Event Dime
Colonial Era Gardening in the Carolinas: A Celebration of the Nation’s Gardening Roots
- When:
- June 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM
- Where:
- Myers Park, 1361 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC
- Source:
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – Events
Join Master Gardener Sandy Maguran and the Extension Master Gardener sm volunteers of Mecklenburg County for a special Semiquincentennial presentation exploring gardening practices in the Carolinas around 1776. This engaging program will discuss the plants and vegetables common to the Piedmont region during the colonial era, including Indigenous crops, species introduced through the transatlantic slave trade, and those brought from European gardens. Participants will also learn how the area’s cl