Intro to Gardening in the South

Sponsored by Leaf & Limb

• Saturday, August 24, 2024 – 9:00 am–12:00 pm

Are you new to the area or new to gardening? Make plans to attend Intro to Gardening in the South!

While gardening in the Southeastern U.S. can have its challenges, particularly for new gardeners and gardeners new to the area, this region is absolutely brimming with potential for creating diverse and breathtaking garden spaces. Join us for a morning symposium full of tips, tricks and insights into Gardening in the South so that your Southeastern garden can start strong and stay glorious!

We invite people new to the area or new to gardening to join us in person. Because we enjoy sharing all we know about this horticulturally rich area we call home, we invite more experienced gardeners to join us online to participate in the program. This program will also be uploaded to our YouTube channel after the event.

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Advance registration is required for both in-person and online attendance. Register online using our registration e-store (in-person program and online program). Registration is limited and is complete when online registration is completed.

Please register by August 21, 2024 to allow enough time for your registration to be processed to ensure you receive the instructions to join us prior to the program.

9:00 am

Welcome with Mark Weathington, Director, JC Raulston Arboretum

9:15 am

"What I’ve Learned as a Southern Transplant"
Brie Arthur, Author, Horticulturist and Lifelong Home Gardener, Brie The Plant Lady

9:45 am

"Gardening Resources from NC State Extension"
Matt Jones, Horticulture Extension Agent, NC Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

"Plants to Turn Your Brown Thumb Green"
Mark Weathington, Director, JC Raulston Arboretum

11:00 am

Q&A with the speakers and sponsor

12:00 pm

Program Conclusion

"What I’ve Learned as a Southern Transplant"
Brie Arthur
Horticulturist and Lifelong Home Gardener

Prepare yourself for a green-thumb adventure as Michigan native horticulturist and gardener Brie Arthur weaves stories around the challenges of being a Southern transplant. Delving into the ups and downs adapting to a whole new gardening reality, Brie will share her unexpected successes to the inevitable pitfalls ultimately leading to valuable lessons for all Southern gardeners.

Best-selling author and gardening personality, Brie Arthur is widely known for her leadership with the national Foodscape movement and her lively, information packed presentations. With more than two decades of professional horticulture experience she is a longtime contributor on the Emmy award winning PBS television show “Growing a Greener World”. You can follow Brie’s gardening journey through her website, BrieGrows.com or her social media and YouTube channel, Brie the Plant Lady.

"Gardening Resources from NC State Extension"
Matt Jones
Horticulture Extension Agent
NC Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center

NC State University and other land-grant universities were founded on the premise of disseminating research and science based information to the citizens of North Carolina. For home and community gardeners, NC State Extension has many outstanding resources to help you improve the productivity and sustainability of your gardens and landscape. Join Matt Jones, Extension Horticulture Agent in Chatham County, for a tour of our most important and useful online resources, as well as how to get help from your local Extension agents and Extension Master Gardener volunteers.

Matt Jones has been a horticulture extension agent with NC State University since 2015 and in Chatham County since 2018. His education and outreach program targets home gardeners, ornamental nurseries, and landscape professionals, and he is the coordinator for the Extension Master Gardener program in Chatham County. Matt has a Master of Science in Horticultural Science from the University of Bologna, a Master of Science in Botany and undergraduate degrees in botany and microbiology from the University of Oklahoma.

"Plants to Turn Your Brown Thumb Green"
Mark Weathington
Director
JC Raulston Arboretum

Whether you're a novice gardener or an expert you can be sure that you're going to kill some plants during your gardening journey. Don't fret though! There are some great plants which take effort to kill once they get going. We'll talk about some of the best of the best plants for any level of gardener as well as a few tips that will help your success with even the most finicky of flora.

Mark Weathington is the director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University where he is passionate in his work to connect people with plants. His latest book, Gardening in the South: The Complete Homeowner’s Guide, takes his common sense approach and a bit of humor and makes gardening accessible for any level of gardener.

Mark travels extensively searching for new plants to diversify the American landscape and lecturing on a variety of topics in horticulture to further the JC Raulston Arboretum's vision of "Planning and Planting a Better World." His explorations and speaking engagements have taken him to China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Ecuador, Europe, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and throughout the United States.

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Cost

Free.

Registration

Advance registration is required for both In Person and Online attendance. Please register by August 21. Registration is available for in-person, on-site attendance in-person, on-site attendance or online attendance online attendance.

You will receive a confirmation receipt from notify@cashnet.com when registration is completed.

Location

Online and in person at the Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC 27606.

Directions

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Parking

Free parking is available at the JC Raulston Arboretum and along Beryl Road.

Questions

Contact the JCRA Education Team at jcraprograms@ncsu.edu for more information about this program.