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Orchid Spectacular Planned
Garden staff is hard at work preparing for Orchid Spectacular that begins Jan. 15.This is our annual showcase of orchids that opens with the NC Piedmont Orchid Society’s judged show and sale. The event...
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Orchid Tips
There are a large variety of orchids that bloom during the fall and winter and with this in mind, feed with a fertilizer higher in phosphorous, this can aid an orchid in flower size and flower...
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Uh-oh! Here They Come
After a long and cold winter, the bluebirds have become active here at DSBG.We can just imagine they have been waiting for us to start peeking into (intruding?) their space.When they hear the golf cart...
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Southern Superstars in the Garden
We lucky southern gardeners are blessed with some of the best options for landscape plants. Our mild winters enable us to grow many plants that would not be reliably hardy in northern climes, though...
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The Come Sit A Spell Connection
Come Sit A Spell has been open at the Garden for over a month now with over 13,000 people visiting the Garden for this new exhibit! We started working on this project early 2009 and my involvement...
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Spring Cleaning in the Garden
Spring is here and now we are looking for those April showers that will bring May flowers and save us the trouble of watering our plants. There are a few clouds this afternoon, maybe we'll get lucky....
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Fresh Faces and the Evil Eye
With the end of April here, there are twenty-three bluebird chicks being fed and nourished by doting parents.Within the next week, ten of them probably will be out in the world learning the ways of...
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Hello, Mom
Daniel Stowe Botanical welcomed more than 5,500 people to the Garden this weekend in what has become one of the most successful events of the year--Mother's Day Weekend.Thanks to our partners, WSOC-TV...
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Summer Garden Adventures for Kids
Gardens provide ideal settings for safe, active summer fun for kids, and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is no exception. Garden Adventure Camp begins June 21st, offering half-day, week-long sessions...
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A 'Moon' Bird
Each week we eagerly start the bluebird monitoring at 8:30 in the morning, usually a Tuesday, to find the latest happenings in the boxes along the trail. It is a delight to be at the garden enjoying...
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Garden Nights Returns
After a long day at work or a stressful day in life there is something to be said about a garden on a southern, summer night. With much anticipation, Garden Nights returned on June 3...the weather had...
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Who We Are and What We do
There are three of us who are devoted to riding the bluebird trail every week from March through August, or whenever the last nestlings have fledged. We keep detailed records of each of the...
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Southern Stories
Working at a botanical garden in the south and seeing plants you'd typically find in your grandmother's garden can evoke fond memories! In addition our current exhibit, Come Sit A Spell, and the...
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A live Fall-Flourish Centerpiece
Halle Russell, a floral designer for Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, shows us how to make a simple, beautiful, live centerpiece packed with fall flourish!
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A Seasonal Ending
The Eastern Bluebirds have finished their nesting season here at the garden. Some of the juveniles continue to fly to the boxes where they began life. That's normal. One wonders if they like to check...
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Something's A-Flutter returns to the Garden
Something's A-Flutter opened at the Garden yesterday and continues until Sept. 30. We kicked off the event with children from Presbyterian Hemby Children's Hospital to serve as grand opening opening...
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New Fall Family-Friendly Event, Bootanical
We are going to kick off a new family-fun event at the Garden, Bootanical on Oct. 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Many of the familiar sights of Halloween include pumpkins, scarecrows, and spiders...
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Hank's Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Our director of horticulture is sharing his pumpkin soup recipe with us this Halloween! Pumpkins are one of our favorite Halloween decorations and also makes some great pies...if you've never had...
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600,000 Holiday Lights...anyone want to assist with putting them up?
At the beginning of October we usually start planning what we're going to dress up as for Halloween, start buying Halloween decorations...here at the Garden, we start preparing for Christmas! In saying...
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Calling all Shutterbugs!
As we end 2009 with a wonderful year of events, exhibits and amazing members and guests, it's nice to recap it all with our annual photography contest, Shutterbug! The contest deadline is Dec. 31 and...
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