2004 Calendar of Events
The 2004 Calendar of Events listing has been left on the Arboretum's Web site as a historical record of our past events. For a listing of our upcoming events, please visit our Calendar of Events Web page.
| 2004 Quick Access Links |
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| July | August | September | October | November | December | |||||
A simple text listing of JCRA 2004 events is also available.
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 11 | 12 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "New Plants from Europe" Mike Buffin, Curator, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens 7:30 PM |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 Plantsmen's Tour "Cold Hardiness, Schmold Hardiness" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| February 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 15 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "The Winter Garden of J. C. Raulston - or Why Hollies Should Come With Mocking Birds" Larry Mellinchamp, Ph.D., Professor of Botany, UNC Charlotte & Director of the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens 1:00 PM A Walk in the Winter Garden 2:00 PM-4:00 PM |
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| 22 | 23 | 24 Plantsmen's Tour "Pining Away for Pines and Crying for Cryptomerias" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM Rescheduled to March 3, 2004 |
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| March 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 Plantsmen's Tour "Pining Away for Pines and Crying for Cryptomerias" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| 7 Salute the Shoots 1:00 PM-5:00 PM |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Triangle Camellia Society Show and Lecture "Camellias, Camellias, A Day of Camellias at the JCRA" 12:30 PM-5:00 PM |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "Summer Flowering Bulbs: Fabulous Flowers and Foliage" Frankie Fanelli, Graduate Student, NC State University 7:30 PM |
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 News and Observer Birdhouse Competition at the JC Raulston Arboretum |
27 News and Observer Birdhouse Competition at the JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 28 News and Observer Birdhouse Competition at the JC Raulston Arboretum |
29 | 30 Plantsmen's Tour "Magical Magnolias (Unless They are Frozen)" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| April 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Horticultural Photography Master Class Workshop 6:00 PM-9:00 PM |
10 Horticultural Photography Master Class Workshop 9:00 PM-5:00 PM |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 Pi Alpha Xi Annual Spring Plant Sale at the JCRA 8:00 AM-4:00 PM |
| 18 Pi Alpha Xi Annual Spring Plant Sale at the JCRA 10:00 AM-3:00 PM |
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21 Plantsmen's Tour "Mastering a Mixed Border" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
22 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "Falling Off the Cutting Edge – What's New, What's Hot, and What's in the Future for Perennial Gardeners" Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens 7:30 PM |
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| May 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 2 Gala in the Garden 3:00 PM |
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "Species Begonias from the Land of the Olmecs" Rekha Morris, Ph.D. 7:30 PM |
21 | 22 Garden Painting Seminars |
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24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Plantsmen's Tour "Purple Reign" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| June 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Gallery C Artist's Reception 6:00 PM-9:00 PM |
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Plantsmen's Tour "Shade Trees" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 5:30 PM |
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| July 2004 | ||||||
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Bonsai Exhibit at the JC Raulston Arboretum 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Hosted by the by the Triangle Bonsai Society |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Plantsmen's Tour "Yuccas, Agaves, and other Rough and Tough Plants" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 5:30 PM |
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| August 2004 | ||||||
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| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Plantsmen's Tour "Tender Perennial Madness" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 5:30 PM |
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| September 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "Show and Tell" You are the Guest Speaker 7:30 PM |
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| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Plantsmen's Tour "Shade Trees" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| October 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "A Eulogy for Color? I'm Not Ready to Gas Up the Hearse" Bob Lyons, Ph.D. 7:30 PM |
2 Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution 9:00 AM - Don't Be Late |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 Pi Alpha Xi Annual Spring Plant Sale at the JCRA 8:00 AM-4:00 PM |
| 17 Pi Alpha Xi Annual Spring Plant Sale at the JCRA 10:00 AM-3:00 PM |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 JCRA Symposium "From Origins to the Landscape" |
23 JCRA Symposium "From Origins to the Landscape" |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 Plantsmen's Tour "JCRA Behind the Scenes" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| November 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society Show Cancelled |
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| 7 Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society Show Cancelled |
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| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Friends of the Arboretum Lecture "Modern Day Plant Explorers" Bobby J. Ward, Ph.D. 7:30 PM |
19 Plantsmen's Tour "Covering New Ground" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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| December 2004 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 5 Poinsettia Open House at the JC Raulston Arboretum 1:00 PM-5:00 PM |
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| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 Plantsmen's Tour "The Overcrowded Garden" Todd Lasseigne, Ph.D. 1:00 PM |
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