September 2016

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Thursday

1

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Friday

2

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Saturday

3

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Sunday

4

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday

5

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Tuesday

6

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Plantsmen's Tour
"40th Anniversary Tour—JCRA Introductions"
Tim Alderton, Research Technician
9:00 am

Plantsmen's Tour
"40th Anniversary Tour—JCRA Introductions"
Tim Alderton, Research Technician
6:00 pm

Wednesday

7

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

Thursday

8

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"The Foodscape Revolution"
Brienne Gluvna Arthur
7:30 pm

Friday

9

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

Saturday

10

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

Sunday

11

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday

12

Gardens of South Africa Plus Botswana and Victoria Falls

Optional Extension

History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday

13

Day Tripping to Brie Arthur's Private Garden
Registration Closed – Wait List Started
12:15 pm

Wednesday

14

Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm

Thursday

15

Garden Buds✽
Fall Fun with Apples
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Wake County 4-H✽
Wake County 4-H Junior Master Gardeners Club
6:00 pm

Friday

16

Garden Buds✽
Fall Fun with Apples
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Saturday

17

Recreational Tree Climbing at the JCRA
Each Session Full – Wait Lists Started
Open to Youths and Adults
Patrick Brandt, Piedmont Tree Climbing
9:30 am–7:00 pm
Eight 50 Minute Sessions Available

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture
Cohosted by the Piedmont Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Cactus: More Native Than You Think"
Michael Papay, Piedmont Chapter Member
10:00 am

Sunday

18

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday

19

History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Wednesday

21

Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm

Friday

23

40th Anniversary Symposium
"Horticultural Bright Lights: The Future of Gardening"
8:30 am

Saturday

24

40th Anniversary Symposium
"Horticultural Bright Lights: The Future of Gardening"
8:30 am

Take a Child Outside Week✽
Scavenger Hunt
10:00 am–2:00 pm

Sunday

25

Take a Child Outside Week✽
Scavenger Hunt
1:00 pm–4:00 pm

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Garden Flow Yoga
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
4:00 pm

Monday

26

Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
Sponsored by the Extension Master Gardeners and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Pruning Woodies and Small Trees"
Brian Purvis, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am

Take a Child Outside Week✽
Leaf Journals
10:00 am–12:00 pm

History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday

27

Take a Child Outside Week✽
Nature Walk Crowns
10:30 am

Wednesday

28

Take a Child Outside Week✽
Leaf and Flower Mandalas
10:00 am–12:00 pm

Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm

Thursday

29

Take a Child Outside Week✽
"Play in Nature"
Linda Kinney, North Carolina Zoo
1:00 pm

Take a Child Outside Week✽
"The Importance of Play"
A Parent and Educator Lecture
Linda Kinney, North Carolina Zoo
6:30 pm