Above is Tony Avent, founder and owner of Plant Delights Nursery (PDN) in Raleigh, NC. RBG has been a customer of PDN for over 20 years and I’ve always wanted …
After arriving in Raleigh, NC yesterday for the Perennial Plant Association (PPA) Annual Conference, we started the festivities early this morning. I wasn’t prepared for the instant humidity at 7 …
A bit of a late post due to being busy with lots of other things but we had a fun trip to the annual Ball Customer Day held at The …
The photo directly above and the three below show the Nancy Yahr Memorial Children’s Garden plantings filling in very nicely! The theme this year is an A-Z Pollinator Garden with …
Nice shot above of the entrance to the Parker Education Center. Lots of folks are smitten with the wave of lavender color out there with South American verbena (Verbena bonariensis) …
Today we had a retirement party for Larry Olsen who worked at Rotary Botanical Gardens for over 20 years. We had a great turnout of over 50 staff and volunteers …
Today was a gorgeous day and after the nice, soaking rains we had over the weekend, our summer color is really starting to peak nicely. The photo above and the …
Our annual Home Garden Tour was a huge success this past Saturday on a day that we were very worried about rain! The day was breezy, cool and aside from …
The chance of precipitation today was extremely high and the rain did appear around 10 am or so with a nice soaker drenching the gardens. It never really became sunny …