February 2018
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Garden Soils Class
"If You Build It, They Will Come: Understanding and Improving Garden Soils"
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
8:30 am
Sunday
4
Monday
5
Botany for Gardeners
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Photography Walk
Full—Waitlist Started
"Black and White "
Susan Bailey, Susan Bailey Photography
2:00 pm
New Date
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"Nature's Medicine Chest"
Alton J. Banks, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, and Jeremiah Feducia, Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, NC State University
7:30 pm
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Project PLANTS Science Saturdays✽
9:00 am
Foraging in Your Own Backyard: Delicious Weeds (and Ornamentals, Too)
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
9:00 am
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
"Plantsman Tour of Wyoming"
Tim Alderton, Nancy Doubrava, Cyndy Cromwell, and Chris Glenn
10:00 am
Not Tonight Deer: No More Long-legged Rats in Your Garden
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
1:00 pm
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Summer Camp Registration Opens to the Public✽
9:00 am
Botany for Gardeners
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Photography Walk
"Indoor Flowers I "
Susan Bailey, Susan Bailey Photography
2:00 pm
Wake County 4-H✽
Wake County 4-H Junior Master Gardeners Club
6:00 pm
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Winter Symposium
Full—Waitlist Started
"Creating a Successful Home Landscape: Where Ecology and Aesthetics Meet"
Featuring Brie Arthur, Bobbie Schwartz, and Anne Spafford
8:00 am
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Botany for Gardeners
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Children's Winter Walk✽
Full—Waitlist Started
10:30 am
Saturday
24
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Magnolia Grafting Workshop
Nathan Maren, Ph.D. Student, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
8:30 am
Sunday
25
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Family Winter Discovery✽
2:30 pm
Monday
26
Botany for Gardeners
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
✽Denotes a children's program.