Tour the Blomquist Native Plant Garden at Sarah P. Duke Gardens with Bobby Mottern, the garden's Director of Horticulture. The main show in late September is likely to be in the sunnier places - prairie area, new bog garden, and open woods at the top of the garden - though original mesic woodland section of the garden is beautiful at all seasons. If time allows we may explore other parts of Duke Gardens, but native plants are the focus of this tour.
Registration required; group cap is 20. NCNPS members will have priority for signing up. Registration will open to non-members after September 19 if space is still available.
The tour is free but Duke Garden parking costs $2/hour. I expect we'll be there at least 2 hrs - I suggest paying for 3 just in case. Bobby recommends that you download the PayByPhone app before you arrive. Here's a link to a Duke Garden webpage with more info https://gardens.duke.edu/visit/visitor-hours-parking. We encourage carpooling.
Please only sign up if you plan to attend. If life happens and you are no longer able to come, please cancel your registration and/or let us know so we can open up the spot to someone else.
Registration details
After you register, you should receive a confirmation email. If not please check the registration page to be sure you're actually on the list or go ahead and re-register. Email us if you have questions or can't access the event page on the NCNPS website.
If you're signing up for two people, please either enter separate registrations or enter the second person as a guest, even if you have a family membership. Otherwise it throws off the count and registration list. If both people use the same email address you can just leave the email address blank for the guest registration.
