March 2016
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Tuesday
1
Plantsmen's Tour
"Early Bulbs"
Mark Weathington, Director
1:00 pm
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
2
The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping:
How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden
Full—Registration Closed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
10:00 am
Optional Tour
Garden Cart Activity✽
Everything's Coming up Bulbs!
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Sunday
6
Garden Cart Activity✽
Everything's Coming up Bulbs!
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
9
The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping:
How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden
Full—Registration Closed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
10
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"The Value of Seed Banks"
Janice Swab, Professor Emerita, Meredith College
7:30 pm
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
16
The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping:
How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden
Full—Registration Closed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Plan—and Plant for a Better World—J. C. Raulston and the NC State University Arboretum
6:00 pm
Lecture
Plan—and Plant for a Better World—J. C. Raulston and the NC State University Arboretum
7:30 pm
Exhibit Opening and Reception
Saturday
19
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
"NARGS Trips: Santa Fe and Ann Arbor"
Tim Alderton, JC Raulston Arboretum
10:00 am
Y Guides and Y Princess Program✽
Second Year Event – 1:00 Session
1:00 pm
Y Guides and Y Princess Program✽
Second Year Event – 2:30 Session
2:30 pm
Tuesday
22
Family Fun Event✽
Fifth Annual Spring Egg Hunt
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
23
Family Fun Event✽
Fifth Annual Spring Egg Hunt
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Family Fun Event✽
Special Spring Egg Hunt Storytime
10:30 am
The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping:
How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden
Full—Registration Closed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
24
Family Fun Event✽
Fifth Annual Spring Egg Hunt
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Family Fun Event✽
Full—Waitlist Started
Special Spring Egg Hunt Storytime
10:30 am
Saturday
26
Renewal Pruning Class and Demonstration
Douglas Ruhren, Ironwood Gardens and JCRA Volunteer
9:00 am
Family Fun Event✽
Fifth Annual Spring Egg Hunt
10:00 am–2:00 pm
Sunday
27
Family Fun Event✽
Fifth Annual Spring Egg Hunt
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Monday
28
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
Cohosted by the Extension Master Gardeners and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Bluebirds in the Nest Box"
Bill Satterwhite, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
Tuesday
29
Building a Permaculture Garden
Full—Waitlist Started
Will Hooker, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Registered Landscape Architect, and Emeritus Professor, Department of Horticulture Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
30
The Ins and Outs of Home Landscaping:
How to Choose, Use, and Care for Plants in the Home Garden
Full—Registration Closed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
31
✽Denotes a children's program.