Join our Garden Staff and other professionals as they share their knowledge and expertise.

Topics may include lectures, classes and workshops on gardening, painting, photography, floral design, wreath making, garden art and more.

Registration for all our gardening lectures is required. If you would like to view upcoming lectures, sign up or make a reservation using our secured online form, visit out Chip Callaway Lecture Series page, our Continuing Education page, or our School & Youth Programs page.

You can also contact Toni Hays at 336-996-7888 or email her at .

Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden is proud to present The Chip Callaway Lecture Series. Our lecture series will enable us to bring in speakers of great renown from all across the country.

Great lectures we have enjoyed . . .

• Lee Newlin from Peaceful River Farm in Chapel Hill - "An Evening with Lee Newlin:  Organic Cooking for Renewed Health"
• Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, Internationally known Interior Designer and Author - "How Rooms and Gardens Evolve"
• Ron Morris, Audubon Society - "Birds of the Piedmont: Attracting Birds to the Garden"
• Noel Kingsbury, British Author and Garden Designer - "Wild About Perennials"

Coming in 2013 . . .  

• May 17-18 - Robert Lyons, PhD, Director, Longwood Graduate Program - "The Color of the Native Plant Plaette" 
• TBD -  Alethea Morrison, Author, Beekeeper and Gardener - "Home Grown Honey Bees"

Join our Garden Staff and guest lecturers as they share their knowledge and learn how to garden like a pro.  Learn from our talented instructors as they teach classes on painting, photography, floral design, wreath making, stepping stones, troughs and other decor for you garden.

The Garden offers a variety of school and youth programs throughout the year. We also offer our Young Naturalist Club after school during the fall and spring as well as a field trip program that meets the North Carolina curriculum science requirements.