Upcoming Gardening Events: March 2025

  • Ask a Master Gardener!
  • March 1, 8:30 – 11:30
    • Durham Farmer’s Market, Central Park, Durham, NC
      • If you have questions that only Master Gardeners can answer come to the Durham Farmer’s Market and look for our booth. Bring your gardening questions.
  • Ask a Master Gardener!
  • March 8, 8:30 – 11:30
    • Durham Farmer’s Market, Central Park, Durham, NC
      • If you have questions that only Master Gardeners can answer come to the Durham Farmer’s Market and look for our booth. Bring your gardening questions.
  • Plant Festival
  • March 22, 10:00-noon
    • Cooperative Extension Building at 721 Foster Street, Durham, NC
      • Extension Master Gardeners have teamed up with local community partners to share research-based gardening practices and offer solutions to protect and enhance our environment and community. To see a list of our exhibitors from 2024 go to: https://www.backyardtreasuresplantsale.org/2024-exhibitors

  • Master Gardener’s Annual Plant Sale
  • April 5, 10:00 – until we sell out!

  • Durham Garden Forum Tick Talk: Understanding and minimizing the risks of ticks in a garden
  • March 18, 7:00-8:30 pm
    • Zoom talk – become a member and a link will be sent to you.
      • Marcia Hermon-Giddens, adjunct professor at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and consultant on tick- borne infections.

JC Raulston Arboretum

  • Prepping Beds for Spring – Greg Paige, Director of Horticulture
  • March 5, 2025 – 3:00 pm–4:00 pm

Sarah P. Duke Gardens

  • African American Legacy in Gardening and Horticulture Symposium
  • Saturday, March 29 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  
    • Location: In-person at the Hayti Heritage Center or virtually through a livestream. The in-person program will conclude with a Symposium Social and Seed Swap. 
    •  Fee: Free; registration required at go.unc.edu/legacy25

Back for a second year, The African American Legacy in Gardening and Horticulture Symposium will explore the unsung historical legacy of African American plants, people, horticulturists, residential gardeners, and gardening clubs.

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