetated shelf.
Retrofitting Stormwater Ponds for Improved Performance

June 20, 2025

Arboretum Pond in 1980s
How the Arboretum Took Root

June 13, 2025

Child Working in Garden
Nature's Class Room

June 6, 2025

Baby yellow bellied slider turtle
Our Scaly Neighbors

May 30, 2025

Summertime CSA haul from Red Beard Farms
Spring Leafy Greens

May 23, 2025

Rise Up Community Garden
Planting Purpose

May 16, 2025

native plant festival
Cape Fear Native Plant Festival 2025

May 14, 2025

Highway rest area cypress swamp
Mental Wellness & Nature

May 14, 2025

Sandy beach shoreline with waves and dark storm clouds approaching
Citizen Science Program Needs Your Help Observing the Weather!

April 29, 2025

Hands logo above skyline; Nat'l Urban Extension Leaders Conference; May 6-8, 2025, Durham NC
NC Hosts National Urban Extension Leaders Regional Conference May 6-8

April 11, 2025

The darn cutest corn snake you've ever seen
Vote for the Name of Our New 4-H Corn Snake!

April 4, 2025

Participants selecting seeds
Seed Starting Workshops Spark Growing Enthusiasm in New Hanover County

March 31, 2025

New Hanover County Arboretum's Stormwater Infiltration Zone (SWIZ)
Stormwater 101 - Noticing the Small Things

March 28, 2025

a group of purple leaf galls at the tip of a holly branch
Yaupon Psyllid

March 17, 2025

nature at home yard sign
New Hanover County Extension Master Gardener’s Nature at Home Update

January 10, 2025

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New Consumer Horticulture Agent in New Hanover

January 10, 2025

A Gulf fritillary butterfly. PROVIDED BY GABRIELLA DE SOUZA
Arboretum/Cooperative Extension Highlights of 2024!

January 3, 2025

Group of children and adults posing on grass by a basketball hoop outdoors
2024 Reflections: New Hanover County 4-H’s Brightest Moments

January 2, 2025

Rudbeckia_Blooms
Garden Resolutions for 2025: Growing a Greener Future

December 21, 2024

NC youth institute is Friday, April 11, 2025
Be a Hunger Hero: 2025 North Carolina Youth Institute

October 20, 2024

perennial border
Intelligent Pest Monitoring and Control

October 10, 2024

Graphic for 2024 Annual AHTA Conference
2024 American Horticulture Therapy Conference in Raliegh Durham This October

July 16, 2024

artwork of owls on rock located in Berkshire Botanical Gardens
American Public Gardens-Annual Conference: Rooted in Resilience

July 8, 2024

Monarch butterfliy on a native milkweed plant.
Nature at Work

July 8, 2024

flyer for NCCEAPA 50 50 raffle
NCCEAPA Raffle to Support Admins

July 5, 2024

Therapeutic horticulture gardening benefits NC State Extension New Hanover County
An NC State Extension Agent Promotes Nature as a Healer 

May 7, 2024

friends of the arboretum logo
Friends of the Arboretum Update

May 3, 2024

metal earth sculpture with green plant vine inside
New Trees and Shrubs Added to Arboretum Collections

April 17, 2024

New Hanover County 4-H Awards Night
New Hanover County 4-H Awards Night

February 20, 2024

brochure featuring information about nature at home
Nature at Home EMG Volunteers Recognized With NACo Award & Statewide Learn-Grow-Share Webinar for EMG Volunteers

January 23, 2024

area planted with native shrubs and grasses
Native Plant Demonstration Site at 'Dreams of Wilmington' Showcases Coastal Landscapes Initiative Partnership

January 10, 2024

arial view of new hanover county arboretum pond and grounds
2023 - A Year of N.C. Cooperative Extension, New Hanover County Center

January 4, 2024

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