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Contain Your Enthusiasm

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

Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping Whether indoors or out, gardening in containers opens up a lot of possibilities: edible leaves, fragrant flowers, carnivorous plants, dwarf citrus trees, and more. Learn…

Introduction to Mushroom Foraging

JC Raulston Arboretum, 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 Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping Want to learn to safely identify morels, black trumpets, chanterelles,…

Gardening Adventures: Lawns

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

"Lawns: Their Establishment, Maintenance and Renovation" Dennis Graban, Wake County Extension Master Gardener Dennis will discuss how to choose the best lawn for your landscape, get it established, and take…

Deciduous Conifer Grafting Workshop

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

Leanne Kenealy, Plant Breeding, and Nursery Technician Grafting is the only method possible to propagate some plants. Many rare and expensive plants are grafted. In this workshop, participants learn to…

FULL: Renewal Pruning Class and Demonstration

Renewal Pruning Class and Demonstration with Douglas Ruhren, JC Raulston Gardens Manager Join the Waitlist   Saturday, March 7 - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Want to maximize the production of flowers and…

Photography Walk: Using Black and White Photography

"Using Black and White Photography to Emphasize Line and Texture" with Mary Louise Ravese, Bella Vista Photography. Trees and flowers will soon be bursting with leaves and blooms. Before they do, nature offers us a different and fascinating view of these plants, one defined by structure, texture, and line.

Front Yard Foraging

Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping. You can forage for delicious edibles right outside your front door. Turn your "weeding" chore into a feeding frenzy by harvesting edible weeds like purslane, chickweed, sorrel, dayflower, bedstraw, and many others.

Tomato Growing Secrets Revealed

Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping. Learn the differences between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes and how best to trellis each type. Find out how to counter a wide range of bugs and diseases...