The Durham County Master Gardener Plant Sale is on April 11, 2026 and the following week on April 18th the Briggs Avenue Community Garden will hold its plant festival and sale. These are two opportunities to get high quality plants for your garden and grow food for your table!
Master Gardeners will also be available at several other events in April to answer your gardening questions:
April 12: Durham Food Co-op, 1111 Chapel Hill Drive, noon-3 pm.
April 18: Durham Farmers Market, 501 Foster Street, 8am-noon.
April 22: Earth Day-Lenovo, 8001 Development Drive, Morrisville, NC, 11:30-1:30.
April 23: Club Blvd Elementary School PTA Plant Sale, 8:00=11:00
April 25: South Durham Farmers Market, 500 Park Offices, 8 am-noon.
April 26: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Earth Day, 8:45 am-6:20 pm
On April 25, 2026, the Durham Public School Hub Farm will hold their Spring Soils Festival from 10 am to 1pm. The event features family-friendly, hands-on activities, music, plant giveaway, delicious food, fishing, arts & crafts, and more.
The Durham Garden Forum will offer an online program on April 21st at 7pm. The topic is Fireflies. It will be presented by Dr. Clyde Sorenson, NCSU Alumni Association Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of entomology. For more information contact: durhamgardenforum@gmail.com
Interested in learning more about how you can have a positive impact on pollinators when gardening in your own landscape? Join the Durham Garden Forum (DGF) on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm for an in-person lecture at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, NC.
Event parking is free and accessed from the entrance on W. Club and Ninth Street.
This event is free to Durham Garden Forum members and $10 for non-members. Not a member?If you join now through the end of 2025, membership extends to the end of 2026.
2025 Keynote Presenter
Dr. Elizabeth D. Hilborn, writer, scientist, and veterinarian with expertise in honeybee medicine presents “Restoring Eden.“ Dr. Hilborn tells the true story of the sudden loss of insect life on her family farm in our part of North Carolina. An award-winning author and environmental epidemiologist for the US Environmental Protection Agency, she will introduce us to the hazards of systemic insecticides and review the best landscape management methods to support pollinator health.
DGF will raffle off three signed copies of Dr. Hilborn’s book ” Restoring Eden” at the end of the program.
Pre-Lecture Plant Swap
Prior to the keynote address, the DGF will host a participant Plant Swap from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.
Bring your divided plants or extra garden plants to share with DGF members. Please bring plants in some form of container, labeled if possible, and remove any plants not taken at the end of the swap. Be ready to connect with other plant-loving people.
If you have plants to drop off, you can drive up to the main entrance, bear to the left, drop off plants at the plant swap space, then go to the parking lot.
Upcoming DGF Events
The Durham Garden Forum (DGF)is an informal group that meets once a month to enrich gardening knowledge and skill. Meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Most meetings are via Zoom. Members have access to a video library of presentations, and they also receive discounts at Durham Garden Center, and For Garden’s Sake, and Deep Roots Natives.
Durham Garden Forum memberships cost $25 per year. You can access the membership form here (scroll down to bottom). If you are a DGF member, you will receive invitations to register for each month’s meeting. For new members joining now through the end of 2025, membership extends to the end of 2026.
Dates, topics, and presenters for upcoming DGF lectures include
October 26, 2025 “Using Native Plants In Design” with Laurel Babcock, Extension Master GardenerSM volunteer of Durham County
November 18, 2025 “Growing and Maintaining Camellias” with Brie Arthur, horticulturalist, teacher, and author
December 16, 2025 “The Light Eaters” with Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic journalist covering science, health, and the environment
January 20, 2026 “Nature’s Action Guide” with Sarah F. Jayne, author, educator, and environmentalist
Questions? Contact durhamgardenforum@gmail.com
Edited by Melinda Heigel, NC State Extension Master Gardener SM volunteer of Durham County
