Upcoming Events

Garden Conservancy's Open Days

Saturday, September 20 from 9am-5pm
and Sunday, September 21 from 12-5pm.

Since that is a Plant Delights Nursery Fall Open House weekend as well, we hope you'll spend the entire day visiting some of the great gardens of the region, with proceeds benefitting the JC Raulston Arboretum. The cost to visit is $5 per garden, which obviously is not applicable here at PDN, but we will gladly accept the same fee and send the donation along to the Garden Conservancy. You can read more about the area gardens which are participating at www.opendaysprogram.org.

J.C. Raulston Arboretum Symposium

September 26-27, 2008

The nearby J.C. Raulston Arboretum will hold a symposium titled "Surround Yourself with Shady Characters." The don't-miss speaker list includes:

Bill Cullina - Author and Curator, Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens, ME
Sean Hogan - Editor of Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia, Owner of Cistus Nursery, OR
Dave Demers - Plant Explorer, BC
Richard Olsen - Woody Plant Breeder, US National Arboretum, D. C.
Larry Stanley Stanley and Sons Nursery, Inc., OR
John Grimshaw - Author/Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens, UK
Thomas Bonnicksen - Author of America's Ancient Forests, retired professor Texas A&M

Call 919.513.7003 to register or for more info, www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum Plant Delights Nursery will be open Friday, Sept. 26 from 8 am to 4 pm for symposium attendees, with a bagel breakfast from 9-10 am. Please reserve your coffee and bagel with a call to PDN, 919.772.4794.

2009 Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium

September 25-29, 2009 (next year)

600 of the country's top garden writers and communicators converge on Raleigh, NC (and Plant Delights Nursery) for the 2009 Garden Writers Association Symposium. For more info, contact Symposium Chair, Pam Beck at pbeck@ipass.net.

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