October 2018
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Monday
1
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
Wednesday
3
Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution
Final Plant List and a Printable Plant List Available
9:00 am
Recreational Tree Climbing at the JCRA
Openings Remain at 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm
Open to Youths and Adults
Patrick Brandt, Piedmont Tree Climbing
10:00 am
Introduction to Oil Painting
Canceled
Linda Holmes, Linda Holmes Fine Art
10:00 am
Monday
8
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
9
Wednesday
10
Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm
Thursday
11
Garden Buds✽
Thursday Session Canceled Due to Hurricane Michael
Pumpkin Spice
10:30 am
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
Canceled Due to Hurricane Michael
"A Sabbatical Adventure: Where 'Hort' meets 'Culture'"
Brian Jackson, Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
7:30 pm
Monday
15
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
16
Wednesday
17
Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Photoshop—Greeting Card Design
Canceled
Susan Bailey, Susan Bailey Photography
9:00 am
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
Science Saturdays✽
Schedule Updated—New Topic
Fall Fun and Food Preservation
9:00 am
Introduction to Oil Painting
Canceled
Linda Holmes, Linda Holmes Fine Art
10:00 am
Monday
22
Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers
"Getting a Handle on Diseases"
Cynthia Sollod, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am
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
Wednesday
24
Creating a Sustainable Urban Wildlife Habitat for the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Helen Yoest, Director, Bee Better
6:30 pm
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Fern Propagation Workshop
Bob Payne, Wake County Extension Master Gardener
9:00 am
Juried Photographic Competition Exhibition
Art It Up!
9:00 am–4:00 pm
Introduction to Oil Painting
Canceled
Linda Holmes, Linda Holmes Fine Art
10:00 am
Monday
29
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
30
Day Tripping to Tarboro’s Calvary Episcopal Church
Full—Waitlist Started
8:30 am
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"My Life as a Perennial Gardener—Natural Habitats, Rarities, Beauties, My Nursery, and Its Showgardens in Austria"
Christian H. Kress, Sarastro Stauden, Austria
7:30 pm
Wednesday
31
✽Denotes a children's program.