7th Annual Cape Fear
Native Plant Festival
The Native Plant Festival features speakers, vendors, exhibitors, activities for the whole family and food. This free event is sponsored by Friends of the New Hanover County Arboretum, N.C. Cooperative Extension - New Hanover County Center, Cape Fear Audubon, N.C. Native Plant Society - Southeast Coastal Chapter, Cape Fear’s Going Green
https://www.facebook.com/cfnativeplantfestival/
7th Annual Cape Fear Native Plant Festival
Saturday, September 17, 2022
EDUCATION: at New Hanover County Arboretum
PLANTS FOR SALE: at various locations (NOT at the Arboretum):
See plant seller locations at our online map: bitly.com/3Cu9htX
10:00 - 3:00
rain or shine
FREE ADMISSION (donations welcome)
Free parking at Arboretum and at all plant seller locations
Expert "Seed Swappers" will have a table at the festival, at the Arboretum.
The seeds are FREE and you don't need to have seeds to receive. Learn how to harvest seeds; it's fun!
.......will be at festival along with some delicious honey!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BEES
"The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing, Now in a lily cup, and now Setting a jacinth bell a-swing, In his wandering." Oscar Wilde
https://www.facebook.com/New-Hanover-County-Beekeepers-Association-1466323920260900/
Native plant experts will give presentations in the Arboretum's Education Center.
2022 Speaker Schedule:
11:00am: Nature at Home – certification program promoting nature friendly gardening • Matt Collogan, Consumer Horticulture Agent, NC Cooperative Extension – New Hanover County
12:00 noon: Transform Suburban Spaces to Wildlife Oases – bringing native plants to life in your landscape, one bed at a time • Amy Long, UNCW
1:00pm: Keynote Speaker: Coastal Landscaping Design • Madalyn Baldwin, Assistant Research Professor, NC State University, Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
2:00pm: The Importance of Natives for Birds • Charley Winterbauer, NC Native Plant Society, SE Coastal Chapter
Joyce Huguelet will have a “blooming” selection of native plants for sale, in front of Wild Bird & Garden. Come to the festival to see what these nurturing hands have raised.
Cape Fear's Going Green will be a media sponsor of the Native Plant Festival. Cape Fear's Going Green magazine is your guide to eco-friendly resources.
http://www.goinggreenpublications.com/
Shelton Herb Farm
340 Goodman Road, Leland North Carolina 28451
910-253-5964
Started in 1986, Shelton Herb Farm is located on a old family home-site in rural Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Specializing in growing a large variety of culinary herbs, they also grow seasonal vegetable plants, heirloom and native plants; butterfly and bee plants.
Lots of plants will be available to purchase at the festival.
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Alliance for Cape Fear Trees along with the Wilmington Tree Commission will be one of many educational vendors with kid crafts and information on native trees.
https://www.facebook.com/Alliance-for-Cape-Fear-Trees-310655702642702/
Cape Fear Garden Club: Gardening for Wildlife
Gardening for Wildlife committee of the CFGC will help the kids and "young at heart" make bird-feeders. In addition, there will be information on how to create a wildlife habitat. Check out the fun that the committee has had at past festivals by visiting their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/gardeningforwildlifecf/
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
NCSU Extension Service & Arboretum
Thank you to the Friends of the Arboretum, primary sponsor for this Festival.
https://www.facebook.com/NewHanoverCountyArboretum/
Held and hosted by the New Hanover County Arboretum
