Pitt County Arboretum

Create a wreath made from a variety of greenery clipped from our Arboretum’s shrubs & trees! Please call (252) 902-1709 to register.

Get your hands dirty and learn the secrets of successful winter seed sowing - it's all about the soil, the seeds, and a little bit of magic! Register Here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-seed-sowing-workshop-tickets-1908056270669?aff=oddtdtcreator

Week of November 3, 2025
Celebrating the changing of the seasons
By Tommy McD., Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, Pitt County Extension Office
A parade of yellows and oranges, peppered with shimmery greens and playful pinks, characterizes this week’s display. The colorful flowers, leaves, and stems all celebrate the changing of the seasons, making this a good time to visit the Pitt County Arboretum.

We're open seven days a week from dawn to dusk. There are plenty of parking spots and places to picnic. If you would like to know more about plants featured this week or the Arboretum’s many other plants, check out the N. C. State Toolbox at http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants

Children’s Garden
1. Ampelaster carolinianus – Carolina Climbing Aster – Native plant
2. Gomphrena globosa – Globe amaranth

Memorial Garden
3. Acer palmatum ‘Orangeola’ – Japanese Maple

Small Fruits Garden
4. Vaccinium ashei – Rabbiteye Blueberry

Perennial Border
5. Miscanthus sinensis – Silvergrass
6. Panicum virgatum – Switch grass – Native pant

Walking Garden
7. Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’ – Winter King Green Hawthorn
8. Viburnum 'Pragense' – Prague Viburnum
9. Hammamelis x intermedia – Hybrid Witchhazel

Vegetable Garden
10. Salvia rosmarinus – Rosemary

Director's Choice Asters, mums, and goldenrod rightfully get a lot of the attention, but they are far from the only fall-blooming perennial flower to be celebrated in fall gardens. One that I’m particularly fond of...

This is the time to plant garlic in your garden. Once harvested, try some of the delicious recipes in the Rooted in Flavor cookbook that features recipes and gardening tips from the Pitt County Extension Master Gardeners of Pitt County. The cookbook ($15) is available at the Pitt County Cooperative Extension office

Blog Joanne K. and Dell H., NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Love it or hate it, garlic definitely adds zest to a meal or to that pat of butter on a warm croissant! Whether minced,...

What do you do with your pumpkins once Halloween has passed? They don't have to be tossed in the trash. Pumpkins can be composted or fed to livestock. If you don't have a way to do either of those things and want them to go to good use, bring them to us and we'll find a home for them!

(Please no plastic, candles, or other non-biodegradable items- just the pumpkins!)

It's Master Gardener Monday!

Jack likes working in the Walking Garden with the shade provided by the variety of trees. Occasionally a tree needs to be removed so he gets out the chain saw and takes care of it. He joined the Master Gardeners in 2008 and offers workshops on how and when to prune.

Spooky Garden tours tonight until 8 pm as part of the Heroes of the Night Trunk or Treat event!

It's Master Gardener Monday!

Vicki fulfills her love to play in the perfect Arboretum role: curator for the Children's Garden. In order to meet her goal of making the Garden a fun place for kids to learn about plants and pollinators she finds suitably quirky plants and sculptures and adds her own whimsical creations. She joined the Master Gardener Program in 2018 after retiring from teaching in school to teaching in the Arboretum.

On October 10th, the Northside Plant Walk included plants categorized as "Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers, Oh My!"

Missed the tour? That's okay! Just come by for a self-guided tour any day of the week from dawn to dusk!