October 2016
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Saturday
1
Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution
Plant List Available—Updated Friday Evening Evening
9:00 am
Planting Seeds: Yoga Fundamentals
Canceled
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
10:00 am
Sunday
2
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Garden Flow Yoga
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
4:00 pm
Monday
3
History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
4
Plantsmen's Tour
"40th Anniversary Tour—Directors' Picks"
Mark Weathington, Director
1:00 pm
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
Landscape Potential I: Approaches to Design
Preston Montague, Landscape Designer and Botanical Illustrator
9:00 am
Girl Scout Program✽
Canceled - To schedule for individual troops, please contact Elizabeth Overcash at 919-513-7011.
Brownies: Buggin' Out!
10:00 am
Planting Seeds: Yoga Fundamentals
Canceled
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
10:00 am
Sunday
9
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Garden Flow Yoga
Canceled Due to Weather
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
4:00 pm
Monday
10
Wednesday
12
Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm
Thursday
13
Garden Buds✽
Pumpkin Patch
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"Really Old Growth Forests—A Natural History of North America's Fossil Forests"
Elisabeth Wheeler, Professor Emeritus, NC State University
7:30 pm
Friday
14
Garden Buds✽
Pumpkin Patch
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Center for Environmental Farming Systems Author Series Lecture
Hosted by CEFS, the JC Raulston Arboretum, the Southeast Climate Science Center and the Sustainable Agriculture Graduate Student Association
"Conservation You Can Taste: The Role of Ethnobiologists in the Collaborative Conservation of Food Diversity"
Gary Nabhan, MacArthur Fellow and Kellogg Chair, University of Arizona
7:30 pm
Saturday
15
Planting Seeds: Yoga Fundamentals
Canceled
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
10:00 am
Monday
17
History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Planting Seeds: Yoga Fundamentals
Canceled
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
10:00 am
Monday
24
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
Cohosted by the Extension Master Gardeners and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Ferns: Fiddleheads to Fronds"
Bob Payne, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Fern Propagation Workshop
Bob Payne, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
9:00 am
Girl Scout Program✽
Daisies: Flower Garden Friendships
10:00 am
Planting Seeds: Yoga Fundamentals
Canceled
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
10:00 am
Sunday
30
Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm
Garden Flow Yoga
Margaret Popin, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
4:00 pm
✽Denotes a children's program.