Garden Resources

Featured Event

Open Day at Swiftbrook Gardens

Fall Open Day Visitors are welcome at Swiftbrook Gardens, Sunday, October 4, from 3 to 6 p.m. There is no charge and registration is not required. We’ll celebrate the turning of the seasons and the fall-blooming natives in the Habitat Garden. Garden paths are uneven, so please dress for outdoors and wear comfortable walking shoes.
October 4, 2026
3 to 6 p.m.
5508 Swiftbrook Circle, Raleigh, NC 27606

Visit

Swiftbrook Gardens provides a restful retreat for humans and a refuge for native plants and wildlife. Garden tours are offered in the spring and fall. Visit our page and take a virtual tour.

The North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill is a conservation garden dedicated to preserving the unique botanical legacy of our area. Visit to learn about year round gardening with native plants.

A nationally aclaimed garden, Raleigh’s J.C. Raulston Arboretum features a large, diverse collection of landscape plants for landscape use in the Southeast.

Read

A great free resource, Triangle Gardener magazine is available in print as well as online.

As a frequent contributor to the magazine, I often write about native plants and sustainable landscape practices. Check out my previous articles from Triangle Gardener.

Homegrown National Park urges you to start a new habitat in your own backyard and offers a host of resources to get you started.

Triangle Gardener magazine

Get the Newsletter

Past Issues

Fall 2026

Spring 2026

Fall 2025

Spring 2025

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Spring 2023

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Recent Blog Posts