"Close-Up Flower Photography in Your DIY Home Studio" with Mary Louise Ravese, Bella Vista Photography. In this session you'll see how you can use readily available items to create a simple DIY setup for table top flower photography. While a macro lens is often an ideal choice for close-up photography, you'll learn how there are…
"Preparing Your Gardens for the Spring" with Rich Woynicz, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer of Wake County. Wondering what to do to prepare your flower and vegetable gardens for the spring? New to gardening and don't know where and when to start? Wondering what can be planted in late winter or how long to wait before…
In this workshop, participants learn to graft ginkgo, bald cypress, and dawn redwood from Leanne Kenealy Atkins. She will discuss and demonstrate grafting techniques that she will assist each participant with as they graft their own plants. JCRA staff will collect scion wood prior to the workshop. The workshop's fee covers all needed supplies, excluding…
Join Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus to learn how trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers reproduce from seed and how we, as gardeners, can take advantage of that science to propagate new and interesting plants. We will talk all about what woody plant seeds need to germinate, how we can overcome dormancy and…
After taking the morning class learning all about seed propagation, apply your new knowledge in this hands-on workshop. Bryce will help participants practice techniques discussed in the morning lecture to propagate a tray full of seeds to take home. Advance registration is required. For more information visit the website URL.
Join landscape architect Preston Montague for a presentation series designed to help you provide more resources for birds through design and management practices. This class will take place Thursdays, March 9 – March 23. For more information visit the website URL.
"Vegetable Gardening for Beginners" In this presentation, Cassandra Carponter, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer will cover how to start a vegetable garden from scratch, which vegetables to grow, and when to plant what, so that you spend more time enjoying your veggie garden and less time toiling in it.
Understanding and Improving Garden Soils is a four-session class that will dig deep into all things soil. A scientific understanding of soil chemistry, physics, biology and fertility will help you understand basic soil principles that you can apply to improve your garden soils, properly prepare your garden beds, create great compost, fertilize appropriately and maximize…
There may be a chill in the air, but at Juniper Level Botanic Garden (JLBG), plants will be in full bloom at the Winter Rose Festival and Open Garden and Nursery days, February 23-25 and March 1-3. JLBG’s Open Garden and Nursery days – held just two weekends every season – allow visitors from across the Triangle and…
Juniper Level Botanic Garden’s (JLBG) open garden events – held just two weekends each season – allow visitors from across the region to enjoy one of the largest and most diverse plant collections in the world. For the second year, this season’s Spring Garden Party theme welcomes guests to explore thousands of fragrant and flowering…
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