September 2018
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Saturday
1
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
Plantsmen's Tour
"Monocot Madness"
Mark Weathington, Director
9:00 am
Plantsmen's Tour
"Monocot Madness"
Mark Weathington, Director
6:00 pm
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Garden Buds✽
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
Fall Fun with Apples
10:30 am
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
"Horticultural Tartan—A Walk Through Scotland's Gardens and Landscapes"
Amanda Wilkins, Juniper Level Botanic Garden
7:30 pm
Friday
14
Garden Buds✽
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
Fall Fun with Apples
10:30 am
Saturday
15
Wild Edible Plants: Delicious and Nutritious Native and Invasive Plants
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
9:00 am
Science Saturdays✽
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
Yurt Yard Harvest Day
9:00 am
Not Tonight Deer: No More Long-legged Rats in Your Garden
Canceled Due to University Closing for Hurricane Florence
Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
1:00 pm
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Outstanding Plants for the Home Landscape
Full—Waitlist Started
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
Crepe Myrtle Pruning Class and Demonstration
Full—Waitlist Started
"A Tale of Love, Murder, and Proper Pruning"
Basil Camu, Treecologist, Leaf & Limb
9:00 am
Eastern North Carolina Iris Society Beardless Iris Sale
Hosted by the Eastern North Carolina Iris Society in Cooperation with the JC Raulston Arboretum
10:00 am–12:30 pm
Monday
24
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
"Edible Landscaping"
Robin Baumgart, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
Take a Child Outside Week✽
Seed Explosion
1:00 pm
Outstanding Plants for the Home Landscape
Full—Waitlist Started
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Saturday
29
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
"The Flora of Central Asia"
Vojtěch Holubec, NARGS Traveling Speaker
10:00 am
Take a Child Outside Week✽
Arboretum Favorites Bingo
10:00 am
Juried Photographic Print Competition and Exhibition
Sponsored by the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Triangle Carolinas Nature Photographers Association
7:00 pm
Reception
Sunday
30
Take a Child Outside Week✽
Yurt Open House
1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
Volunteer Tour Docent
2:00 pm
✽Denotes a children's program.