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Forest Bathing at the JC Raulston Arboretum

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Join Shawn Ramsey, a certified forest therapy guide, on a two-hour immersive forest bathing experience. Ramsey will encourage you to slow your pace, awaken your senses to the present moment and experience a new way of being in nature.

Pruning and Pest Management

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Any gardener can keep their plants healthy and beautiful all year round with a good understanding of pruning and pest management. Join the JC Raulston Arboretum for a six-week class that will explore the ins and outs of these critical garden maintenance tasks to give you the confidence to prune correctly and the knowledge you…

VetPAC’s Fall 2024 Seminar Series: Dr. Kimberly Chappell

Riddick Hall, 325

VetPAC has invited regional veterinary consultant Dr. Kimberly Chappell from Elanco to be one of the guest speakers at its Fall 2024 Seminar Series. Chappell will discuss her career journey and current role, the day-to-day life of a regional veterinary consultant and opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience. After her presentation, Chappell will meet…

Agroecology Farm Tea Workshop

Agroecology Education Farm

Come harvest herbs and brew yourself a fresh cup of tea during a workshop at the Agroecology Education Farm. Participants can select from a wide variety of herbs, including mint, lemon balm, hibiscus, lemongrass and ginger. You'll learn about the herbs growing at the farm and their health benefits. Please bring a mug with you…

University Open House

Marye Anne Fox Science Teaching Laboratory Marye Anne Fox Science Teaching Laboratory, 2791 Pillsbury Cir., Raleigh, NC, United States

As a prospective student interested in NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), we want to connect with you at University Open House! Throughout the day, we're hosting a variety of sessions and activities to help you find your fit with CALS. 

Spectacular Plants With Fabulous Fall Color

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Autumn can be one of the most vibrant, dynamic and breathtakingly beautiful seasons in a garden if you have the right plants to do the job. Join the JC Raulston Arboretum for three classes that will explore phenomenal plants with the most fantastic foliar displays in the fall to help you put an exclamation point…

2024 Wernsman Seminar

2405 Williams Hall

2024 Wernsman Seminar speaker – Dr. Steven B Mirsky from the USDA ARS in Beltsville Maryland. Among his accomplishments, Dr. Mirsky is a leading researcher on precision and sustainable field crop production system techniques and has also developed technology transfer pathways to operationalize these approaches into practice for farmers. Dr. Mirsky accomplished these goals through…

Big Dreams, Small Garden With Marianne Willburn

By shifting our perspective and cultivating a sense of contentment, we can create the garden that lives inside of us. Marianne Willburn, a columnist for the American Horticultural Society's The American Gardener, will share design tips and real-life gardens to help you get excited about your outside space. Willburn believes you shouldn't wait for the…

A Brief Introduction to Social Network Analysis (Part 1 and 2)

D.H. Hill Jr. Library, South Learning Lab

Join the Data Science and AI Academy and the Peer Scholars Program for a two-part workshop on the basic principles of graph theory and how to perform social network analysis using Rstudio. Students, faculty and administrators are welcome to attend.

Fern Propagation at the JC Raulston Arboretum

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

If you're new to horticulture and are curious about ferns or if you're a veteran gardener who's just reaching your fern phase, join Bob Payne, a Wake County Extension master gardener volunteer, for a workshop at the JC Raultson Arboretum. Payne will introduce you to words like gametophyte and sporophyte and relate them to the…