Reaching Out
2008 National Floriculture Forum
22 to 24 February 2008
Embassy Suites Hotel, Cary (Raleigh), NC
Tour - Friday, 22 February
Sponsored by the North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers’ Association
The tour of local greenhouse facilities is the highlight of this year’s tour. The tour leaves promptly at 8:00 am and returns to the hotel at 5:00 pm.
Looking for the odd and unusual plants? Then Delights Nursery is one of the premier locations in the country. Check out their mail order businesses (http://www.plantdelights.com/). We will also tour the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Horticultural Field Lab, visit a specialty cut flower grower, and one of Homewood Nursery and Garden Center. Details of the tour are below. Early registration for the tour is $15 per person and includes lunch. The tour registration is an additional cost to the NFF Program registration (see registration form for details).
| 7:45 am | Gather in hotel lobby |
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Tour Plant Delights Nursery |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Tour NCSU facilities and JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch at JCR Arboretum |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Tour Sarah and Michael’s Farm |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Tour Homewood Nursery and Garden Center |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Drive to hotel |
