BAMBOO USES IN THE LANDSCAPE AND EFFECTIVE REMOVAL June 20, 2023 Via Zoom
David Benfield, founder and owner of Brightside Bamboo David Benfield, a Durham native, founded Brightside Bamboo in 2010. Located in Chapel Hill, the company focuses on bamboo maintenance. David will discuss best practices for proper variety selection, installation, containment, and when necessary, removal of this amazing and often misunderstood plant.
The Durham Garden Forum is an informal group that meets once a month to enrich our gardening knowledge and skill. 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00- 8:30 pm via Zoom link sent to registrants. Memberships: $25 per year Members have access to video library of presentations CONTACT US: durhamgardenforum@gmail.com
The Plant Sale is here! Due to the weather forecast, the sale will be part indoors and part outside under tents, so grab your raincoats and come on out!
Container Gardening: Planting and Design Tue, April 18, 10am – 11am Cocoa Cinnamon, 420 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701
For city dwellers, growing plants outdoors often means gardening in containers. Whether you live in an apartment, condo, townhome or house, our Urban Container Gardening series will get you prepared to grow ornamental plants or edibles in containers at your city home. For this two-part talk, you can attend either one or both seminars, as they’ll cover complementary information.
For our second class, you’ll learn from Extension Master Gardeners Cathy Halloran and Jackie MacLeod about selecting the right plants for the right place, differences between types of plants, design tips to make your containers look great, and then get your hands dirty designing and planting in containers.
Join the Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteers of Durham County to learn gardening tricks and tips at the Cocoa Cinnamon Container Gardeners.
Parking is available along the street and in the Cooperative Extension Parking lot (721 Foster St). There is a limit of 15 people per class.
This class is part of the Bull City Gardener Learning Series and is open to everyone.
This class is made possible by an Inspire-Connect-Empower Grant from the Master Gardener Association of North Carolina.
Durham Garden Forum
Tue, April 18, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Anne Spafford, Professor of Landscape Design at NC State University High performing landscapes refer to garden elements that serve multiple functions. A rain garden, for example, can also be a pollinator garden, and can be composed in a way that brings humans joy. A privacy screen can also support wildlife. In this engaging presentation, Anne will share her top ten design, implementation and management strategies for achieving sustainable and attractive landscapes.
The Durham Garden Forum is an informal group that meets once a month to enrich our gardening knowledge and skill. 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00- 8:30 pm via Zoom link sent to registrants. Memberships: $25 per year Members have access to video library of presentations CONTACT US: durhamgardenforum@gmail.com
Container Gardening: Planting and Design Sun, April 23, 2pm – 3pm Cocoa Cinnamon, 420 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701) Description For city dwellers, growing plants outdoors often means gardening in containers. Whether you live in an apartment, condo, townhome or house, our Urban Container Gardening series will get you prepared to grow ornamental plants or edibles in containers at your city home. For this two-part talk, you can attend either one or both seminars, as they’ll cover complementary information.
For our second class, you’ll learn from Extension Master Gardeners Cathy Halloran and Jackie MacLeod about selecting the right plants for the right place, differences between types of plants, design tips to make your containers look great, and then get your hands dirty designing and planting in containers.
Join the Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteers of Durham County to learn gardening tricks and tips at the Cocoa Cinnamon Container Gardeners.
