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Southeastern Plant Symposium, Raleigh NC – Friday June 7, Saturday June 8

Leave a Comment • Educational Topics, Nursery News • By Tony Avent • April 28, 2024

Only six weeks remain before the amazing Southeastern Plant Symposium and Rare Plant Auction kicks off in Raleigh. This annual symposium for plant nerds takes place on June 7 and 8 at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The symposium, a collaboration between the JC Raulston Arboretum and Juniper Level Botanic Garden, brings together

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A Roach Inspired Visit to NYC

7 Comments • Nursery News, Plant Spotlight • By Tony Avent • September 29, 2023

I’m just back from a quick 24-hour trip to NYC for a special tribute to a dear friend, Margaret Roach. Wave Hill Gardens in the Bronx, was hosting a garden fundraising dinner to salute this legendary garden communicator. Accompanying me was NCSU CALS College Advancement Director of Development, Alycia Thornton, who manages the fundraising for

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Richer for Ritchie

1 Comment • Educational Topics • By Tony Avent • March 7, 2022

I was scanning some older slides recently, and came across this image of the late Ritchie Bell from 1968. Dr. Bell was director of the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill for 25 years, from 1961 to 1986. Here he is in 1968, posing by a sign for the first nature trail opened at NCBG,

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Plant Information…it’s all on the Internet…right?

1 Comment • Articles, Nursery News • By Tony Avent • January 13, 2022

It’s scary how many people rely on the Internet for all their plant knowledge. Sure, you can find some helpful information on-line, but so much of what is there is simply repeated from one writer to the next, without anyone who has actually grown the plants, checking it for accuracy. More and more important books

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