Agroforestry Tour: Woodswise Botanicals

Join us for a guided retail nursery tour at Woodswise Botanicals in Mills River, NC! This unique operation is a plant hub where native and non-native medicinal herbs, riparian buffer plants, and trees and shrubs are grown from seed to a wide range of container sizes. Explore how owner Greta manages diverse nursery crops, manages pests and disease within a thriving native pollinator habitat, and grows and markets her expanding business.

10:00am - 12:00pm: Guided nursery tour

12:00pm - 1:00pm: Shop for plants and optional “Bring Your Own” bagged lunch and networking opportunity

Registration is free but required. Please cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend to allow space for others.

Please contact [email protected] with inquiries.

This is part of a series of Agroforestry Tours supported by NC State Extension, the Edwards Mother Earth Foundation, and the ARK Exchange network.

This tour is organized by Jeanine Davis's NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, based at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC.

Find out more about our research and extension program: Alternative Crops & Organics | NC State Extension

www.CatalyzingAgroforestry.org

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