October 2017

Sun.

Mon.

Tue.

Wed.

Thu.

Fri.

Sat.

Sunday
1

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday
2

Becoming a Better Home Landscape Gardener
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday
3

Plantsmen's Tour
"Asian Valley"
Mark Weathington, Director
1:00 pm

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7

Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution
Final Plant List Now Available—Updated on Friday Morning

9:00 am

The Nature of Drawing: Holiday Card Edition
Preston Montague, Landscape Designer and Botanical Illustrator
10:00 am

Sunday
8

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday
9

Becoming a Better Home Landscape Gardener
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12

Garden Buds
Pumpkin Patch
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Friday
13

Garden Buds
Pumpkin Patch
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Saturday
14

Project PLANTS Science Saturdays
9:00 am

Sunday
15

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday
16

Becoming a Better Home Landscape Gardener
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday
17
Thursday
19

Photography Walk
"Textures"
Susan Bailey, Susan Bailey Photography
2:00 pm

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

Friday
20
Saturday
21

Propagating Woody Plants from Seed
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
9:00 am

Sunday
22

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Monday
23

Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
Cohosted by the Extension Master Gardeners and the JC Raulston Arboretum
"Made—Beautifully—in the Shade"
Sally Newman, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am

Becoming a Better Home Landscape Gardener
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday
24

Homeschool Program
Full—Waitlist Started

Fall Homeschool Afternoon
1:00 pm

Wednesday
25

Homeschool Program
Fall Homeschool Morning
10:00 am–12:00 pm

Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture
Cohosted by the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Piedmont Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society
"Gardening on Rock"
Anne Spiegel
10:00 am

Girl Scout Program
Brownies: Buggin' Out!
10:00 am

Sunday
29

Arboretum Guided Tour
2:00 pm

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"Beardless Irises for Your Garden"
Carol Warner, Draycott Gardens
2:00 pm

Monday
30

Becoming a Better Home Landscape Gardener
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm

Tuesday
31
 

 

 

 


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