PlantFest, our annual plant sale and garden festival, took place on Oct. 11 at Blackwood Farm Park.

It was a chilly, windy day but we had a good turnout! Our plant sale - featuring more than 3,000 plants - attracted eager shoppers.

Visitors enjoyed gardening exhibits, kids’ activities, an art sale, free seed packets, tool sharpening, food, music and more. Community partners had booths and exhibits, too.

Proceeds of the plant sale and art sale will support our community activities.

Read more here.

Are you one of the gardeners in our area who try to stay one step ahead of hungry deer? You might include plants in your landscape that deer don’t like to eat, or use substances that can repel deer, or build a deer fence.

Our next “Dig Deeper” talk, on Nov. 16, is about deer issues that local gardeners may face. The speaker is April Boggs Pope, a deer biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

The free talk will take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the Orange County Library, 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough. Register here.

Photo by rowsow, CC BY 2.0

Master Gardener volunteers host tables at the Carrboro and Eno River farmers’ markets. Visit us! We love to answer questions and talk about gardening.

Carrboro Farmers’ Market: We’ll be at the market on Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 25. On Nov. 1 and 8, we’ll be there from 9 a.m. to noon.

Eno River Farmers’ Market: Our last booth for the year was on Oct. 18. We’ll be back in March 2026.