Durham Council of Garden Clubs: February/March Calendar of Triangle Gardening Programs

Gardening Basics—Using Science to Grow Better Plants will be taught by Bryce Lane at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum,
Mondays, February 6 through March 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Photo by the JC Raulston Arboretum.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson St., Durham, NC.
http://gardens.duke.edu/events
Please call 919-668-1707 to register.

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

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 6:30-9 p.m.

Course meets for 2 sessions

Caring for Your Landscape

Saturday, Feb. 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Course meets for 3 sessions

Basic Botany and Plant Growth

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6-9 p.m.

Course meets for 4 sessions

Duke Garden Forum - Ergonomic Gardening and Tools

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:30-8 p.m.

Landscape Plants for North Carolina Gardens: Winter

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 3:30-6 p.m.

Course meets for 3 sessions

Extension Gardener Series: Carrying On - Garden Maintenance

Thursday, Feb. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Plants of Distinction: Barks, Buds and Berries

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2:30-4 p.m.

Extension Gardener Series: Buy Healthy Plants and Plant Them Well

Thursday, March 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Art and Nature: Artwork Inspired by the Doris Duke Center Gardens

Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m. to Wednesday, March 22, 4 p.m.

JC Raulston Arboretum
Ruby C. McSwain Education Center, JC Raulston Arboretum
4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC.
http://jcra.ncsu.edu

Propagation Workshop
JC Raulston Arboretum Staff
Saturday, February 4, 9–3 p.m.

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
Mondays, February 6 through March 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Plantsmen's Tour: "Behind the Scenes: JCRA Nursery and Horticulture Field Lab"
Lizzi Lathers, Research Technician
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1–2:30 p.m.

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture: "Bald is Beautiful: Working and Creating a Beautiful Winter Landscape"
Greg Paige, Arboretum Curator, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories & Arboretum
Thursday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m.

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture : "Wildflowers of Northwestern Colorado"
Tim Alderton, Research Technician
Saturday, Feb. 11, 10 a.m.

Duke Garden Forum will feature a program on "Ergonomic Gardening and Tools"

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:30-8 p.m.

Photography Walk: "Wide Angle Photography"
Susan Bailey, Susan Bailey Photography
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m.

Winter Symposium: "Garden Divas"
Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 a.m.

Plantsmen's Tour: "Bulb Madness"
Mark Weathington, Director
Tuesday, March 7, 1–2:30 p.m.

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture: "Experiences Teaching at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in North Korea"
Ted Stephens, Nurseries Caroliniana
Thursday, March 9, 7:30–9 p.m.

Introduction to Insect Identification: The Good, the Bad, and the Buggy
John Meyer, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Entomology, NC State University
Tuesdays, March 14 through April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

North American Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter) Lecture: "Creating a New Ecosystem: the Development of a Piedmont Prairie"
Annabel Renwick, Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Saturday, March 18, 10–11:30 a.m.
Part of Raulston Blooms!
Friday, March 31, 10–6 p.m.
Saturday, April 1, 9–4 p.m.

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

Darwin Day: Charles Darwin and his “Most Wonderful Plant in the World” –The Venus Flytrap

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2-3:30 p.m.

Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop
Event is Full: Accepting Wait List Registrations

Sunday, Feb. 19, 1-3 p.m.

LUNCHBOX Talk: FloraQuest, The Southeastern Flora App, and The Future of Apps as Plant ID Tools

Thursday, Feb. 23, Noon-1 p.m.

Soil Is Everything: A Vegetable Garden Workshop

Sunday, March 5, 1:30-3 p.m.

Plant Communities of North Carolina

Thursday, March 9, 1-5 p.m.

DIY Backyard Natural Watergarden Workshop

Saturday, March 18, 9:30-11:30 p.m.