January Calendar of Triangle Gardening Programs

A Leopold Bench Building Workshop will be held at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens, Jan. 16. 


Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson St., Durham, NC.

http://gardens.duke.edu/events  

Please call 919-668-1707 to register.

Bee Schooled 

Mon., Jan. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Course meets for 10 sessions

 

Native Plants for Your Garden: Durham Garden Forum

Tue., Jan., 6:30-8:30 p.m.

 

Design Strategies for an English Garden

Wed., Jan. 20, 6:30-9 p.m.

Course meets for 4 sessions

 

Cooking from the Garden: Warm Winter Soups

Sat., Jan. 23, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

 

Zoom In Series: Winter Botanizing

Sat., Jan. 30, 1-3 p.m.

I Need a Plan: Garden Fundamentals - Create a Bird-Friendly Garden

Tue., Feb. 2,  6:30-9 p.m.

Course meets for 2 sessions

 

JC Raulston Arboretum

Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum

4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC.

http://jcra.ncsu.edu
 

Plantsmen's Tour:   "40th Anniversary Tour—Signature Plants"

Tues., Jan. 5, 1 p.m.
Mark Weathington, Director

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture:  "Piedmont Members' Presentations"
Sat., Jan. 16, 10 a.m.

Piedmont Chapter Members

School's Out!: Terrific Terrariums

Tues., Jan. 19, 9–3 p.m.

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture

Thurs., Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Malissa and Russel Kilpatrick and Bobby G. Wilder
"Contemporary Planting Design in Landscape Architecture"
Richard Hartlage, Land Morphology

Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers

Mon., Jan. 25, 10 a.m.
"Right Plant, Right Place Means Success"
Robert McKay, Wake County Master Gardener
 

Propagation Workshop
Sat., Jan. 30, 9 a.m.
JC Raulston Arboretum Staff
 

North Carolina Botanical Gardens 

100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC.

http://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=5&wp=184&aid=NCBG

 

Rare Plant Ecology and Conservation

Wed., Jan. 6, 1 p.m.
Wednesdays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27 (inclement weather date: February 3); 1-4 p.m.

Plant Ecology

Sat., Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30 (Inclement weather date: February 6); 1 – 4 p.m.

Ecological relationships at the organism, population, community, and ecosystem levels are examined, using examples from the rich and diverse North Carolina flora.

Leopold Bench Building Workshop 

Sat., Jan. 16, 2-4 p.m.

During this workshop, participants build a Leopold Bench to take home. This bench is simple, yet classic for any garden and landscape. Rough sawn cedar wood will be cut to size for assembly by the participant. If you can, please bring a power drill/screwdriver. Otherwise, tools will be provided.

The DO's and Some Dont's of Pruning

Sat., Jan. 23, 1- 4 p.m.