by Marguerite Williams | Jan 26, 2023 | Green & Growing, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Here I Once Stood The 200 year-old, massive oak tree that once arched over the entrance to the St. Albans neighborhood came down in the early morning hours at the end of March 2022. It had been named one of Davidson’s Treasure Trees, with a...
by Press Release | Jan 11, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment, Bottom Middle Box, Green & Growing, Local, News, Nonprofits
Search for: NEWS 37th Davidson Horticulture Symposium: March 7 The Dimensions of a Garden: An Exploration of Style and Purpose is the theme of the 37th Davidson Horticultural Symposium presented by the Davidson Garden Club. This year we return to the very basic tenets...
by Jennie Clifton | Aug 17, 2022 | Green & Growing, Local, News
Search for: NEWS How Does Your Garden Grow? For years, The Pines at Davidson, an active retirement community established in 1988, offered garden plots for residents. In 2019, new construction replaced the gardens. Due to the extended construction projects and...
by Press Release | Jan 15, 2021 | Green & Growing, Local, News, Stories from Davidson College
Search for: STORIES FROM DAVIDSON COLLEGE Davidson College Farm Feeds Neighbors in Need As COVID-19 emptied Davidson College’s dining halls last spring, FEEDNC experienced an extraordinary surge in suddenly jobless people needing help. The Davidson College Farm...
by Tom Watson | Nov 22, 2019 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Yaupon Holly November is the time to buy and plant yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria). Yaupon is one of the most versatile native plants in use, having several cultivars that grow in a variety of useful habits, from small, dense...
by Tom Watson | Jul 23, 2019 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Landscaping with Junipers Junipers (Juniperus, spp.) are among the most versatile and hardiest landscape plants. This genus is represented by more than 50 species and hundreds of cultivated varieties, many of them native to the U.S. East...