The Garden Conservancy's u Parts of garden are OPEN DAYS PROGRAM 2015 handicapped accessible NEW Gardens opening for first time

2014 Most recent year garden Raleigh Area Open Day Saturday and Sunday, was open

October 3 & 4 I Photographs permitted We are proud to partner with JC Raulston Aboretum to bring you this Open Day. WAKE COUNTY ARTHUR GARDEN directly across the street from the Bass Lake Road. Follow Bass Lake to LAMM OASIS 7624 Troy Stone Drive, Fuquay-Varina Historic Fuquay Mineral Spring Park, the entrance 1012 Bass Lake Road. 4204 Lamm Drive, Apex  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fuquay Springs. This North Caro- Parking is limited, so you may want to  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. lina Bed and Breakfast boasts lavish drive to the next drive at the Bass Lake Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This suburban Raleigh garden began accommodations and breathtaking Retreat Center (900 Bass Lake Road) This wonderful garden sanctuary sur- to take form in 2011. Now in its fourth gardens. Innkeepers and Owners to park at Bass Lake Park, they have rounds an attractive two-story Dutch growing season, this one-acre former John (Currently the Mayor of Fuquay- a small garden at the entrance to the Colonial-style house, a replica of the tobacco field is a bountiful “Foodscape”. Varina) and Patty Byrne (English retreat center and there is a small trail Ward-Hancock house in Beaufort, Owner and designer, Brie Arthur has Teacher at Fuquay-Varina High to the house, 1012 Bass Lake Road. North Carolina. The garden reflects utilized her home garden as a food School) welcome you to their lovely a relaxed manner and design remi- growing laboratory by integrating garden home. WESTON FARMS & LAKEVIEW DAYLILY niscent of an English cottage garden. edibles in a traditional HOA approved NEW | u | I FARM Several water features, an eighteenth- landscape design. This garden is Ü Follow SOUTH on North Dawson 1000 Benson Road, Garner century garden shed and a gazebo featured in the PBS show “Growing A Street/US-70 E/US-401 S/NC-50.  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. contribute to the quiet feeling of Greener World” in season 6 airing sum- Continue to follow US-401 south for Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. privacy and contemplation in this gar- mer 2015. 18 miles. Number 333 South Main Boasting one of the largest collections den. While strolling along brick path- | u | I NEW Street is on the left. Please park on of cultivated bald cypress in the world ways through sophisticated arbors, the street. one observes the complex garden Ü From Raleigh, NC, take US-401 and housing one of the largest daylily plan that features the owner's thirty South for 20 miles. Turn left onto Judd farms in the Southeast, Weston Farms year collection of succulents, perenni- Parkway for 2 miles. Turn left onto SOUTHERN SECRETS consists of several farms in Garner and als, wildflowers, tropical plants, bulbs, South Main Street/ US-401 South for 0.3 1012 Bass Lake Road, Holly Springs and conifers. Two sequoia redwoods, miles. Turn right onto Wagstaff Road  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ® and go 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Troy LONGSHADOW.COM towering bananas, and several meta- Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hand crafted in Southern Illinois by Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd. ® sequoias complement the numerous Stone Drive (just after railroad cross- Southern Secrets is a shade garden treasures in this garden oasis. ing). Number 7624 is the fifth house on on Bass Lake in Southern Wake Coun- left. Park along street and cul-de-sac. NEW | I ty. Antique brick walking trails are bordered by a varitey of shade plants, Ü From the JC Raulston Arboretum, decorated fallen timbers and moss, take Route 1 south. Take the Jones FUQUAY MINERAL SPRINGS INN AND moss moss! Vines climb tobacco stick Franklin Road exit, and follow to the GARDEN fences and traditional trellises. Come end. Turn left onto Holly Springs 333 South Main Street, Fuquay-Varina see the garden that is just barely out Road, and go about 5 miles. Turn left  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. of the woods. onto Pierce Olive Road, and follow to I the end. Turn left onto Optimist Farm This Colonial Revival Landmark Inn NEW | Road and Lamm Drive is on left (you is one of the historic inns of North Ü From the corner of Hilltop Need- will see the green road sign on the Carolina, listed