August 2018
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Saturday
4
Tuesday
7
Nature Detectives✽
Full—Waitlist Started
9:00 am–3:30 pm
Plantsmen's Tour
"Some Like It Hot"
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
9:00 am
Plantsmen's Tour
"Some Like It Hot"
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
6:00 pm
Saturday
11
Introduction to Mushroom Foraging: Learn a Year's Worth of Wild Edible Mushrooms in One Day
Full—Waitlist Started
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
9:00 am
Clever Container Tricks and Houseplant Hacks
Full—Waitlist Started
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
1:00 pm
Sunday
12
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"Ironclad and Essential Native Trees and Shrubs"
Tony Dove, Horticulturist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
1:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
Volunteer Tour Docent
2:00 pm
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Juried Photographic Print Competition and Exhibition
Sponsored by the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Triangle Carolinas Nature Photographers Association
11:59 pm
Online Entries Due
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Monday
27
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
"The Secret Life of Aquatic Insects"
Louise Romanow, Entomologist and Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
✽Denotes a children's program.