Juniper Level Botanic Garden to open two weekends this summer
The 28-acre educational, research and display garden will be open July 15-17 and July 22-24 for self-guided tours plant purchases and free gardening walks with experts. The garden is home to more than 27,000 different kinds of plants.
Posted — UpdatedThe 28-acre educational, research and display garden will be open July 15-17 and July 22-24 for self-guided tours plant purchases and free gardening walks with experts. The garden is home to more than 27,000 different kinds of plants.
Admission is free. The garden will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The "Gardening Unplugged" series will feature experts talking about specific areas of interest or concern in the garden. That series will be held at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on open garden days.
“This series is free, part of our educational outreach, and no reservations are required. Just check the schedule, find your topic of interest, and meet at the welcome tent," founder and proprietor Tony Avent said.
Avent and his wife Anita gifted the garden to North Carolina State University. Tony Avent went to school at N.C. State and studied under the late J.C. Raulston in the 1970s.
- Friday, July 15 - 10:00 AM: Shade Gardening (Tony Avent, Proprietor)
- Friday, July 15 - 2:00 PM: Cacti & Succulents (Vince Schneider, CV: NC Museum of Natural Sciences)
- Saturday, July 16 - 10:00 AM: Agaves in the Garden (Zac Hill, Plant Records Specialist/Taxonomist)
- Saturday, July 16 - 2:00 PM: Friend or Foe in the Garden – (Kevin Stephens, Outdoor Insect and Pest Management and Plant Health)
- Sunday, July 17 - 2:00 PM: Preparing Potted Plants for Planting (Dr. Patrick McMillan)
- Friday, July 22 - 10:00 AM: Pollinators in the Garden (Meghan Fidler, Ph.D.)
- Friday, July 22 - 2:00 PM: Ex-Situ Conservation (Dr. Patrick McMillan)
- Saturday, July 23 - 10:00 AM: Establishing Tropicals (Bill Reynolds, Entomologist)
- Saturday, July 23 - 2:00 PM: Fragrant Plants (Dr. Patrick McMillan)
- Sunday, July 24 - 2:00 PM: Sounds in the Garden (Bill Reynolds, Entomologist)
To find the gardens via your GPS, input 9241 Sauls Road in Raleigh.
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