Calendar of Upcoming Programs and Events

This calendar covers all lectures, hikes, tours, workshops, and certificate classes offered by the Garden. Please see our Exhibits & Art page for details about current and upcoming exhibits.

• May 2013
• June 2013
• July 2013
• August 2013
• September 2013
• October 2013
• November 2013
• December 2013

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May 2013

Pen & Ink Media Explorations

Thursday, 5/23 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Plant Taxonomy

Friday, 5/24 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Pen & Ink Media Explorations

Thursday, 5/23 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

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June 2013

Flowering Plant Families

Saturday, 6/1 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Growing Tomatoes! (at the CCCG)

Sunday, 6/2 Details...

Integrating Composition & Color Theory

Sunday, 6/2 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Principles of Conservation Biology

Monday, 6/3 [8th of 8-session class] Details...

Plant Propagation (short course)

Saturday, 6/8 Details...

Shady Native Gardens

Saturday, 6/8 Details...

Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina (lecture)

Wednesday, 6/12 Details...

Summer Flora

Saturday, 6/15 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Butterflies in Colored Pencil (short course)

Saturday, 6/15 Details...

Integrating Composition & Color Theory

Sunday, 6/16 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Summer Flora

Saturday, 6/22 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Expressive Arts Journaling Workshop

Saturday, 6/22 Details...

Integrating Composition & Color Theory

Sunday, 6/23 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Honey Beehive Tour (at the CCCG)

Sunday, 6/23 Details...

Creating a Pollinator Garden: a hands-on workshop

Tuesday, 6/25 Details...

Summer Wildflowers and Pollinators Tour

Saturday, 6/29 Details...

Bee, I'm Expecting You—a poetry reading

Sunday, 6/30 Details...

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July 2013

Independence Day Pilgrimage to a Beech Tree

Thursday, 7/4 Details...

Book Review: Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Thursday, 7/11 Details...

From Walden Pond to Mason Farm—Thoreau and the "Wild" (lecture)

Friday, 7/12 Details...

Summer Flora

Saturday, 7/13 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Capturing Nature in Words

Saturday, 7/13 Details...

Thoreau's Adventure with Witch Hazel—a walk-and-talk

Sunday, 7/14 Details...

Summer Flora

Saturday, 7/20 [last of 4-session class] Details...

The Physical Fitness of Leaves: Science for All of Us (lecture)

Sunday, 7/21 Details...

Southeastern Native Perennials Walk-and-Talk

Saturday, 7/27 Details...

August 2013

Home Landscape Design

Saturday, 8/3 Details...

Soil Ecology

Saturday, 8/3 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Botany

Saturday, 8/10 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Drawing for People Who Think They Can't Draw (Short Course)

Saturday, 8/10 Details...

Soil Ecology

Saturday, 8/10 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Botany

Saturday, 8/17 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Soil Ecology

Saturday, 8/17 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Drawing

Wednesday, 8/21 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Botany

Saturday, 8/24 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Soil Ecology

Saturday, 8/24 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Introduction to Botanical Illustration (Short Course)

Saturday, 8/24 Details...

Beginning Drawing

Wednesday, 8/28 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Botany

Saturday, 8/31 [last of 4-session class] Details...

September 2013

Beginning Watercolor

Tuesday, 9/3 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Drawing

Wednesday, 9/4 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 9/5 [1st of 6-session class] Details...

Pollination

Saturday, 9/7 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Drawing

Saturday, 9/7 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

How to Safely Use Photographs in a Painting

Sunday, 9/8 Details...

Advanced Watercolor

Monday, 9/9 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Watercolor

Tuesday, 9/10 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Drawing

Wednesday, 9/11 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 9/12 [2nd of 6-session class] Details...

Pollination

Saturday, 9/14 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Drawing

Saturday, 9/14 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Introduction to Mushrooms (Short Course)

Saturday, 9/14 Details...

Advanced Watercolor

Monday, 9/16 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Watercolor

Tuesday, 9/17 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Native Edible & Medicinal Trees of the NC Piedmont

Tuesday, 9/17 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 9/19 [3rd of 6-session class] Details...

Pollination

Saturday, 9/21 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Drawing

Saturday, 9/21 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Advanced Watercolor

Monday, 9/23 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Watercolor

Tuesday, 9/24 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Native Edible & Medicinal Trees of the NC Piedmont

Tuesday, 9/24 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 9/26 [4th of 6-session class] Details...

Intermediate Drawing

Saturday, 9/28 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Advanced Watercolor

Monday, 9/30 [last of 4-session class] Details...

October 2013

Native Edible & Medicinal Trees of the NC Piedmont

Tuesday, 10/1 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 10/3 [5th of 6-session class] Details...

Pollination

Saturday, 10/5 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil (Short Course)

Saturday, 10/5 Details...

Plant Taxonomy

Sunday, 10/6 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Field Sketching

Monday, 10/7 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Watercolor Techniques

Tuesday, 10/8 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Colored Pencil

Wednesday, 10/9 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Native Edible & Medicinal Trees of the NC Piedmont

Tuesday, 10/8 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Applied Conservation Biology

Thursday, 10/10 [last of 6-session class] Details...

Lichens

Saturday, 10/12 Details...

Plant Taxonomy

Sunday, 10/13 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Field Sketching

Monday, 10/14 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Watercolor Techniques

Tuesday, 10/15 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Colored Pencil

Wednesday, 10/16 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Book Review: Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Nash (Short Course)

Thursday, 10/17 Details...

Native Seed Propagation (Short Course)

Saturday, 10/19 Details...

Nature Journaling Seasonal Continuum: Session I

Saturday, 10/19 Details...

Field Sketching

Monday, 10/21 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Watercolor Techniques

Tuesday, 10/22 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Colored Pencil

Wednesday, 10/23 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Dendrology

Wednesday, 10/23 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Plant Taxonomy

Sunday, 10/27 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

What's in Your Tube of Paint (Short Course)

Sunday, 10/27 Details...

Field Sketching

Monday, 10/28 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Watercolor Techniques

Tuesday, 10/29 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Beginning Colored Pencil

Wednesday, 10/30 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Dendrology

Wednesday, 10/30 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

November 2013

Flowering Plant Families

Saturday, 11/2 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Lichens: Science & Art (Short Course)

Saturday, 11/2 Details...

Composition

Sunday, 11/3 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Plant Taxonomy

Sunday, 11/3 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Nature Journaling Seasonal Continuum: Session II

Monday, 11/4 Details...

Pen & Ink

Tuesday, 11/5 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Dendrology

Wednesday, 11/6 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Flowering Plant Families

Saturday, 11/9 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Colored Pencil

Saturday, 11/9 [1st of 4-session class] Details...

Composition

Sunday, 11/10 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Pen & Ink

Tuesday, 11/12 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Dendrology

Wednesday, 11/13 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Flowering Plant Families

Saturday, 11/16 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Colored Pencil

Saturday, 11/16 [2nd of 4-session class] Details...

Composition

Sunday, 11/17 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Pen & Ink

Tuesday, 11/19 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Flowering Plant Families

Saturday, 11/23 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Intermediate Colored Pencil

Saturday, 11/23 [3rd of 4-session class] Details...

Composition

Sunday, 11/24 [last of 4-session class] Details...

Pen & Ink

Tuesday, 11/26 [last of 4-session class] Details...

December 2013

Intermediate Colored Pencil

Saturday, 12/7 [last of 4-session class] Details...