on the National Reg- more and Sunset Lake Road, Hilltop right, the driveway will be on left). ister Historic District, and is located Needmore will change the name to   Raleigh Area Open Day Saturday and Sunday, a sunken deck, backyard agriculture, JC RAULSTON ABORETUM AT NORTH October 3 & 4 Clayton, North Carolina. Conveniently and a bog.harbors masses of cande- CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY located ten minutes from downtown labra primula and sweet flag. Sharp 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh Raleigh, the Garner farm, “Lakeview” draining berms and swales of the  8 a.m. to 8 p.m. has over 1500+ cultivars of daylily, a sunny dry gardens in the front yard Admission: FREE conifer collection of colorful selections allow unique drought-tolerant succu- and more than five acres of Southern The JC Raulston Arboretum is inter- lents, groundcovers, manzanita, and nationally recognized as one of the magnolia that is used for a luxurious yucca to thrive. and exclusive line of wreaths, garlands premier collections of trees and shrubs NEW | u | I and other decorative accessories. with more than 5,000 different kinds of plants on display in a ten-and-one-half- Former horticulturist for the City of Ü From Raleigh, travel South on North acre garden setting. The Arboretum is Raleigh, Noel Weston, leads the hor- Dawson Street/US-70 East/US-401 a teaching and research facility for NC ticultural initiatives and the gardens South/NC-50. State students, faculty, and the public, are a green spot of biodiversity in an Continue to follow US-401 South for 5 where new plants are evaluated for otherwise suburban area. Daughter miles. Turn left onto Old Stage Road their potential ornamental value and Erin Weston is the Creative Director for 4 miles. Turn left onto Ten Ten landscape use in the southeastern of Weston Farms and Weston Farms Road for 1.8 miles. Turn right onto United States. Named in honor of its Southern Magnolia wreaths and Erin’s Sauls Road for 1.8 miles. Turn right founder, one of the twentieth century’s designs have been featured in national onto Pagan Road for 0.3 miles. Take most treasured plantsmen, the late J. magazines and television spots includ- the second left onto South Downs C. Raulston, the plant collections go far ing Southern Living, Garden and Gun Drive. Take the first right onto New beyond trees and shrubs to include her- Magazine, HGTV, Time Warner Cable Castle Court. Number 1109 New Castle baceous annuals and perennials. Other Leisure Channel, and PBS affiliate UNC- Court is on the left.1109 New Castle special highlights include the Rooftop TV. Wreaths will be available for sale Court is on the left. Garden, Perennial and Geophyte Bor- during the tour. der Gardens, Asian Valley, Scree and Xe- | u | I 2012 Admission is $7 dollars per private ric Garden, Annual Color Trials Garden, Ü From Raleigh, turn left onto North garden, or $35 for a packet of 6 tickets. Japanese Garden, Finley-Nottingham Dawson Street/US-70 East/US-401 Ticket packets will be available for sale Rose Garden, Kline-Pringle White Gar- South/NC-50. Continue to follow US-70 at each private garden. Gardens are den, and the new Lath (shade) House. East/NC-50 for 6.2 miles. Take the ramp open rain or shine. www.jcra.ncsu.edu I toward Garner/Benson. Turn right onto 2014 | The Garden Conservancy NC-50/Benson Road. Number 1000 Ü From I-440, take Exit 3/Hillsborough is a national nonprofit organization Benson Road is on the right. Street. Turn left onto Hillsborough founded in 1989 to save and share America's outstanding gardens for the and proceed to Beryl Road. Turn right education and inspiration of the public. THE BRISTOL BRIER (you will see a restaurant called Waffle 1109 New Castle Court, Raleigh House). Cross railroad tracks and go  Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. straight. We are located on the left on Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Beryl Road across from Capital City The Open Days Program Started in December 2011, this 0.69- Lumber. began in 1995 as a means of introducing acre garden demonstrates how food- the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design scaping can seamlessly transition into and horticultural practice, and proving an intensive garden - and all on a small that exceptional American gardens budget. The Bristol Brier features a are still being created. large front yard foodscape, lotus ponds, www.opendaysprogram.org toll-free 1-888-842-2442

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