Plantsmen’s Tour: Winter Potpourri with Mark Weathington

Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, United States

“Winter Potpourri” with Mark Weathington, JC Raulston Arboretum Director. There’s a smorgasbord of plants looking exceptional from perennials and early bulbs to evergreen shrubs and flowering trees. We’ll take a look at the showiest plants at the Arboretum which are welcoming in the new year.

Take Your Best Shot, and Make It Even Better

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

Advanced Post-Processing with Intention—A Masterclass with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Whether your love is shooting nature, manmade places and things, people, critters, flora, abstracts, or events, noted professional photographer Chris Ogden will guide you to making your photos better.

Garden Soils Class

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

Understanding and Improving Garden Soils: As gardeners, we spend most of our time thinking “above ground.” We ruminate about plants, combinations, color, texture, and about light exposure, water, temperature and climate. Gardening success is equally dependent on what is going on below ground.

Propagation Workshop

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

Join JC Raulston Arboretum staff in this hands-on workshop and learn how to asexually propagate some of your favorite plants in the JC Raulston Arboretum’s collections via hardwood cuttings. Participants will go home with a greater knowledge of plant propagation and with many freshly propagated plants. Techniques discussed can be done at home. This workshop is open to all knowledge/experience levels.

Gardening Adventures: Winter Gardening

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

Gardening Adventures with Extension Master Gardener Volunteers “Winter Gardening: Dreaming of Gardening on a Cold Winters’ Day” Leah Dail, Wake County Extension Master Gardener Cost: Free for Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum members, Extension Master Gardeners, NC State University […]

Gardening in the South

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

Sponsored by Leaf & Limb New gardeners and those that recently moved the Triangle are invited to participate in a new symposium at the JC Raulston Arboretum that’s designed just for them. Register Now Cost: Free. Registration: Advance registration is […]

Plantsmen’s Tour: Peak of Winter Bloom

Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, United States

“Peak of Winter Bloom” Douglas Ruhren, Gardens Manager February usually is the peak of winter bloom, from tiny treasures such as bulbs to trees and shrubs. We will look at the floral highlights of the season. Cost: Free for members, […]

FOA Lecture: Botanical Treasures of New Zealand and Australia

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

Friends of the Arboretum Lecture “Botanical Treasures of New Zealand and Australia” Pat McCracken, Garden Treasures Australia ‘s and New Zealand ‘s unique native flora is a result of these countries ‘ geographic isolation. Additionally, plants from around the world […]

Winter Symposium

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

“Where Design and Plants Become One” Featuring Shannon Currey, Bob Lyons, and Elissa Steeves We’re here to inspire gardeners and illuminate the relationship between gardening and art at this year’s Winter Symposium. As one of the Southeast’s top teaching gardens, […]