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November
11/16/2020
9:00 AM to 1/29/2021 5:00 PM
Nature Box: Winter Detectives - for KIDS!Designed for ages 5-9.
Kids need a break from screen time? Ready for some hands-on, outdoor learning? Try a Nature Box! A Nature Box also makes a great holiday gift!
Each box is full of fun, hands-on, seasonally themed activities and projects that get kids outdoors (and learning!). This winter, be a detective and solve some natural history mysteries! Dissect an owl pellet, create your own evergreen paintbrush, learn common animal tracks, make a critter snowflake, and more. Step-by-step instructions and supplies included.
Order online, contact-less pickup at the Garden, and complete activities on your own schedule. Quantities limited.
Pickup begins: December 16. *Last day to order for pickup before the Garden closes for the holidays is December 20 (for pickup by December 23). Order pickup resumes January 6.
Fee: $35.00 (includes $2.44 sales tax); Members $31.50 (includes $2.20 sales tax)
*Order 2 or more boxes and receive a 5% discount
*Members receive 10% discount
January
1/15/2021
1:30 PM to 2/26/2021 4:30 PM
Winter Flora - FridaysRegistration ClosedThis course is designed for a broad audience as well as for students who are enrolled in either of the Garden’s certificate programs. Field trips and exercises provide experience in the use of identification keys and recognition of plants in their winter condition in natural settings. Enjoy discovering that many trees and shrubs are easily recognized when not covered with leaves!
1/16/2021
1:30 PM to 3/5/2021 4:30 PM
Winter Flora - SaturdaysRegistration ClosedThis course is designed for a broad audience as well as for students who are enrolled in either of the Garden’s certificate programs. Field trips and exercises provide experience in the use of identification keys and recognition of plants in their winter condition in natural settings. Enjoy discovering that many trees and shrubs are easily recognized when not covered with leaves!
1/21/2021
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
1/22/2021
10:00 AM to 2/19/2021 11:30 AM
Plant Taxonomy: HybridRegistration ClosedThis course builds on the fundamentals taught in Botany and prepares students for supplementary material covered in Flowering Plant Families. It is a core course for students enrolled in either of the NCBG public certificate programs. Students learn the basic concepts of the taxonomy of vascular plants and how to identify plant families by making observations of selected characteristics. The use of taxonomic keys is introduced. Interesting examples are studied to illustrate current issues in plant taxonomy and nomenclature. This course serves as a prerequisite for Flowering Plant Families.
1/26/2021
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
1/28/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
1/30/2021
1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
February
2/11/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
2/13/2021
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
2/20/2021
9:30 AM to 3/13/2021 12:30 PM
2/25/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
March
3/1/2021
to 4/12/2021 5:00 PM
Introduction to Therapeutic HorticultureThe Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture course is the first in an intended series of online courses that teach the theory, practice, and profession of Therapeutic Horticulture. Students will gain an overview of historical uses and theoretical foundations for the use of plants and nature for wellness. How therapeutic horticulture supports human needs, including physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs, will be explored. A discussion of the profession of therapeutic horticulture, related practices, and ways to pursue further study will conclude the teachings. Students will have the opportunity to research, discuss, and reflect on the people/plant relationship, and will be provided with references and resources for further study.
3/4/2021
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
3/5/2021
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
3/6/2021
1:15 PM to 3/27/2021 4:45 PM
3/7/2021
1:30 PM to 3/21/2021 4:30 PM
3/10/2021
1:00 PM to 3/31/2021 4:30 PM
3/11/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Virtual LUNCHBOX Talk: Mitigating Climate Change through NC’s Natural and Working LandsNorth Carolina's Natural and Working Land Action Plan recommends 25 activities that will help increase North Carolina’s resilience to natural disasters and offset greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering and storing carbon. Developed through a stakeholder-driven process, the Action Plan recommends conserving, restoring, and managing lands in six sectors: Agriculture, Coastal Habitats, Floodplains and Wetlands, Forestry, Pocosins, and Urban Lands. It also outlines specific projects for North Carolina’s natural and working lands that sequester carbon, build ecosystem and community resilience, provide ecosystem benefits, enhance our economy, and recommend socially equitable implementation.
3/19/2021
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
3/25/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
April
4/7/2021
1:00 PM to 4/28/2021 4:30 PM
4/8/2021
1:30 PM to 4/29/2021 4:30 PM
Intermediate Traditional Watercolor: VirtualThis course builds upon the knowledge and skills of Beginning Watercolor. Using live botanical specimens and photo references, students apply basic drawing and watercolor skills to create detailed, realistic watercolor studies of individual plant structures such as stems, twigs, leaves, petals, flowers, pods, and fruit. Classes cover such topics as creating the illusion of depth and volume and portraying shape, color, and textural details accurately. This is a live three hour Zoom format class divided into a group session for lecture, demonstrations and group critique with the instructor followed by one on one individual appointments for consultation and problem solving.
Prerequisites: Beginning Watercolor, Intermediate Drawing
4/8/2021
1:30 PM to 4/29/2021 3:45 PM
Plant Communities of North CarolinaThis course is intended for a broad audience and introduces students to North Carolina’s rich diversity of plant communities. Variations in geology, climate, soils, fire regimes, landscape positions, and other factors have resulted in the creation of distinctive ecosystems: subtropical maritime forests, salt marshes, longleaf pine savannas and sandhills, pocosins, oak-hickory forests, bottomland hardwoods, swamps, spruce-fir forests, rock outcrops and glades, fens, and grasslands. This course explores the causes and history of North Carolina’s plant community diversity.
4/9/2021
1:30 PM to 4/23/2021 4:30 PM
4/11/2021
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
4/22/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
4/24/2021
1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
May
5/5/2021
1:00 PM to 5/26/2021 4:30 PM
5/6/2021
1:15 PM to 6/17/2021 4:45 PM
5/13/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
5/13/2021
1:30 PM to 6/3/2021 4:30 PM
5/15/2021
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
5/27/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
June
6/1/2021
3:30 PM to 6/15/2021 5:00 PM
6/9/2021
1:00 PM to 6/30/2021 4:30 PM
6/10/2021
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
6/12/2021
9:30 AM to 6/26/2021 12:30 PM