Native Plant Garden Tours in the Southern Piedmont – various dates

Tour the private gardens of Southern Piedmont Chapter members whose gardens have been designated as Certified Native Plant Habitat by the North Carolina Native Plant Society.
These events are for NCNPS members only and are limited in size. If you aren’t a member yet, use the button below to join.

JOIN NCNPS

Registration is through the NCNPS member site on Wild Apricot. When you click the registration link, you will be prompted to log in using your user name (email) and a password. If you haven’t logged in before, select forgot password to create your own password. You must use the same email address that you used when you became a member. Once you have logged in you can register for the event. Final event details (parking location, leaders’s contact info, etc.) will be sent with the confirmation email. You will be prompted to read and acknowledge the liability waiver as you register. We will maintain a waiting list so if you later find you cannot attend, please cancel your registration so that others may have a spot for the event.

DAVIS GARDEN
Saturday, April 9, 2 – 4 PM
South Charlotte, NC
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FOX GARDEN
Saturday, April 16,  1 – 3 PM
Matthews/Mint Hill, NC
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FAWCETT GARDEN
DATE CHANGED TO
Saturday, April 23, 2 – 4 PM
Mint Hill, NC
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WALKER GARDEN
Sunday, April 24,  2 – 4 PM
Weddington, NC
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VAGNONI GARDEN
Sunday, May 1,  1 – 3 PM (Note corrected time)
Huntersville, NC
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Welcome HOME Bees, Birds, Butterflies and Bugs

Moving from Chicago to Charlotte, I originally planted “Alien Big Box Store” flowers and bushes. Sure, colorful blooms were fun to look at, but my garden lacked substance. There was no reciprocal connection to nature, fostering not just plant life but all life. On a mission, I converted the clay soil covered by my lawn into nutrient rich humus using principles of composting, lasagna layering and Hugelkultur. Then over the past four years, with no HOA, I removed non-native plants and converted my entire front and both side yards into year-round native habitat gardens. With over eighty native flowers and bushes my gardens are a thriving interactive biodiverse ecosystem, a real home for bees, birds, butterflies, bugs and animals. Recently, I’ve infused a foodscape in and around the flowers. Now my native gardens provide a home for all nature, bounty for my family, and an educational venue for friends and neighbors that suburban native yards are attainable and beneficial to preserving wildlife.