Volunteer With Us
We would love some help in the gardens during the fall!
In exchange, volunteers can take home volunteer tea seedlings, seeds or flowers
Sign-up by e-mail for Thursday 9am-12pm or Sunday 10am-12pm.
We would love some help in the gardens during the fall!
In exchange, volunteers can take home volunteer tea seedlings, seeds or flowers
Sign-up by e-mail for Thursday 9am-12pm or Sunday 10am-12pm.
Read our latest newsletter, and check-out our workshops and tours. Register for workshops at Camellia Forest or contact us to inquire about custom events.
Schedule for 2021
June and July
"Intro to the Tea Garden" (2-4 pm on Saturdays)
“Harvest & Processing Basics” (10-3 pm on Sundays)
August
For those completing Harvest & Processing, “Pick Your Own” by appointment.
September
"Intro to the Tea Gardens" (2-4 pm on Saturdays)
Tour the garden, talk about tea gardening while sipping tea.
October
"Grow Your Own" (Sundays)
This year we will have two separate workshops, 10-12 on Sundays
Seeds and Seedlings (10/10)
Plants and Planting (10/17)
(Click here for more details on workshops and other classes)
October 24th, 10-4
We hold our second open house of the year, "Fall Tea for All"
November 6th, 11-4
“Meet the Makers” market
"Intro to the Tea Garden" (2-4 pm on Saturdays)
“Harvest & Processing Basics” (10-3 pm on Sundays)
August
For those completing Harvest & Processing, “Pick Your Own” by appointment.
September
"Intro to the Tea Gardens" (2-4 pm on Saturdays)
Tour the garden, talk about tea gardening while sipping tea.
October
"Grow Your Own" (Sundays)
This year we will have two separate workshops, 10-12 on Sundays
Seeds and Seedlings (10/10)
Plants and Planting (10/17)
(Click here for more details on workshops and other classes)
October 24th, 10-4
We hold our second open house of the year, "Fall Tea for All"
November 6th, 11-4
“Meet the Makers” market
- Surrounded by flowering Camellias, meet the makers and check some holiday shopping off your to-do list
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Tea tours
Come visit the nursery or schedule a tea garden tour! In the summer, greenhouses are open Saturdays 10-4pm, and after labor day also on Sundays from 12-4, and by appointment. Tour dates listed above. |
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We provide custom classes for tea and garden clubs, and host school visits (ages 12 and up through college).
Examples of past events include:
- Master Gardeners' seminar, Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens, Macon, GA
- Seminar, education booth and tasting (~1000 visitors), Longwood Gardens, PA, for American Camellia Society Annual Meeting
- Tea talk to accompany formal English Tea, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC
