The Perfect Gift – A Gardening Guide for Our Mountains

Need an inexpensive and very useful holiday gift for a gardener, for a gift exchange, or for yourself?

Buncombe County Cooperative Extension offers an attractive and informative 30 page Guide tailored to growing conditions in Buncombe County and Western North Carolina.

Monthly To-Do lists help you remember essential garden tasks. Special topics abound, including those listed below and many others. The Guide is in “magazine” format 8 and 1/2″ by 11″ with a handy hole at upper left for pinning on a bulletin board or hanging in your workspace.

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  • Firewise Landscaping
  • Shade: A Cool Place to Garden
  • Compost
  • Caring for Trees and Shrubs
  • WNC Vegetable Garden Planting Guide
  • Helpful Definitions
  • Resources
  • Toward an Environmentally Friendly Garden

HOW TO PURCHASE

  • Garden Guides can be purchased at the Buncombe County Extension Office, 94 Coxe Avenue, Asheville for $10 (cash or check). There is free parking for your visit in the lot across the street.
  • Have it mailed to you by sending a check for $12 (made out to BCMG Enhancement Fund) to BCMG Enhancement Fund, c/o NC Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801.
  • CLICK HERE to purchase a guide online with a credit or debit card. Have your Guide mailed to you ($12), or for speedy service, purchase online and come to the Extension Office to pick it up ($10).

Questions?  Call the Buncombe County Extension Office at 255-5522.