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Southeastern Plant Symposium

Embassy Suites 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd, Cary, NC, United States

Hosted by the JC Raulston Arboretum and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Friday, June 7, 2019 – 9:00 am–4:30 pm Friday, June 7, 2019 – 6:00 pm–8:30 pm – Optional Dinner and Presentation Saturday, June 8, 2019 – 9:00 am–4:45 pm Register Calling all plantaholics, plant nerds, nurserymen, gardeners, and horticulturists! We are thrilled to announce the first annual JC…

Mushroom Foraging

Ruby McSwain Education Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

Introduction to Mushroom Foraging: Learn a Year’s Worth of Wild Edible Mushrooms in One Day Want to learn to safely identify morels, black trumpets, chanterelles, and other delicious, edible mushrooms? A mushroom walk on any given day may only expose you to two or three edible mushroom—and that’s if the weather cooperates. In this class,…

Introduction to Growing Citrus in North Carolina

Ruby McSwain Education Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

  You don’t have to live on the Gulf Coast (or the Left Coast) to grow delicious citrus. Frank Hyman and a number of others have been growing citrus trees in the Triangle either in-ground or in pots for years. How would you like to grow the most valuable lemon in your own back yard…

JC Raulston Arboretum Guided Tours

Guided tours are available to the public free of charge every Sunday at 2:00 pm from March–October. Join one of the JCRA’s volunteer tour docents and learn about the Arboretum’s plants, people, history, future, and mission in a one-hour guided walk through the JCRA’s collections and gardens. Arrangements may be made for private guided tours for adult…

Mountain Research Station Field Day, Waynesville, NC

Mountain Research Station, 265 Test Farm Road, Waynesville, NC 2 Test Farm Rd, United States

Registration and trade show open at 1:30 pm Opening remarks start at 2:30 pm Educational session on forage fertility and alternative lime sources from 2:45 to 3:45 pm Two field tours: Beef & Forage (winter feeding areas, crabgrass variety trial, hemp grain variety trial, and bull test and scoring) or Crop Production (tomato disease management,…

Photography Walk: Key Photography Gear with Mary Louise Ravese

Ruby McSwain Education Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

“Key Photography Gear for Better Garden Photographs” Mary Louise Ravese, Bella Vista Photography Register Garden photography presents some interesting challenges for the photographer from being able to photograph in close proximity to flowers, to controlling the light to enable photographing at different times of the day. In this session, we’ll discuss some key equipment professionals…

Hops and Hemp Twilight Tour

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station, 74 Research Dr., Mills River, NC 28759 1 Research Dr, United States

RESPONSE TO THIS EVENT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING SO WE TURNED IT INTO A SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR. ARRIVE BETWEEN 4:30 AND 7:00 AND WE WILL SHUTTLE YOU OUT TO THE FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE HOPS AND HEMP PLOTS AND TALK TO THE RESEARCHERS AT YOUR OWN PACE. THEN GET BACK ON THE SHUTTLE…

JC Raulston Arboretum Guided Tours

Guided tours are available to the public free of charge every Sunday at 2:00 pm from March–October. Join one of the JCRA’s volunteer tour docents and learn about the Arboretum’s plants, people, history, future, and mission in a one-hour guided walk through the JCRA’s collections and gardens. Arrangements may be made for private guided tours for adult…

JC Raulston Arboretum Guided Tours

Guided tours are available to the public free of charge every Sunday at 2:00 pm from March–October. Join one of the JCRA’s volunteer tour docents and learn about the Arboretum’s plants, people, history, future, and mission in a one-hour guided walk through the JCRA’s collections and gardens. Arrangements may be made for private guided tours for adult…

JC Raulston Arboretum Guided Tours

Guided tours are available to the public free of charge every Sunday at 2:00 pm from March–October. Join one of the JCRA’s volunteer tour docents and learn about the Arboretum’s plants, people, history, future, and mission in a one-hour guided walk through the JCRA’s collections and gardens. Arrangements may be made for private guided tours for adult…