Spend a Day at State!

Participating High school Juniors, Seniors and Transfer students have the opportunity to Spend a Day at State and learn more about the College of Agriculture and Life Science and the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences! The visit includes a […]

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.

JCRA Summer Garden Camps Registration Opens for Members!

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

Loved by many Triangle area families, our summer camps are a must have in your summer plans! Week-long camps range in age from preschool to rising 8th graders. Campers explore the gardens for critters, cook up yummy recipes, solve mysteries, […]

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 […]

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

Workshop: Communicating Scientific Uncertainties

Talley Student Union Room 3210

Uncertainty drives science — all scientific results have uncertainties, which is the reason that more research is always needed. But scientific uncertainties create challenges for public communication. Can the public understand scientific uncertainties? Are researchers obligated to communicate uncertainties and […]

Willie Woltz Seminar: “Soil Change: What is Pedology in the 21st Century?”

2215 Williams Hall Auditorium 101 Derieux Place, Raleigh, United States

The Willie Woltz seminar series is an annual event conducted by the Crop and Soil Sciences Graduate Student Association to celebrate the advancement of soil science and related fields by inviting a distinguished scientist to visit our department to discuss […]