Sandhills Horticultural Society Events
Sandhills Horticultural Society Events
Winter Lectures and Workshops
All classes and workshops are held in the Burlingame Room at the Ball Garden Visitors Center, Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, unless otherwise noted. Registration for each event is listed below.
Fall in Love with Hollies, Monthly Tour
Thursday, February 12th
10:00am
The Ebersole Holly Garden was the very first garden created at the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens and has the largest footprint of all of our different spaces. It was recently highlighted in Our State magazine (Dec 2025)! Join us for a walk through these areas to learn more about the history of this garden as well as what鈥檚 in store for it鈥檚 future.
This event is FREE for everyone
Bonsai: 101
Saturday, February 28th
10:00am
Join Derick Grubb for a first look at how to get started creating and caring for bonsai. In this class he will cover bonsai basics; concepts for making and keeping bonsai, sourcing material for bonsai, timing for root and branch pruning, and necessary and useful tools. This will not be a hands-on workshop, but if there is interest, we will schedule that at a later date.
This event is FREE for everyone
"Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello" with Peter Hatch
Thursday, March 19th
1:00pm
Jefferson wrote that "the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture," and the Monticello vegetable garden, a 1,000-foot-long terrace, became an experimental laboratory, an Ellis Island of new and unusual edible plants from around the world. Jefferson was a strong believer in a vegetable diet, and this revolutionary garden inspired a revolutionary cuisine in the kitchen at Monticello. The Jefferson legacy in food, wine, and gardening is profound -- setting a strong foundation and high standard for the farm to table movement today.
Peter Hatch is an early graduate of the Landscape Gardening Program at Sandhills Community College. We welcome him back to his alma mater for this historical look at the gardens he restored at Monticello, where he was the Director of Gardens and Grounds from 1977-2012.
Join us for this kick-off event of the semiquincentennial, celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary, to be followed throughout the year with other events and things to see at the Gardens related to plants, natural habitats, and times of 1776 in the Sandhills.
PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held at the Owens Auditorium in the BPAC on the main SCC campus.
Upcoming Events for Spring 2026
March 20th - Kokedama Workshop w/ Caroline George
March 28th - Bonsai: 102 w/ Derick Grubb
APRIL 3rd - Forsythe Propagation w/ Shannon Newton
APRIL 25th - 2nd Annual Garden Carnival
MAY 1st - Chrysanthemums w/ Joan Matthews
MAY 19th - Rock Garden Workshop w/ Kyle Sonnenberg
MAY 20th - Rock Garden Tour: Onsite w/ Kyle Sonnenberg
Check back often to stay up to date on these and additional events, registration links will be posted here when available