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  • HOME
    • About Master Gardener Volunteers
    • 2021 Master Gardener training
    • Demonstration GARDENS
  • Request Our Help
    • Speaker Request
    • Garden HELP Desk
    • School/Community Garden Consultation
  • Garden Zone
  • GARDEN CALENDAR
    • January winter
    • February to do list
    • March timely tips
    • April 15th last frost
    • May spring frenzy
    • June garden tasks
    • July summer tasks
    • August hot summer
    • September gardens
    • October fall begins
    • November planting
    • December gardens
    • NCSU Garden Newsletter
  • Our Publications
  • Videos
  • Consider a Donation
  • Home Depot Events

Our
​Demonstration Gardens
 

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Our Master Gardener program is pleased to be a Corona Cares Partner
The demonstration gardens at Freedom Park and Independence Park are designed, planted and maintained by Extension Master Gardener volunteers.  The gardens have a variety of plants that are pollinator magnets. 

In late 2020, we were one of 20 groups across the U.S. selected to receive a grant of tools from Corona Cares. Corona Tools has been making garden, landscape and agricultural tools since 1928. Corona Cares supports nonprofit and philanthropic programs by donating tools needed to maintain gardens and landscapes throughout the U.S. and abroad.
 
The tools are valued at almost $1,000 and will support both demonstration gardens. This will allow us to have tools on hand so each EMG volunteer will not have to provide his/her personal equipment to care for the gardens. Having quality tools as Corona's will also allow us to effectively demonstrate to the public the proper pruning and plant care techniques during presentations.  

Stop by to visit these gardens! You may see our volunteers working there, teaching workshops and answering questions. And, using the new Corona tools. 

Freedom Park Demonstration Garden

Freedom Park Garden










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Freedom Park Demonstration Garden  
2435 Cumberland Ave., Charlotte, NC 
The garden is near the Mahlon Adams Pavilion at Cumberland and Lilac avenues. The gardens make good use of undulating berms, providing distinctly different planting strategies with sun or shade exposures.  

Independence Park Demonstration Garden

Independence Park Garden











Independence Park Demonstration Garden 
1418 Armory Dr., Charlotte, NC ​
The garden is at the Cooperative Extension offices off 7th Street. The entry garden was planted in 2010.  The sunny-side garden is dedicated to growing vegetables and herbs that are provided to Urban Ministry's Soup Kitchen. 


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 ​The Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a part of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and North Carolina State University
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