Gardening Unplugged!
During each day of our Open Nursery & Garden Days, we offer a free garden chat as part of our educational outreach, "Gardening Unplugged". These are 15-20 minute discussions walking through the gardens, focusing on seasonally prominent topics, plants and garden design ideas. Join Tony and our expert horticultural staff as we explore all that nature has to offer. View our previous Gardening Unplugged videos on our YouTube page.
Meet at the Welcome Tent near the parking lot to join us!
Fall 2023 - Pollinator Plant Festival
- Friday, September 15 @ 10 am - I Just Soiled My Plants (Tony Avent)
- Friday, September 15 @ 2 pm - Selby Selects: Aaron's Fall Favorites (Aaron Selby)
- Saturday, September 16 @ 10 am - Logan's Fall Bloomers (Logan Clark)
- Saturday, September 16 @ 2 pm - Pollinator Meet & Greet (Bill Reynolds)
- Sunday, September 17 @ 10 am - Garden Zombies: The Standing Dead (Doug Ruhren)
- Sunday, September 17 @ 2 pm - Magic & Medicine of Plants (Patrick McMillan)
- Friday, September 22 @ 10 am - Bugs & Bogs (Patrick McMillan)
- Friday, September 22 @ 2 pm - Planting For Feathered Friends (Zac Hill)
- Saturday, September 23 @ 10 am - Pollinator Meet & Greet (Bill Reynolds)
- Saturday, September 23 @ 2 pm - Doug's Fall Bloomers (Doug Ruhren)
- Sunday, September 24 @ 10 am - Magic & Medicine of Plants (Patrick McMillan)
- Sunday, September 24 @ 2 pm - Garden Zombies: The Standing Dead (Logan Clark)
Summer 2023 - NC Agave Festival
- Friday, July 14 @ 10 am – Agaves 101 (Tony Avent)
- Saturday, July 15 @ 10 am – Pollinators in the Garden (Bill Reynolds)
- Saturday, July 15 @ 11 am – Agaves and Humans (Patrick McMillan)
- Sunday, July 16 @ 10 am – Our Summer Bloomers with Doug (Doug Ruhren)
- Friday, July 21 @ 10 am – Mad About Mangaves (Jeremy Schmidt)
- Saturday, July 22 @ 10 am – Ferns: With Fronds Like These, Who Needs Anemones? (Zac Hill)
- Saturday, July 22 @ 11 am – Agaves and Humans (Patrick McMillan)
- Sunday, July 23 @ 10 am – Our Summer Bloomers with Logan (Logan Clark)
Spring 2023
- Friday, April 28 @ 10 am – Come See Our Bloomers with Patrick (Patrick McMillan)
- Friday, April 28 @ 2 pm – Baptisia: Drought Tolerant Native (Jeremy Schmidt)
- Saturday, April 29 @ 10 am – Hosta Heaven! (Tony Avent)
- Saturday, April 29 @ 2 pm – Jurassic Gardens (Patrick McMillan)
- Sunday, April 30 @ 10 am – Amorous Aroids (Logan Clark)
- Sunday, April 30 @ 2 pm – Ferns: With Fronds Like These, Who Needs Anemones? (Zac Hill)
- Friday, May 5 @ 10 am – Party Hardy with Orchids (Doug Ruhren)
- Friday, May 5 @ 2 pm – Carnivorous Plants (Patrick McMillan)
- Saturday, May 6 @ 10 am – Come See Our Bloomers with Doug (Doug Ruhren)
- Saturday, May 6 @ 2 pm – Gardening For NC Transplants (Tony Avent)
- Sunday, May 7 @ 10 am – Edimentals in the Garden (Bill Reynolds)
- Sunday, May 7 @ 2 pm – Seasonal Propagation Tips (Aaron Selby)
Winter 2023
- Friday, February 24 @ 10 am – Creating the Perfect Garden Soil (Jeremy Schmidt)
- Friday, February 24 @ 2 pm – Hellebores in the Garden (Tony Avent)
- Saturday, February 25 @ 10 am – Top Evergreen Perennials for Winter (Tony Avent)
- Saturday, February 25 @ 2 pm – Winter Hardy Cyclamen (Doug Ruhren)
- Sunday, February 26 @ 2 pm – Broad-leaf Evergreens: BLEs (Tony Avent)
- Friday, March 3 @ 10 am – Moving Plants in the Winter (Patrick McMillan)
- Friday, March 3 @ 2 pm – Out Bloom the Gloom (Patrick McMillan)
- Saturday, March 4 @ 10 am – Surveying Winter Damage (Logan Clark, Doug Ruhren)
- Saturday, March 4 @ 2 pm – Easy to Grow Trillium (Zac Hill, Jeremy Schmidt)
- Sunday, March 5 @ 2 pm – WTH: What’s This in my Garden - Bring it in and we'll identify it. (Bill Reynolds)