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Durham Garden Forum Founded by Durham Co. Master Gardeners, The Durham Garden Forum meets monthly to enrich our sustainable gardening knowledge. We meet at Sarah P.

Local experts speak on topics of interest. Duke Gardens (Doris Duke Center). Anyone can register to attend.

Nice publication!
11/03/2026

Nice publication!

Tis the season to celebrate ! 🕷🕸🎃

is home to more than 1,000 species of spiders in over 50 families.

These eight-legged garden allies play a vital role in local ecosystems by providing natural pest management, keeping mosquitoes, wasps, cockroaches and flies in check. ✅

Learn more about them in "Spiders of North Carolina," a publication from NC State Extension. You'll see the amazing variety of arachnids found across our state!

✨ Remember that local spider species are harmless to humans. Bites are extremely rare and happen in self-defense when trapped.


NC State University

You will see amazing chrysanthemums.
11/03/2026

You will see amazing chrysanthemums.

Upcoming Gardening Events: November 2026

🍁 Have any gardening questions, or you'd like to get your soil tested? Soil testing is free through the end of November! You can find out more by reaching out to the Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers in Durham County by calling 📳(919) 560-0528, 📩emailing [email protected] or by visiting the Durham County Cooperative Extension at 721 Foster Street, Durham, NC. The helpline and office are open Mon - Fri from 9 am to 4 pm. You’ll also find Extension Master Gardener volunteers at the following November events ready for your questions:

🌿 Saturday, November 14, Hub Farm Fall Fest, 117 Milton Road, Durham
🌿 Saturday, November 21, Durham Farmer’s Market at Central Park, 501 Foster Street, Durham

🍁 Durham Garden Forum: Tuesday, November 17, 7pm – 8:30pm, virtual. “Small Scale Stormwater Solutions: Rain Gardens and Other Practices”, more info at the link 🔗 in the comments!

🍁 Many interesting gardening events hosted by our community partners: Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, and the Durham County Library.

🍁 More info at the link in the comments!



Top—Chrysanthemums being judged at the Festival of Mums at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. (Image credit: Sarah P. Duke Gardens). Bottom left—The NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill offers a wide range of classes from Conservation Gardening to Botanical illustration. (Image credit: NC Botanical Garden). Bottom right—Moonlight in the Garden at the JC Raulston Arboretum. (Image credit: JC Raulston Arboretum)

11/01/2026

You can ease into this design. Clean edges make it look nice.

This is a beauty!
11/01/2026

This is a beauty!

Have you seen any “Halloween Spiders” this fall? This time of year, their yellow abdomen becomes orange-ish and somewhat resembles a pumpkin. 🎃

Also known as the Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus), you’ll find this native spider in yards and along woodland edges in eastern North America. During the daytime, it stays along the edge of its web in a curled-up leaf held together by silk. A signal thread runs from middle of the web to one of her legs, alerting the spider when prey land on the web.

Photo by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0

Please register for our next informative presentation on rain gardens and how to help keep our drinking water clean.
11/01/2026

Please register for our next informative presentation on rain gardens and how to help keep our drinking water clean.

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