Evening Garden Stroll

"Trial Bed Tasting"

  • Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – 4:30 pm7:30 pm

Take a break from your weekly grind and come enjoy the gardens at the JC Raulston Arboretum during our Evening Garden Stroll!

August's Evening Garden Stroll highlights the Color Trials and features a tasting of the various edible plants grown in the trials this year. Come chat with Bernadette Clark, the Bedding Plant Trials Coordinator at the JCRA, and sample some tasty plants from this year's trials.

A bunch of fun peppers

The Color Trials at the JC Raulston Arboretum is an official All-America Selections (AAS) testing site for new cultivars of bedding plants, flowers and cool season plants in North America. Learn more about our summer trials and see nearly two decades of data here.

A free public tour of the arboretum will depart from the Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center at 5:30 pm.


We have a few more Evening Garden Strolls on the horizon. Be sure to mark your calendars so you don't miss your chance to come see us!

  • Tuesday, September 10 – 4:30 pm–7:30 pm
  • Tuesday, October 8 – 4:30 pm–7:00 pm


Cost
Free.
Registration
Registration is unavailable for this self-guided activity.
Location
JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC 27606.
Directions
Need directions? Click here.
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.