Fayetteville gardens events

Spring Concert Series

The family-friendly Friday evening concert series returns to the Garden! Spring Concert Series in the Garden. Enjoy special musical performances from local artists...

Plant Delights Nursery Summer Open House

Please join us for our Annual Plant Delights Nursery Summer Open House. Walk the gardens and shop the greenhouses. Bring your notebooks, cameras, and gardening friends!

Plant Delights Nursery Fall Open House

Please join us for our Annual Plant Delights Nursery Fall Open House. Walk the gardens and shop the greenhouses. Bring your notebooks, cameras, and gardening friends!

10th Annual Celebration of the Arts

The Celebration of the Arts is part of a town-wide festival called Celebrate Fuquay-Varina. The art festival features artists and fine crafts people producing original work...

2013 New Hope Valley Railway Ride Days

Trains generally operate on Sunday each month from April-December...

N.C. Museum of History: Saturdays in the Garden

Saturdays in the Garden Saturday, May 18 Saturday, June 15 1:30–2:30 p.m. Join one of the N.C...

Garden Sprouts – Trash to Treasure

Join us in the garden with special guests from CompostNow! Learn about composting and help lighten the load on the way to the landfill.

May Garden Storytime

Grab your picnic blanket and come join us in the garden for storytime. We will meet at the Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center and head out into the gardens together...

Ann Clapp: "The Weekend Gardener said What?"

Ann Clapp: "The Weekend Gardener said What?" Ann Clapp, co-host of the Weekend Gardener show on WPTF radio will address the regular meeting of Gardeners of Wake County on Tuesday July 16 at J...

Rediscover Your Home!

What does your house or home say about you? What do you want it to say? As the real estate industry continues to recover, people aren't "moving up", but staying put...

Plant propagation and breeding

Professor Dennis Werner will speak at the regular Gardeners of Wake County meeting Tuesday June 18 at J.C Raulston Arboretum. Dr...

Cut Flower Workshop (youth workshop)

Something is always in bloom at the Arboretum! In our Cut Flower Workshop, children will learn about the flowers in the Arboretum and get to take some home! After learning the parts of a flower an...

Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity

A journalist on the front lines of the ongoing conversation about feminism, work, and homemaking, Matchar examines the sudden uptick and interest in canning and preserving food, knitting, home-scho...

Wild Edible Wonders Walk: Make Pesto with “Weeds” in Your Yarden

Join herbalist Kim Calhoun on this enchanting evening plant walk. Make friends and food with the weeds in your home “yarden” as we meet and eat some of the abundant wild edibles of the NC Piedmont...