This coming Saturday, April 5, from 10 am to 3pm there will be a series of FREE lectures and demonstrations focused on dealing with the drought during the spring Arbor Fest at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. At 3pm there will be a tour of the arboretum focusing on drought tolerant plants. Details can be seen by going to the link below.

Tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:30, Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery will be the featured speaker at the Arboretum. His topic is the "Wacky World of Aroids". The lecture is free to members and $5 for non-members. If you plan to come, come early because Tony's lectures are usually to a full house.

Two weeks from Thursday on the 17th, Dr. Paul Franz, a world famous Taxonomy professor at NCSU will speak. His talk is entitled "What's in a Name".

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to JCRA Arborfest details