GREEN AND GROWING
Here I Once Stood
NEWS 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 circumference of 144 inches (12...
37th Davidson Horticulture Symposium: March 7
NEWS 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 of gardening: What purpose does the garden hold for us?...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
NEWS 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 delays caused by Covid, the new garden...
Davidson College Farm Feeds Neighbors in Need
STORIES FROM DAVIDSON COLLEGE 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 offered its harvests—a fresh, healthy lifeline for the...
Yaupon Holly
GREEN AND GROWING 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 shrubs similar to boxwood to...