April 2016
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Friday
1
16th Annual Birdhouse Competition
Part of Raulston Blooms!
10:00 am–6:00 pm
Entries Accepted
JC Raulston Arboretum Plant Sale
Plant List Available
Part of Raulston Blooms!
4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Members Only Preview Sale
Saturday
2
Raulston Blooms!
A Garden Festival for All Ages
9:00 am
16th Annual Birdhouse Competition
Part of Raulston Blooms!
9:00 am–4:00 pm
Show
JC Raulston Arboretum Plant Sale
Plant List Available
Part of Raulston Blooms!
9:00 am–4:00 pm
Monday
4
Tuesday
5
Plantsmen's Tour
"40th Anniversary Tour—JCRA National Collections"
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
6
Vegetable Gardening: From Site Selection to Harvest
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
7
Saturday
9
Pi Alpha Xi Plant Sale
8:00 am–4:00 pm
Garden Cart Activity✽
Canceled
Feathered Friends
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Sunday
10
Pi Alpha Xi Plant Sale
10:00 am
Garden Cart Activity✽
Canceled
Feathered Friends
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Monday
11
Tuesday
12
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
13
Vegetable Gardening: From Site Selection to Harvest
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
14
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"Don't You Need More Pricks in Your Garden—Developing New Hardy Winter-hardy, Drought-tolerant Agaves for the Garden"
Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanic Garden
7:30 pm
Friday
15
Saturday
16
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
"Gardening for the Future: My Forever Garden"
Helen Yoest, Gardening with Confidence
10:00 am
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
10:30 am
Optoinal Tour
Girl Scout Program✽
Juniors: Gardeners at Heart
2:00 pm
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Day Tripping to Prairie Ridge
Charles Yelton, Director, Prairie Ridge
8:45 am
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
20
Vegetable Gardening: From Site Selection to Harvest
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
21
Saturday
23
Triangle Bonsai Expo
Hosted by the Triangle Bonsai Society in Cooperation with the JC Raulston Arboretum
11:00 am–5:00 pm
Sunday
24
Triangle Bonsai Expo
Hosted by the Triangle Bonsai Society in Cooperation with the JC Raulston Arboretum
11:00 am–4:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Monday
25
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
Cohosted by the Extension Master Gardeners and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Aquatic Plants for Water Gardens"
Marilyn Grolitzer, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Vegetable Gardening: From Site Selection to Harvest
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
✽Denotes a children's program.