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Local Resources

  • Volunteer With Us!
  • Acerca de Extensión Cooperativa de Durham
    • Alcance comunitario y L-PFAST
    • Welcome Baby
    • Programa de desarrollo juvenil 4-H
  • Servicios comunitarios de Durham
    • Recursos De Las Escuelas Públicas De Durham (DPS)
    • Servicios para Familias
    • Opciones de Atención Médica Si Pierde Su Empleo Y Su Seguro de Salud Seguro De Salud
    • Computadores e Internet
    • Ayuda Con La Renta
    • Asistencia Financiera y de Emergencia
    • Ayuda Con Empleo
    • Alimentos
  • Durham Community Resources
    • Mental Health Support
    • Durham County Resources for Seniors
    • Healthcare for the Uninsured
    • Legal Support
    • Computer and Internet Resources
    • Rent, Eviction Prevention, & Utilities Assistance
    • Resources for Parents
    • Financial and Emergency Assistance
    • Help Finding Work
    • Food Resources
  • Community Capacity Building
    • City/County Immigrant & Refugee Affairs
    • County Facilitation Program
    • County Food Security
  • Durham County 4-H
    • Durham County 4-H Clubs
    • Volunteer With 4-H
    • Upcoming 4-H Programs
    • 4-H Online Enrollment
    • Durham 4-H Summer Camp
    • 4-H Newsletter – Durham
  • Family, Youth, and Children
    • Kids Voting Durham
    • Parent and Family Advocacy Program
    • Parent & Family Advocacy and Support Training
    • Welcome Baby
  • Home and Community Gardens
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    • Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Durham County
    • Briggs Avenue Community Garden
  • Small Farms and Local Foods
    • Mobile Poultry Processing Unit
    • Visit NC Farms – Durham County
  • Durham County Food Security
    • Durham County Food Security
    • Need Help Getting Food?
    • Durham County Extension Master Food Volunteer Program
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Additional Cistern Resources

Durham Gardening Resources, Durham EMGV

North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Design and Installation of SDI Systems in North Carolina (Subsurface Drip Irrigation)

Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Durham County, Research-based gardening information for Durham County, NC

Become a Master Gardener

North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook, Chapter 12. Native Plants

Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants

South Ellerbe Restoration Project

iNaturalist

Cornell Lab; All About Birds

NC State Extension; How Extension Works

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists, by Eric Mader, Marla Spivak, and Elaine Evans

The Bees of North Carolina: an Identification Guide, NC State Extension

100 Plants to Feed the Bees, by The Xerces Society

Book: Gardening for Butterflies, by The Xerces Society

Book: Pollinator Conservation Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Protecting, and Providing Habitat for Native Pollinator Insects by The Xerces Society

Book: Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, by Doug Tallamy

Book: Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies, by The Xerces Society

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