China may be the "Mother of Gardens" but that doesn't always mean it's easy to navigate the culture. Join JCRA director Mark Weathington as he discusses the amazing plants, scenery, people, and peculiarities encountered during his 2017 excursion to China.
Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University Gardening in containers is one of the most popular gardening activities among gardeners, yet many are hesitant about the horticultural practices involved with growing plants in containers and/or we feel insecure about plant selection and design. This workshop…
Join your friends and family for three great days of down-home celebration North Carolina-style at the Got to Be NC Festival at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Gate Admission and Parking are FREE! There is no general public parking inside the gates on the Fairgrounds during the Festival. All parking is located off Trinity Rd.…
Enjoy a spring day at the Paul J. Ciener Botanic Garden in Kernersville. Adrienne Roethling, curator, will guide us through the gardens during our visit. This garden is one that keeps expanding and is a delight to visit year-round with its wide variety of bulbs, shrubs, and trees. Designs include raised beds for vegetables, a…
Get your taste buds ready for the Farm to Fork Picnic on Sunday, June 3, where some of the area’s best farmers and chefs are paired together to create delectable bite-size dishes that inspire and amaze.Bon Appétit magazine called it “the country’s best all-you-can-eat feast”! We’ll return to the beautiful grounds of Fearrington Village, where dozens…
"Interns' Top Picks" 2018 Summer Interns Our 2018 crew of interns will show off some of their favorites among the JCRA collection. This tour is always one of our favorites. Cost: Free for members, $5.00 for nonmembers
43nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture-Eastern Section (ASEV-ES) Conference July 9-11, 2018 in King of Prussia, PA. Visit our website http://asev-es.org/ for more information.
Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will be giving a tour of Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro on Monday July 9, 2018 at 5:30 pm. The garden features over 210 species of perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, and grasses, and 85% of them are native to North Carolina.
The Sandhills Research Station will host the NCSU Peach Field Day on Wednesday, July 11, from 4:00-8:00 pm. The event will cover reviews of research in the area of peach production being conducted on the station by NC State University Specialists and the NCDA Regional Agronomist. The meeting will conclude with a light super and peach ice-cream. There is no cost to attend.
Join us for this late afternoon to early evening tour of the research we are doing on hops and industrial hemp (for cannabinoids). We will visit the hop variety trial which is seven years old now. This has been a challenging year with strange spring temperatures and that 20+ inches of rain in May, so you will see diseases, insects, and production issues that you might not have seen before. We will show you the hops harvester and if any bines are ready for harvest, we will run them through it. We will have posters showing some of the breeding research we have going on in other locations. After visiting the hops we will walk down to our industrial hemp studies where we are looking at growing "CBD" hemp with different mulches and in a no-till system. We also have a variety trial. We will have posters to show some of the grain and fiber research and a "CBD" topping study we have in other locations.