February Calendar of Triangle Gardening Programs

"Grow Native Wildflowers in Your Garden" Durham County Extension Gardener Series
will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson St., Durham, NC.
http://gardens.duke.edu/events 
Please call 919-668-1707 to register.

I Need a Plan: Garden Fundamentals - Create a Bird-Friendly Garden
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 6:30-9 p.m.
Course meets for 2 sessions

Keeping That Tree Alive and Thriving!
Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30-8 p.m.

 

Mushroom Logs
Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. - noon, and 1-3 p.m.

Basic Botany and Plant Growth
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6-9 p.m.
Course meets for 4 sessions

I Need a Plan: Create a Colorful Mixed Border
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 6:30-9 p.m.
Course meets for 2 sessions

Landscape Plants for North Carolina Gardens: Winter
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 3-5:30 p.m.
Course meets for 3 sessions

Wayfaring Insects: Invasive Pests in Our Back Yards

Friday, Feb. 26, 6:30-8p.m.

 

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

Introduction to Insect Identification: The Good, the Bad, and the Buggy
John Meyer, Ph.D., Retiring Professor, Department of Entomology, NC State University
Mondays, February 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2016 – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Plantsmen's Tour:  "40th Anniversary Tour—Winter Flowers"
Tim Alderton, Research Technician
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1 p.m.

Garden Soils Class:  "If You Build It, They Will Come: Understanding and Improving Garden Soils"
Saturday,  Feb. 6, 8:30 a.m.

Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University

 

The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping: How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden   
Wednesdays, Feb. 10, 17, and 24 and March 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture and Book Launch

Thursday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.
"Good Berry, Bad Berry: Finding and Identifying the Most Common Wild Berries of North America"
Helen Yoest, Gardening With Confidence

 

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture: 
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Texas Wildflowers"
Saturday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m.

Damon Waitt, Director, NC Botanical Garden

 

Winter Symposium:  "On the Edge and in the Box: Gardening in Unusual Spaces"
Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 a.m.

 

Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers:
"Vermicompost for Healthier Plants"
Monday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m.

Rhonda Sherman, Wake County Extension Master Gardener

 

Rain Garden Design and Installation Workshop
Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m.

Sponsored by the Department of Horticultural Science, Stewart Design, and the JC Raulston Arboretum

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

Darwin Day LUNCHBOX Talk with Allen Hurlbert
Friday, Feb. 12, noon - 2 p.m.

Love is for the Birds - FAMILY WORKSHOP
Saturday, Feb. 13, 10-11:30 a.m.
For ages 6-12 with accompanying adult.

Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop
Claire Lorch, CCCG Garden Educator; Greta Lee, Certified Permaculture InstructorThis event is full. Now accepting wait list registrations.Sunday, Feb. 21, 1:30-3 p.m.

Durham County Cooperative Extension

Durham Garden Forum: Edible Plants and Permaculture Techniques
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, 6:30-8 p.m.

Grow Native Wildflowers in Your Garden: Durham County Extension Gardener Series Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30-8 p.m.

Briggs Ave. Community Garden - Seed-Starting Workshop 
Saturday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m. - noon
Aisha Sanders, Durham Co. Master Gardener, Call 919-560-528 to register.