Meetings are held Saturdays in collaboration with the JC Raulston Arboretum, which co-sponsors our programs. Social time begins at 9:30 am, program at 10. 

Meetings are in person, with concurrent live streaming for those unable to attend.  When possible, programs will also be recorded and available as online video to all chapter members. Chapter members will receive detailed information on attending and viewing our meetings via email prior to each meeting, as will JC Raulston Arboretum members.

Meetings resume in September, 2024. Have a great summer!

 

Sept. 21, 2024

Ryan Schiller of Seneca, South Carolina, a Clemson University student, presents Hidden Gems of the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment.

 

Oct. 19, 2024

Jerry Yu of Cary, North Carolina and a student at NC State University, presents The Cradle of Southern US Horticulture in My Grandmother’s Backyard in China.

Plus a short talk, It’s NufinLAND!, by Amelia and Richard Lane

 

Nov. 23, 2024

Greg Paige of Raleigh, Director of Horticulture at the JC Raulston Arboretum, presents The Pleasures, Perils and Pain of Plant Hunting Near and Far. 

 

Jan. 18, 2025

Adam Black of Shelby, NC, Director of Horticulture and Plant Conservation at Bartlett, presents Rockery Madness at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum.

Plus a short talk on Early Spring Wildflowers in the Mountains of Southern Turkey by Cyndy Cromwell

 

Feb. 8, 2025

Botanist Scott Zona of Hillsborough, NC, presents, Celebrating the Botany of Charles Darwin.

Plus a short talk, Some Things I Learned by Volunteering in the Galápagos Islands by Janice Swab

 

Mar. 15, 2025

JC Raulston’s Tim Alderton of Raleigh, NC, presents NARGS-Sponsored Argentine Patagonia Trip, December 2023.

Plus a short talk on NARGS Extension Trip to Southern Patagonia, December 2022 by Jim Jahnke

 

Apr. 19, 2025

Noted plantsman Ozzie Johnson of Marietta, Georgia, presents Shining a Light on Plant Treasures in Japan.