Each month, our Master Gardener group hosts a free talk about plants and gardening. Click here to see information from our Fall 2025 talks on Native Plants, Tick-Borne Diseases and Dealing With Deer. Our January talk will be added soon.

The next talk is on Feb. 8, 2026 (2-3:30 p.m.), at the Orange County Southern Branch Library (Drakeford Library Complex, 203 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro). The Triangle Prescribed Burn Association will present the program.

A prescribed burn (intentional fire) improves forest health, increases habitat for wildlife, controls undergrowth and reduces invasive plant species, reduces fuel loads (thus reducing forest fire potential), aids tree propagation and opens the understory of a forest for wildlife.

See you on Feb. 8!

A 2026 calendar from the Orange County Master Gardener volunteers has beautiful art and garden photos that bring native “keystone” plants to life throughout the year.

Each month features a plant superstar that provides essential food and habitat for wildlife.

Proceeds support the work of Master Gardener volunteers. who provide gardening education to our community.

The cost is $24. Use the QR codes above to order.

The Master Gardener volunteers of Orange County produce a monthly email newsletter, The Garden Buzz. It’s full of helpful plant information as well as listings of gardening events in the area.

This month’s Buzz has articles about finding plants for fairy gardens (photo above), making a “dead hedge” that helps wildlife, and caring for houseplants in winter.

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Read past issues of The Buzz.

(Photo of a fairy garden by Anne Petersen, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)