March 2019
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Friday
1
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Children's Winter Walk✽
New Date (rescheduled due to weather)
10:30 am
Sunday
3
Open Garden Day at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Arboretum Guided Tour
Volunteer Tour Docent
2:00 pm
Monday
4
Gardening Basics: Using Science to Grow Better Plants
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
5
Homeschool Day✽
Spring Is Budding
10:00 am
Plantsmen's Tour
"Magnolias and Other Late Winter Bloomers"
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
1:00 pm
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Saturday
9
Renewal Pruning Class and Demonstration
Full—Waitlist Started
Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager
9:00 am
Sunday
10
Arboretum Guided Tour
Volunteer Tour Docent
2:00 pm
Y Guides and Y Princess Second Year Event✽
Full—Waitlist Started
2:30 pm
Monday
11
Gardening Basics: Using Science to Grow Better Plants
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
"In Search of Great Plants—The Journey to Hunting Wales"
Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanic Garden
7:30 pm
Friday
15
Saturday
16
Science Saturdays✽
Canceled
How Clean is that Water?
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
"Trillium Hunting in the Southeast"
Jeremy Schmidt, Plant Delights Nursery
10:00 am
Monday
18
Gardening Basics: Using Science to Grow Better Plants
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Monday
25
Gardening Basics: Using Science to Grow Better Plants
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
6:30 pm
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Day Tripping to Rockcliff Farm
Full—Waitlist Started
9:00 am
Photography Walk
Full—Waitlist Started
"Pro Tips for Strong Photographic Compositions in the Garden"
Mary Louise Ravese, Bella Vista Photography
10:00 am
Friday
29
Saturday
30
✽Denotes a children's program.