December/January Calendar of Triangle Gardening Programs

Design Strategies for an English Garden  will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25 at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
Pictured: Bonython Garden - Cornwall.

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

Holiday Greenery: Family Session
Saturday, Dec. 10, 10 a.m. - Noon

Holiday Greenery
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2 – 4 p.m.

Holiday Celebration
Saturday, Dec. 10, Noon - 4 p.m.

Durham Garden Forum - Conserving Essential Wildlife Habitat
Tuesday, Dec. 13, , 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Durham Garden Forum - An Emerald Garden of Moss
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Cooking from the Garden: Warm Winter Soups
Monday, Jan. 23, 6 – 8 p.m.

Design Strategies for an English Garden
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

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

Poinsettia Open House
Sponsored by NC State Floriculture and the JCRA
Sunday, Dec. 4, 1 – 5 p.m.

Plantmen's Tour: "40th Anniversary Tour—Four Decades of Plants"
Mark Weathingto Director
 Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

"Foraging Wild, Edible Plants (Many of Which are in Your Own Back Yard)"
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
Thursday, Dec. 8, 7:30 - 9 p.m.

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture: "NARGS Members’ Gardens"
Saturday, Jan. 21, 10–11:30 a.m.

Garden Soils Class: "If You Build It, They Will Come: Understanding and Improving Garden Soils"
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
 Saturday, Jan. 28, 8:30–12:30 p.m.

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

Schoolyard Birding and Citizen Science for Educators
Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 - 3 p.m.

A Holiday Tree Ornament Workshop: Celebrating our Golden Anniversary and 35 Years of Wildflower of the Year
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2- 4 p.m.

Book Review: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

The DO’s and Some Don’ts of Pruning 
Saturday, Jan. 7, 1 - 4 p.m.

Plant Ecology
Saturday, Jan. 14 to Feb. 18, 1 – 4 p.m. 

Winter Flora
Wednesday, Jan. 18 to Feb. 8, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.