Horticulture Group
The Horticulture Group was formed to increase members' knowledge and enjoyment of growing and using plants in the landscape and home. Programs of the Horticulture Study Group are educational to give more in-depth knowledge of various horticulture topics and to have fun sharing our common interest in plants.
Programs This Year 2025-26
Details will be in the Leaflet and at the meetings.
Sept 18, 2025 Thurs, 11:00-3:30. Horticulture, Tour of Reynolda House and Garden, 2250 Reynolda Rd., Winston Salem, NC. Guided Garden & Conservatory Tour 11-12, lunch at Reynolda Village 12-2, self-guided house tour 2-3:30. Carpool leaving Raleigh 8:30am. Register here.
Oct 9, 2025 Thurs, 10 – 12. We’ll visit Debbie Roos’ Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Garden. Join us for a guided tour by Debbie Roos, Agriculture Agent of the Chatham County Center of NC Cooperative Extension. The garden features over 225 species of perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, and grasses, and 85% of them are native to North Carolina. Lunch after the tour, place TBD. Then we’ll visit Rachel’s Native Plants Nursery, 141 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro on the way home. Check her website: https://rachelsnativeplants.com/
Signup at the September meeting. Rain date will be announced if weather cancels our tour.
Feb 26, 2026 Thurs, 10-12. Robbie Davis, owner of Native Plants Matter, will talk to us about the dangers of invasive plants and the benefits of adding native plants to our gardens. JC Raulston Arboretum, 4415 Beryl Road.
April 18, 2026 Sat 10:30-1. Join us for guided tours and a garden party at the lovely, historic Reid Wildflower Garden. Signup sheets will be at the March and April general meetings. 1439 Dixie Trail, Raleigh.
May 8, 2026. Thurs, 11-1.Rain date May 15. Guided tour of Rudy Riggs’ and Jim Phillips’ magnificent garden on the Little River. Bring a bag lunch for a picnic in the garden. We’ll stop to visit Deep Roots Natives Garden Center, 3666 Guess Rd., Durham on the way home, if time permits. 830 Terry Road, Hurdle Mills, NC.
Past Activities
The Horticulture Group has hosted a variety of programs throughout the years included potting plants for the spring plant sale, plant exchanges and propagation, hosting the plant sale, doing a garden for the State Fair, making troughs for container gardening, pruning workshops, and more. Of course, garden tours … and visiting nurseries and private gardens of seasoned plants people.