Join for story time and self-guided activities in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden. Story times will begin at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. each Thursday morning in the Story Circle in the Discovery Garden. Activities for caregivers to enjoy with their youngsters will be available on the picnic tables in the same garden area.
In this guided mixed-media workshop with Patricia Efunsade, founder and creative director of SaKredJoi Art, participants will create a series of botanically inspired greeting cards using a simple and approachable collage process. Participants will begin by creating an 8.5-by-11-inch collage master sheet — a mixed-media process rooted in experimentation, layering, composition and storytelling through paper. […]
Support winter wildlife and repurpose garden cuttings by making a bug snug, an easy-to-create sculptural structure made from twigs and stems that provides a place for insects and other invertebrates to overwinter. Participants will work with Brooks Burleson, artisan and owner of Natural Stone Installation, to create a functional, attractive, 2-foot-tall structure to take home […]
Join horticulture staff and experienced volunteers for a walk through the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants to explore the connections between people, plants and place. Each month will feature a different seasonal topic related to gardening with native plants.
Visitors are encouraged to stop by the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden for a special opportunity to meet the caretakers of the bees, chickens and edible plants in this garden area, beloved by learners of all ages. Horticulture staff and volunteers wearing Duke Gardens shirts will be available to answer questions and share what they are […]
Mums can be carefully cultivated to produce exceptionally large blooms in a spectacular range of flower types and colors. Michelle Rawlins, Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden horticulturist in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, will lead visitors on a tour of these seasonal flowers on display at Duke Gardens and explain what makes display mums so special.
Are gardeners unsure when to cut back dormant plants or how many leaves to leave behind? Perhaps they have heard about stem-nesting bees or insects that overwinter in fallen foliage and want to support them. Traditional gardening practices called for raking leaves and cutting everything back to tidy up before winter. Today, delaying cutbacks and […]
Learn to hand-stitch a garden-inspired quilt block in this two-hour class with Julia Gartrell, artist and creator of the Radical Repair Workshop. The class offers a cozy creative activity to prepare for the winter season. Using precut fabric and a selection of colors, participants can design their own quilt block, choosing from four designs: a […]
Participants can spend an afternoon learning about woody plants with ethnobiologist Marc Williams. This in-person intensive class begins with a presentation on major tree and shrub families, followed by an outdoor plant walk. Participants will learn to identify woody trees and shrubs by their leaves, bark, flowers, fruit and growing conditions, as well as recognize […]
In this accessible workshop, participants use sculpture and plant wisdom as pathways to self-discovery. Led by sculptor and certified mindfulness instructor Meg Stein (CFP, MFA), the workshop invites participants to engage in hands-on clay sculpting while practicing embodied meditation to foster deeper self-connection and artistic expression. The meditation will incorporate information and metaphorical wisdom from […]
Join founding curator of the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum Paul Jones for a walking tour of some of the most iconic stone features found in the arboretum. You’ll hear the stories behind the stone, including traditional stone lanterns, pathways, waterfalls and lichen-covered boulders that blend seamlessly into the landscape. Hear why specific boulders were chosen and […]
Join Kavanah Anderson, director of learning and community engagement at Duke Gardens, for a conversational stroll in the garden that deepens your relationship with plants. Swap plant stories, dig into horticultural history, question what you know and practice multisensory observation on a playful amble through the Gardens that delights and disrupts your understanding of what […]
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