May Calendar of Triangle Gardening Programs

Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young') and Japanese-style arched bridge in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens

420 Anderson St., Durham, NC.

http://gardens.duke.edu/events.  

Please call 919-668-1707 to register.

Plant Propagation: Cuttings  

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Course meets for 2 sessions

 

The Water Features of Duke Gardens

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 3-4 p.m.

 

Landscape Plants for North Carolina Gardens: Summer

Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 4-6 p.m.

Course meets for 4 sessions

 

The WOW Factor - How Line, Texture and Color Impact Your Garden: Line

Thursday, May 14, 2015, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

 

Plant Propagation: Plant Layering

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

 

Durham Garden Forum: Succulents

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 6:30-8 p.m.

 

North Carolina: You Live in a Biodiversity Hotspot

Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 7-8:30 p.m.

 

The WOW Factor - How Line, Texture and Color Impact Your Garden: Texture

Thursday, May 21, 2015, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

 

Gardening in Durham for Beginners and Transplants: Everything You Need to Succeed

Thursday, May 21, 2015, 6:30-8 p.m. 



Gala in the Garden: "Stop and Smell the Roses"
will be held at the JC Raulston Arboretum
Sunday, May 3, 2015.

JC Raulston Arboretum

Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum
4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC.
http://jcra.ncsu.edu

Gala in the Garden: Stop and Smell the Roses
Sunday, May 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.–7 p.m.Stop and Smell the Roses … at a garden party that will entertain the family, friends, and business associates … while supporting the JC Raulston Arboretum.
 
Plantsmen's Tour: "Spring is in Full Swing"
Mark Weathington, Director
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 – 9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 – 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.  Friends of the Arboretum Lecture: "Five Simple Tasks for Great Roses"
David Pike, President and CEO, Witherspoon Rose Culture
Thursday, May 14, 2015 – 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

Pollinator Garden Workshop
Elsa Youngsteadt, Margarita López-Uribe, April Hamblin, Anne Spafford, and Bernadette Clark, Department of Entomology and Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
Saturday, May 16, 2015 – 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.



"Native Southeastern Medicinal Plants"
will be held May 17 at NCBG.

North Carolina Botanical Gardens
100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=5&wp=184&aid=NCBG

Meet Roy Underhill Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4-5 p.m. The Longleaf Pine Forest in the American South Sunday, May 5, 2015, 7-8 p.m. Family Gardening Series: Herbs Saturday, May 9, 2015, 10-11:15 a.m. Plant Taxonomy May 10, 2015, 1:15-4:45 p.m. Sundays, May 10, 17, 31; 1:15–4:45 p.m.   Mother's Day Tree Walk at Mason Farm Sunday, May 10, 2015, 2-4:30 p.m. LUNCHBOX Series: Urban Landscaping for Wildlife Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 12-1 p.m.  LUNCHBOX Series: Bending Sticks: The Documentary Thursday, May 14, 2015, 12-1 p.m.  Penny's Bend Wild Blue Indigo Hike May 16, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Flowering Plant Families Saturday, May 16, 2015, 1-4 p.m. Native Southeastern Medicinal Plants Sunday, May 17, 2015, 1:30-4:30 p.m.