Extension's Successful Gardener consists of:

  • an award-winning, magazine-quality newsletter which is published 10 months per year. The January/February issue and the June/July issue are combined. A partnership with the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University as well as the Department of Horticultural Sciences ensures the latest, most useful research is communicated with North Carolinians.
  • county workshops
  • regional workshops
  • worksite programs
  • monthly e-tips
  • Successful Gardener Learning Centers at home and garden shows

Extension's Successful Gardener newsletter is written by horticultural experts with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Cooperative Extension is the educational outreach of NC State and NC A&T State universities.

Comments concerning Successful Gardener may be sent to:
Successful Gardener Editor
Department of Communication Services
Box 7603, NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7603

Editor and Team Leader: Leah Chester-Davis
Extension Communication Specialist - Urban Programs

Accounts Coordinator: Rhonda Thrower
Communication Services (919) 513-3045

Assistant Editor: Toby Bost
Consumer Horticulture Agent, Forsyth County

Compilations Editor: Will Strader
Agricultural Extension Agent, Franklin County

Team Members:

Alexander County
Lenny Rogers

Brunswick County
David Barkley

Burke County
Donna Teasley

Cabarrus County
David Goforth

Caldwell County
Allen Caldwell

Catawba County
Fred Miller

Cleveland County
Daniel Shires

Cumberland County
Shauna Haslem

Davidson County
Amy-Lynn Albertson

Durham County
Michelle Wallace

Forsyth County
Toby Bost
Stephen Greer

Gaston County
Mark Blevins

Henderson County
Diana Turner

Iredell County
Donald Breedlove

Johnston County
Shawn Banks

Lincoln County
Kevin Starr

Mecklenburg County
Scott Ewers

Nash County
Mike Wilder

Orange County
Mark Danieley

Polk County
John Vining

Randolph County
Mary Helen Ferguson

Rowan County
Darrell Blackwelder

Rutherford County
Jan McGuinn

Union County
Jeff Rieves

Vance & Warren Counties
Kelly Groves

Wake County
Carl Matyac