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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these programs are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Charlotte Garden Club or any entities they represent.


Charlotte Garden Club Members can view the videos of our previous events by clicking here (password protected).

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden – Holidays at the Garden

The Garden’s cherished annual holiday event is coming up! Holidays at the Garden offers a magical experience for guests from November 26 through January 2. Advance tickets for Holidays at the Garden are being sold online. Sing along to your wintertime favorites at our popular topiary display, take in the …

Patty Smith – Winter Container Gardening with a Holiday Spin

Ring in the holidays with a fun and creative winter container garden demonstration by horticulturist Patty Smith, owner of Harrisburg Greenhouse & Nursery. Watch Patty build a handsome outdoor container as she shares tips on design, keeping greens fresh, and unique foliage ideas for a statement-making entry display. Then, bid …

Scott McMahan – Plant Exploration with a Purpose

Manager of the International Plant Explorer Program of The Atlanta Botanical Garden Scott’s lecture will be virtual; Club members will be sent a Zoom link. Want to attend? Become a member today: https://www.charlottegardenclub.com/membership/ Charlotte Garden Club members that cannot attend the Zoom webinar can view a recording link after the …

Teri Dunn Chace – Seeing Flowers – Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers

An engrossing, narrated hour-long talk based on her best-selling Timber Press title of the same name. Learn why flowers look and behave the way they do, why certain plants are placed in certain families, how flowers attract pollinators and how pollination works. She also regales the audience with some amazing …

Tour Carolina Lavender Farm

Board Member Mary Griggs has organized a tour of the Carolina Lavender Farm (Click for more info) in Gastonia with a dinner to follow. MEET: Lavender farmers John & Sue Rowley WHAT: Farm tour with optional dinner on Lake Wylie WHEN: Friday, May 27; tour from 5-7 PM WHERE: 188 …

Kelly Norris on Plants with Style

Mint Museum Randolph 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC, United States

Kelly suggests ditching ho-hum varieties and using cutting-edge plants in his popular #newnaturalism book, social media and lectures. A passionate horticulturist and lifelong gardener, he wrote New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden (2021) and Plants With Style (2015). His A-list plant selections allow you to …

Don Pell on Designing and Managing Naturalistic Gardens: Successes and Failures in the Landscape

Mint Museum Randolph 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC, United States

International designer Don Pell focuses an unbiased eye on what is - and is not - working in the plant communities he creates. Not all plants “play nice,” which can force the gardener to make revisions that keep plants in check. Don shares his approach to editing, highlights his successful …

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these programs are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Charlotte Garden Club or any entities they represent.