March 2018
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Thursday
1
Saturday
3
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Tree Planting Class and Demonstration
"Happy Trees Begin with Proper Planting"
Basil Camu, Treecologist, Leaf & Limb
9:00 am
Sunday
4
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
Volunteer Tour Docent
2:00 pm
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
Tuesday
6
Homeschool Day✽
Full—Waitlist Started
Spring Is Budding
10:00 am
Plantsmen's Tour
"Signs of Spring"
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
1:00 pm
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"The History of Gardening: How Cultures, Events, and People Made Gardening What It Is Today"
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
7:30 pm
Friday
9
Monday
12
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Photography Walk
Full—Waitlist Started
"Wide Angle "
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
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
"Extinct Plants of North America"
Wesley Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program
10:00 am
Y Guides and Y Princess Second Year Event ✽
1:00 PM Session
1:00 pm
Y Guides and Y Princess Second Year Event✽
2:30 PM Session
2:30 pm
Monday
19
More History of Gardening
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
Saturday
24
Renewal Pruning Class and Demonstration
Full—Waitlist Started
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
9:00 am
Monday
26
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
"Poisonous Plants"
Dennis Drehmel and Wayne Carlson, Wake County Extension Master Gardeners Volunteers
10:00 am
More History of Gardening
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Wednesday
28
Seventh Annual Spring Egg Hunt✽
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Special Spring Egg Hunt Storytime✽
10:30 am
Thursday
29
Seventh Annual Spring Egg Hunt✽
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Special Spring Egg Hunt Potato Madness✽
10:00 am–1:00 pm
✽Denotes a children's program.