Plant Pathology Seminar – Jean Ristaino

3503 Thomas Hall – Stephens Room

NC State University “Tracking Worldwide Migrations, Evolutionary Relatedness and Reemergence of Phytophthora infestans: A threat to Global Food Security” Refreshments are served in the lobby before each seminar.

Entomology Seminar – Marek Borowiec

3503 Thomas Hall – Stephens Room

University of Idaho “Clear and unbiased facts about deep learning (without all the hype)! Leveraging machine intelligence to study biodiversity” Refreshments are served in the lobby before each seminar.

Entomology Seminar – Bradley Dickerson

3503 Thomas Hall – Stephens Room

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill It’s about time: the halteres of Drosophila act as multifunctional sensory organs

NCARS Assistant Director Candidate Seminar

https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/93331507473 , United States

Amy Grunden, a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, and candidate for the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) Assistant Director, Life Sciences position will present on her vision for the position on […]

Gardens of the World Part Two: Western European Wonders

In this six-week installment of “Gardens of the World” we will travel to some of my favorite gardens in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Come visit Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny France, beautiful island villa gardens of Northern Italy, some of the most stunning gardens along the Mediterranean, and so much more. As we tour these gardens, I’ll identify gardening lessons we can learn and apply in our own gardens!

Keep Hope Alive: Winter Bloom and Other Plants of Interest – Plantsmen’s Tour

December brings the official start of winter and the year’s shortest day. Despite this, gardens in the South are full of color and interesting plants that look their best in the winter. Tour around the JC Raulston Arboretum’s grounds virtually as Doug shows us some of his favorite plants with winter interest.

Fern Propagation Workshop

Learn about the reproductive cycle of ferns and how to propagate them from spores in this hands-on workshop. Participants will be introduced to terms like gametophyte and sporophyte and will clean and sow spores and divide gametophytes and sporophytes. Each participant will take home a variety of ferns in various stages of development.

Gardens of the World Part Two: Western European Wonders

In this six-week installment of “Gardens of the World” we will travel to some of my favorite gardens in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Come visit Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny France, beautiful island villa gardens of Northern Italy, some of the most stunning gardens along the Mediterranean, and so much more. As we tour these gardens, I’ll identify gardening lessons we can learn and apply in our own gardens!

Digital Photography Essentials Workshop for Nikon Photographers

This beginner class is for people with a Nikon digital camera who are interested in learning how to successfully use their camera beyond automatic/program modes. The class concentrates on the five essential camera settings that have the most impact on the look of a photograph: focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance. We also discuss how to interpret the image histogram, a camera feedback mechanism, and use that information to adjust and optimize image exposure for the next shot.

Koten Engei Symposium

Japan has had a profound influence on Western horticulture for the past 200 years or more. Many of our most popular landscape plants—azaleas, peonies, flowering cherries, hydrangeas, and so many more—were introduced from the gardens of Japan. In addition to plants, specialized horticultural techniques such as bonsai (which was itself introduced from China as penjing) and more recently ikebana have become quite popular in the United States. But perhaps the most uniquely Japanese horticultural tradition, known as koten engei, has never gained the popularity of these other art forms.