NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, Guilford County

Join the Guilford County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers for the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Triad Farmers Market at the Hayes Taylor Memorial YMCA from 12-6pm.

The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will be distributing free seeds! Please support this community event and follow our page for upcoming events.

Today's photo in celebration of National Pollinators Month is the wonderful hover fly!

Hover flies are valuable natural controls and undoubtedly contribute to population regulation of aphids. Conservation biological control efforts have in some cases focused on providing nectar-producing plants (such as alyssum) preferred by hover flies to enhance their populations in adjacent crop fields.

Adults (flies) feed on nectar in flowers, while the larvae (maggots) are voracious predators of aphids. Adults often mimic the color patterns of wasps and bees (compare to look-a-likes), presumably to gain protection from their own predators. However, unlike wasps and bees, these flies are incapable of stinging and are totally harmless.

Photo credit 📷: Kimberly Moore-Dudley, Guilford County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers

Hover Fly on yarrow

Join the Guilford County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers for the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Triad Farmers Market at the Hayes Taylor Memorial YMCA from 12-6pm.

The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will be distributing free seeds! Please support this community event and follow our page for upcoming events.

Join us for a fun-filled, hands-on gardening day for the whole family, where families will rotate through four interactive garden stations on Friday, July 17th, from 9:30am-12:00pm at the Ag Center!

Families will rotate through four interactive garden stations designed to spark curiosity, build gardening skills, and inspire a love of nature. Children must be supervised and accompanied by an adult guardian at all times. **Please only reserve one ticket per family**

Check out the link below or scan the QR code to register today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-gardening-day-tickets-1990788446835?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

A thank you to all who came out to make Celebrate Pollinators Day a success. In addition, a thank you to all the organizations at the learning stations and to the Master Gardener volunteers who pulled it off once again!

Celebrate Pollinators Day is about to begin 9am - 12pm in the Demonstration Garden at the NC Cooperative Extension. 3309 Burlington Rd. Come and have fun. Free event and open to the public.

Today's photo is a bee on butterfly w**d. Butterfly w**d is known as a host plant to Monarch butterflies. Insects like the milkw**d tussock moth and milkw**d beetles are also drawn to this lovely plant but as you can see, bees are also attracted to its unique flowers.

Remember to join us this Saturday for Celebrate Pollinators Day from 9-12pm.

Photo credit 📸 : Kimberly Moore-Dudley, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer

Join the Guilford County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers at the Juneteenth Triad Farmer's Market!

Visit our tent for free seeds, growing advice, class schedules, and more!

See you there!