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Location: 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC
Growing Tomatoes!
Date: Sunday, June 2Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Al Cooke, Chatham County NC Cooperative Extension Agent, Ret.
Location: Carolina Campus Community Garden (CCCG): the University's garden that offers produce to low-income workers. For directions to CCCG: uncgarden.web.unc.edu/contact-us/.
Love your home grown tomatoes? Need help trouble-shooting and avoiding pest and disease problems on your tomatoes in the garden? This workshop focuses on gardening "best practices" that will help you grow the most perfect tomato crop. Fee: $20 ($15 NCBG members).
Plant Propagation
(short course)
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| Tomatoes come in many tangy varieties! |
Time: 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Matt Gocke, NCBG Nursery/Greenhouse Manager
This short course is intended for a broad audience. Students learn fundamentals of vegetative propagation and techniques for propagating southeastern native plants by means of stem and root cuttings. Class includes hands-on propagation and a tour of the vegetative propagation facilities of NCBG. No prerequisites. Fee: $40 ($35 NCBG members)
Shady Native Gardens
Date: Saturday,
June 8Time: 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist
This is a perfect workshop for a hot summer day! We will begin in the classroom with a discussion of natives that enjoy the shade, and follow with a walk-about in the Garden. An informational plant list will be provided. Fee: $30 ($25 NCBG members)
Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey
through the Heart of North Carolina
Date: Wednesday, June 12Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Philip Gerard, author of “Down the Wild Cape Fear”
Join us for this fascinating presentation describing adventures on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina's most important river system. Author Philip Gerard has written three novels and five books of nonfiction including The Patron Saint of Dreams and is professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He lives on Whiskey Creek near the Intracoastal Waterway and sails his sloop Suspense on the Atlantic Ocean. This lecture is free, but advance registration is required.
Creating a Pollinator Garden (a hands-on
workshop)
Date: Tuesday, June 25Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Grant Parkins, NCBG Natural Science Educator
With relatively little effort and expense, your garden can be transformed into a paradise for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. This workshop will introduce you to some common pollinators and strategies for bringing them to your garden. Learn how to analyze your garden site, choose appropriate plants, and maintain a pollinator garden. You will also receive plant lists, step-by step instructions, and other resources to get started on your own pollinator garden. Fee: $35 ($30 NCBG members)
Bee, I'm Expecting You—a poetry reading
Date: Sunday, June 30, Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Poet Jeffery Beam
It is said that bees are responsible for pollinating every third bite of food we eat! Poet Jeffrey Beam will be reading from his work and also poems from ancient Egypt, Sylvia Plath, Virgil, Pablo Neruda, and others . . . as well as sharing bee folklore and some of his art-song cycle collaboration with Lee Hoiby based on his "Life of the Bee" poems. Fee: $10 ($5 NCBG members)
JC Raulston Arboretum
http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/calendar/events.php?year=2013
Location: Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC
Mastering
Lightroom Digital Photography Workflow
Date: Saturday, June 1
Time: 9 - 5 p.m. Date: Saturday, June 1
A Full-day Seminar Presented by Tim Grey
Hosted by the Capital City Camera Club and the JC Raulston Arboretum
Plantsmen's
Tour: “Summer Perennials"
Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 9 -10:30 a.m.Date: Tuesday, June 11
Speaker: Mark Weathington, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections
Workshop:
"Summer Garden"
Date: Saturday, June 29
Time: 9 - 11 a.m. Date: Saturday, June 29
Instructor: Jihye Schumann, American Institute of Floral Designers Member
Floral Design Workshop: "Contemporary Centerpiece"
Date: Saturday, June 29
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Instructor: Jihye Schumann, American Institute of Floral Designers Member
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson St Durham, NC 27708
http://gardens.duke.edu/events. Please call 919-668-1707 to register.
Landscape Plants for North Carolina
Gardens (4 week course)
Date: Saturday,
June 01Time: 10:00 AM
Expand your palette of ornamental plants. Each season this class covers another group of approximately 40 plants suitable for North Carolina gardens. Landscape designer Mary Musson will teach you identification skills, design use, and plant culture. Each student will receive a portfolio of photos showing the plants studied that season. This course runs through four Saturdays until the 6/29, excluding 6/22. Home Horticulture Certificate required course. $105; $85 Gardens members or Duke students/staff. To register, please call 919-668-1707.
Music in the Gardens: Jkutchma and
The Five Fifths
Date: Wednesday,
June 05Time: 7:00 p.m.
Outdoor shows will take place rain or shine on the lawn behind the Gardens' visitor center. Lawn chairs, picnics & blankets encouraged; dogs are not allowed. Food and beverages, including beer & wine, will be available for purchase. The lawn will open 30 minutes prior to the start of show. Parking is available in the Duke Gardens lots off of Anderson Street and is free after 5 p.m. Tickets: $12 general admission; $10 Duke students & employees; free for children 12-&-under
Walk on the Wild Side
Date: Thursday,
June 6Time: 11:00 a.m.
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| Hardy viner: Clematis viticella |
Twining for You, Vines for Your Garden
Date:
June 11 Time: 2:30 p.m.
Learn about spectacular plants that offer both beauty and functionality in our Plants of Distinction series. In this session, Jason Holmes, curator of the Doris Duke Center Gardens, will cover how to effectively use vines to add personality to your garden. Pre-registration required. Parking fees apply. Horticulture Certificate elective. $7; $5 Gardens members and Duke students/staff.
Durham Garden Forum
Meetings are held at Sarah P. Duke Gardens on
Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m.Membership is $25 for the year (which runs April – March) or each lecture is $10. No preregistration is required. Contact information is durhamgardenforum@gmail.com
Container Gardening and Water Garden
Containers
Date: Tuesday,
June 18Time: 6:30 p.m.
Learn about container gardening with Leanna Murphy. An informal group, the Durham Garden Forum meets once a month to enrich its members' gardening knowledge and skill. Presented in partnership with N.C. Cooperative Extension's Durham County Center. For membership information please email durhamgardenforum@gmail.com. $10; free for Forum members.
NC Extension Gardener
Seminars
Complete program information at www.durham.ces.ncsu.edu
Water Wise
Gardening
Date: Sunday,
June 2Time: 3 - 4 p.m.
Location: North Regional Library in Durham, 221 Milton Rd., Durham, NC 27712
Learn techniques for managing water in the garden from a Durham County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer. Water can get expensive and some years it is in short supply. Learn water conservation and management tips to help your plants thrive. To register call 919-560-0231.
In the Garden: Gourds, Squash and
Pumpkins
Date: Sunday,
June 09 Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Meet at the Burpee Learning Center in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden to work alongside an expert as you learn more about vegetable gardening. Sponsored in partnership with the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service. Free, but pre-registration required.
Weeds - Friends or Foes?
Date: Sunday, Jun 23
Time: 3 – 4 p.m.
Location: Durham South Regional Library, 4505 South Alston Ave, Durham, NC 27713
Overwhelmed by weeds? Learn some basics about weed identification as well as management strategies for keeping these unwanted plants out of the garden. To register call 919-560-7409.
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