This workshop will be geared for those new and beginning farmers interested in starting a farm operation but need guidance on how. About this Event This four-part series will cover topics on what can be grown, where’s the money, where and how to sell your product, and who can help. The purpose of this workshop…
Learn to grow your own food! In this six-class intensive gardening course, best selling author and professional horticulturist, Brie Arthur will share all her knowledge on growing! Over the past decade, Brie has fine-tuned her signature design technique of foodscaping, a sustainable landscape practice that embraces beauty and bounty.
Join JCRA staff in this hands-on workshop and learn how to asexually propagate some of your favorite plants at the Arboretum. Participants go home with a greater knowledge of plant propagation and with many freshly propagated plants.
Applications are being accepted until this Friday, June 12th for the CEFS 2020 Graduate Fellows Program at NC State University. The program is intended for graduate students at NC State University conducting research in sustainable agriculture or local food systems. A cohort of five Fellows will be selected and each will receive $5,000 per year.…
Propagating plants is rewarding, often easily done, and is a great way to add to the plants in your landscape. Join Doug Ruhren in this propagation class and demonstration focused solely on propagating herbaceous perennials. Techniques discussed include division, stem and leaf cuttings, and seed and other techniques.
Tuesday/Thursday/Thursday, June 23, 25, July 2, 1-2:30 PM Every researcher worth their salt has a sense of their research identity–the long-term goals they want to achieve, the community they want to join, and a rough map of the way forward. The purpose of this workshop is to help you develop an equally clear understanding of…
Public Communication Workshop with COMPASS SciComm Wednesday/Friday, June 24 & 26, 1-3 PM Take your public communication skills to the next level with this online workshop from COMPASS SciComm, the nation’s premier training organization. This workshop will help you share what you do, what you know, and—most importantly—why it matters, in clear, lively terms. Grounded…
Every Wednesady at 3pm join JC Raulston Arboretum director Mark Weathington on Zoom for a talk about gardening in the south. https://jcra.ncsu.edu/midweek/
Presented by Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University. This class will feature some of the most beautiful, unique, and interesting gardens in the US and Canada. What is unique about this class though, is that after learning about, and visiting each garden, we will…
This all-day online learning experience includes both live and recorded content and is targeted at beginner, first-year beekeepers (although other "newbees" would certainly benefit). The purpose is to reinforce what you've already learned, supplement your first experiences with keeping bees, and give you the reassurance and confidence to keep them healthy and thriving through the winter.…
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Direct accommodation requests to the event organizer listed on the event.
