NC Cooperative Extension Service

 

Growin' Crazy
A Garden Symposium

at the Barn at Fearrington Village, Pittsboro
Saturday, April 16, 9 am - 2 pm
 

Growin’ Crazy, 2004’s garden event of the year, returns for 2005.  The line-up of speakers and nursery exhibits promises to match last year’s event. Extension Agent Al Cooke recently noted that this line-up of speakers would draw an audience in Seattle, Berlin, or Tokyo.

 

Growin’ Crazy will be held at the Barn in Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, North Carolina from 9:00 to 2:00 on Saturday April 16.  Growin’ Crazy will also include plant sales by local nurseries and a silent auction of selected plants.  Also available at auction to the highest bidders will be 25 tickets for a personal guided garden walk at Fearrington with the morning speakers.  Auction proceeds will benefit the lung transplant fund at the UNC Hospitals Department of Social Work.

 

Speakers throughout the day include University of Georgia’s Dr. Mike Dirr; Dick Bir, retired Nursery Specialist from NC State University; Rick Crowder of Hawksridge Farms nursery in Hickory; and Chatham’s Ginny Gregory of Beyond the Pail.

 

Speakers

Mike Dirr is the author of Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, the only reference of its nature.  Landscapers, nursery operators, and gardeners consider Dirr the only major source of in-print information about woody plants.  He will be speaking on his plant evaluation programs.

 

Dick Bir, retired professor at NC State University, has long been associated with native plants.  He has been on the steering committee of the annual Landscaping with Native Plants Conference and has served on the NC Exotic Plant Pest Council.  He is the author of Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants, and his Hydrangea performance evaluations have helped sort out some great plants for North Carolina gardens.

 

Rick Crowder, general manager of Hawksridge Farm nursery in Hickory, NC, has been a nurseryman since 1972.  He has traveled worldwide in search of plants for North Carolina Landscapes.  He is expected to share adventures of plant searching in Japan.

 

Ginny Gregory brought gardening to Fearrington Village.  Head Horticulturist there for nearly 15 years, she created the gardens that have become the village signature.  In private business now, she designs, installs, and restores gardens as well as teaching and lecturing.

 

Local Growers - Plants for Sale
Barefoot Paths-Specialty Woody & Perennial Plants
Cure Nursery-Native/Wetland Trees & Shrubs
Flynthill Farm-Garden & Gift Shop
Mellow Marsh Farm-Native & Aquatic Plants
Mich Gardens-Garden & Gift Shop
Oakmont Nursery-Mostly Woodies
Pleasant Gardens-Shade & Winter Interest Plants
The Potting Shed-Garden Shop
Sugar Lake Nursery-Camellias
 

 

Silent Auction includes prize plant selections from local nurseries as well as from plant development and selection programs at NC State University and the University of Georgia; books; CDs; & a chance for a guided garden walk with the morning speakers. Winners announced at 2pm. Must be present to win. Benefits UNC Hospitals Department of Social Work Lung Transplant Fund.

 

Co-Sponsors

Map

NC Cooperative Extension Service
Fearrington Village
Chatham Growers' Association


For information, call 919-542-1239 or 919-542-8202.

 

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Date posted 03/01/05. Last revised 03/02/05.


For information, call 919-542-1239 or 919-542-8202.

 

Return to Home Horticulture Home Page

Return to Chatham County Home Page

This page posted by Susan Graham, Administrative Secretary
Date posted 03/01/05. Last revised 04/05/05.