Plant Festival 2024 Guide
Exhibitors
Welcome table - Get information about Durham Cooperative Extension and meet an Extension Master Gardener (EMG) volunteer or two.
EMG Speakers Bureau - Learn how the Speakers Bureau can inform interested groups about gardening topics in detail. Understand the importance of soil testing and take home a free soil sample kit.
Durham Garden Forum - Learn about the Durham Garden Forum and benefits of being a member.
EMG Propagation Team - Prop team members will answer questions about propagation and demonstrate some techniques by request.
Urban Community AgriNomics (UCAN) Catawba Trail Farm - Learn about the reclaiming of an old farmstead in support of food security, resilience and historical awareness.
EMG - Free Garden Books! - Peruse books about all types of gardening topics, free to any attendees. Limit 1 book per person.
Durham County Beekeepers - Explore an educational hive AND an observation hive with live bees, complete with educational materials and posters, beekeeping tools and honey bears with local honey for tasting.
New Hope Audubon Bird Friendly Habitat Certification - Find information on how to improve the habitat in your yard for birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife.
EMG Backyard Chickens - Learn the basics of how and why to start your own flock.
North Carolina Native Plant Society - Find information about gardening with native plants and about the NC Native Plant Society.
EMG Demo Garden - Discover a unique city Demo Garden located in the Durham Community that provides opportunities to teach and demonstrate practical research-based gardening techniques for a variety of urban spaces.
EMG Container Gardening - Put together a fabulous display in your favorite container.
EMG Vegetable Container Gardening - Learn how to grow vegetables and herbs in small spaces.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Gardens for Everyone Program - Find information on Gardens for Everyone, as well as a small Soil Comparison Demonstration, comparing: seeding blend soil, compost, topsoil, and garden soil.
EMG Compost folks - Find information about, and demonstration of, multiple composting and pre-composting strategies useful to the home gardener. Come ask questions and see how to make traditional hot compost, vermicompost, and leaf mould. We’ll also have a bokashi pre-compost system.
Keep Durham Beautiful – Learn more about our work to make Durham a cleaner, greener, more beautiful place for everyone, and how you can get involved.
Panther Creek Forest Farm- Take home and plant a locally grown, two year old oak tree. Working in partnership with Keep Durham Beautiful to serve the community, with an emphasis on underserved neighborhoods.
Briggs Avenue Community Garden is a 45-acre forested lot located in East Durham, on S Briggs Avenue. Its purpose is to provide an urban garden for Durham families to affordably grow healthy food, learn about sustainable agriculture, conserve pollinators, build community, and increase food security.
Campus Community Garden at NCCU - Learn about how to get involved with the Campus Community Garden at NCCU and receive a variety of seeds. Explore the different types of plants that we grow and their uses.
Hawk's Nest Healing Gardens is a local farm with a focus on permaculture, traditional agricultural practices, and social justice.
Digging Durham Seed Library - Come visit us to learn more about the Durham County Library's Digging Durham Seed Library, pick up a packet of seeds, and even plant your own seed start!
Durham 4-H offers hands-on learning opportunities for youth through community clubs, in-school enrichment, and summer camps. Check out all the fun programs we offer including sewing, cooking, gardening, computers and much more!
Small Farms and Local Foods - Meet Agriculture Extension agent John Lyttle and discover a wealth of resources.
El Futuro - See how Plaza Futuro, a therapeutic garden and play space, furthers community engagement and emotional wellness.
Black Farmers’ Market - builds relationships while providing healthy food for all.
NC A&T - Talk with students in the Sustainable Land and Food Systems degree program, which focuses on teaching students how plants grow in an ever-changing environment and in an ecological and sustainable way. Students will showcase some of their work.
EMG Plastics Reduction Initiative - Make a plant pot out of newspaper, learn how to reuse and recycle pots and explore the future of biodegradable plant pots.
Extension Master Gardener Plant Experts
Native Plants - Learn about plants that grow well in our region and support our diverse native ecosystem.
Non-native Perennials, Trees and Shrubs - Find ornamental, deer resistant, pollinator friendly and fruit bearing plants in this section.
Veggies and Herbs - Get ready to plant your summer garden. Note that warm weather varieties will need protection until after our last frost date of April 8.
Houseplants and Annuals - Brighten your indoor spaces and summer outdoor spaces with one of our Master Gardener favorites.
