News

Our Spring course catalog is up on the website now. Click here to see all of the details of our upcoming classes, workshops, and events. 

Exciting news! Our podcast The Plants We Eat is included in NPR affiliate @WFAE’s #QueenCityPodQuest, the search for the #Charlotte-area’s next great podcast. Vote for us once per day until February 17: https://queencitypodquest.strutta.me/gallery?entry_id=1336139.

Cast a vote for The Plants We Eat and help the world wake up to the fascinating history, biology, and culture of the food growing in our fields and forests.

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From left to right: Amethyst witch hazel (Hamamelis vernalis ‘Amethyst’), Camellia ‘Crimson Candles’ (Camellia hybrid), Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’), Camellia ‘Forest 38’ (Camellia japonica), Fragrant Paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha), Camellia ‘Professor Sargent’ (Camellia japonica), Japanese Pieris (Pieris japonica), Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)

Top row (from left to right): Lysudamuloa Red Jewel ‘Sweet Baby’ Orchid (Lycamerlycaste Geyser Gold x Angulocaste Red Jade), Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii ‘Thai Hybrid’), Begonia ‘Little Brother Montgomery’ (Begonia)

Bottom row (from left to right): Oesterdella orchid (Oerstedella centradenia), Dendrobium orchid (Dendrobium spectabile), Gongora orchid (Gongora sphaerica)

Top row (from left to right): Japanese apricot (Prunus mume ‘Hokkai Bungo’), ‘Amethyst’ Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis cultivar), “Professor Sargent’ Camellia (Camellia japonica cultivar)

Bottom row (from left to right): ‘Winter Sun’ Mahonia (Mahonia x media cultivar), ‘Spring Mist’ Camellia (Camellia japonica ‘Spring Mist’), Fragrant Paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Snow Cream’)

Top row (from left to right): Camellia japonica ‘Willie Hite,’ Camellia japonica ‘April Bliss,’ Camellia japonica ‘Adeyaka’

Bottom row (from left to right): Camellia japonica ‘Governor Mouton,’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Misty Morn,’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Mine-No-Yuki’

From left to right: Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), ‘Midnight Lover’ camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Midnight Lover’), Sasaba Tea Olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Sasaba’), ‘Misty Morn’ Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Misty Morn’), Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’), Shishi Gashira Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Shishi Gashira’), Balloon Milkweed (Gomphocarpus physocarpus), Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica)

News from Director Jeff Gillman: 

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Top row (from left to right): Misty Morn Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Misty Morn’), Yellow-Berried Nandina (Nandina domestica ‘Alba’), Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’)

Bottom row (from left to right): Snow Flurry Camellia (Camellia x ‘Snow Flurry’), Nandina (Nandina domestica), Shishi Gashira Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Shishi Gashira’)

Annual Orchid Sale

February 9-14, 2019

Why give roses when you can give a beautiful live orchid? Our annual Orchid Sale will run from February 9-14, 2019, during normal Greenhouse operating hours. Orchids will range from $10-50. An assortment of houseplants and succulents will also be available to purchase.

Special events during the sale: 

Sunday, February 10- Ganache at the Gardens: a Chocolate Celebration

Tuesday, February 12- Orchid Care 101 Workshop