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Category: Outreach

Therapeutic Horticulture Certificate Program begins this Fall

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Jennifer Peterson
therapeutic horticulture, two people in wheelchairs and one other person gardening in a raised bed

  The Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture (HCTH) begins this fall, and registration is now open! This eight-month program combines comprehensive online and in-person instruction to professionals and students in…

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APPLES interns grow in garden

Posted on February 3, 2022 (February 3, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
APPLES intern Becca at the CCG

APPLES intern Becca Beechold with a tomato harvest at the Carolina Community Garden By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s partnership with APPLES Service-Learning offers students…

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Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture Summer Session

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Emily Oglesby
A man using a wheelchair harvests a cucumber from a raised garden bed. A staff person stands nearby to help.

We are delighted to offer another section of our online Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture course for Summer 2021. This self-paced, fully online course explores how therapeutic horticulture supports human needs, including physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs.

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Carolina Community Garden Food Scraps Find New Home

Posted on May 19, 2021 (May 19, 2021) by Emily Oglesby
Pigs munch on greens and other veggie scraps

We’re delighted to have a new outlet for veggie scraps from our Carolina Community Garden: the pigs at the Chapel Hill Creamery farm (and soon, pigs from Small Potatoes Farm…

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Winter Harvest at the Carolina Community Garden

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Emily Oglesby
Two volunteers kneel around a bed of mustard greens in the Carolina Community Garden.

After a holiday break, masked, distanced volunteers returned to the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) last week. They cleared and prepped beds, planted spinach seedlings, uncovered and recovered row covers, and…

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Edible Campus Collaborates to Release New Cookbook

Posted on July 27, 2020 (August 3, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
edible campus garden bed

Edible Campus and Carolina Cupboard were created because too many students don’t have access to healthy, affordable, food resources on campus. In addition, making healthy meals on a budget can…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Adelaide

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer

As a part of our ongoing volunteer highlighting series, we’d like to highlight Adelaide this week. Adelaide started volunteering at CCG in the Spring of 2018 as a part of…

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NCBG Community Gardens Awarded Funds for Urban Agriculture

Posted on June 18, 2020 (June 18, 2020) by Emily Oglesby
Volunteers from the Carolina COVID-19 Student Services Corps harvest carrots at the Carolina Community Garden while wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association have partnered to offer immediate support to established urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

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CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer Simone

Simone started volunteering at the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) six years ago before her junior year of high school. She ended up enjoying composting so much, she became one of…

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Celebrate Earth Week (Virtually) with Edible Campus

Posted on April 15, 2020 (April 15, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
edible campus garden bed

Join Edible Campus UNC as we celebrate Earth Week, together, at home! Beginning on April 15th, the Edible Campus team will release a DIY video each day, along with resources…

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