Southern Ideal Home Show is Sept. 23-25

Southern Ideal Home Show is next weekend

The Southern Ideal Home Show is coming to the N.C. State Fairgrounds next weekend.

One of the main speakers is Boyce Thompson, author of the book, “The New New Home.” Thompson will speak about 10 of the most innovative new home products for 2016. Guests will be able to tour an interactive exhibit where they can try these new products. Thompson will speak several times a day in the Jim Graham building throughout the show.

The show includes a showcase of local artists whose work will be available for sale in the Exposition Center. The artists include Simone Barbe, Kimberly Edwards, Dale Edwards, Karen Furman, Celtic Pottery Studio, Debby Loflin, Setton McGlennon, J&M Copper Art, Allan Montague, Mike Shinn and Lisa Skeen.

The show also includes Brews and Bites where guests can enjoy local beers and foods created by local chefs. The participating businesses include Adams Vineyards, b. Good, Big Boss Brewery, Bull City Ciderworks, Capital City Chophouse, City Barbeque, Fogwood Foods, White Street Brewing and Zoe’s Kitchen.

Tickets cost $9 at the door and $8 online. Children under 15 are free with a paying adult. On Friday, tickets for people who are 55 or older cost $7 and admission is free for active and former military, police, fire or EMT with valid identification. Advance tickets are available at Walgreen’s locations throughout the Triangle.

The show is 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 23, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept. 24, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 25.

Info: https://southernshows.com/hfr

Silent auction at Raleigh ReStore

The Wake County Habitat for Humanity ReStore is hosting an in-store silent auction that ends Sept. 17.

If you want to bid, you have to get to the Raleigh store by 5 p.m. Saturday. The store opens at 9 a.m. It is at 2420 N. Raleigh Blvd.

Items for auction include a table, a mirror, artwork, a 1987 Yamaha U3 Upright Piano valued at $10,000 and a Four-Minute Crosstraining Machine valued at $6,000. To see photos and descriptions of all the auction items, go to wakerestore.org/auction/.

You have to come into the store to make bids in person. None will be accepted over the phone, online or via social media.

All proceeds benefit Habitat Wake’s mission to build affordable homes in Wake County.

Info: wakerestore.org

Upcoming plant sales, giveaway

Each of the Triangle’s major gardens is hosting a fall plant sale or giveaway. Here are the details on each:

▪ Durham’s Sarah P. Duke Gardens is doing something different this year with its annual plant sale. It is selling a “pollinator garden in a box.” Each box includes six nectar or host plants selected by the gardens’ horticulture staff. The cost is $40 plus tax. Boxes have to be preordered by noon Sept. 19 and be picked up 8-10 a.m. Sept. 24. To preorder, go to http://gardens.duke.edu/pollinatorbox. The plant sale is open to the public 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 24.

The Duke Gardens is at 420 Anderson St., Durham, 919-684-3698, http://gardens.duke.edu.

▪ Chapel Hill’s N.C. Botanical Garden is hosting its annual fall plant sale and festival on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24.

Members can shop 5-7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 to buy native perennial wildflowers, vines, shrubs and trees, as well as seeds. You can become a member beforehand or that night. Individual memberships cost $50, family memberships cost $75. The sale is open to nonmembers 9 a.m.- noon Sept. 24.

Members receive a 10 percent discount both days.

The garden is at 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, 919-962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu.

▪ Raleigh’s JC Raulston Arboretum is hosting its Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution 9 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Oct. 1. This is not a sale. The arboretum gives away thousands of plants, including rare ones, for free. It is open only to members.

The plants up for grabs are set out in a field. At 9 a.m. sharp, everyone lines up near the plants they hope to take home, a horn blares and everyone dashes to grab a couple of plants. The procedure repeats several more times until all the plants are gone. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.

You have to be an arboretum member. Individual membership costs $50 and gets one person into the plant distribution. Family memberships cost $75 and offer two admissions. People can sign up for memberships on the day of the plant distribution.

The arboretum is at 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, 919-515-3132, jcra.ncsu.edu.

This story was originally published September 14, 2016 at 7:56 AM with the headline "Southern Ideal Home Show is Sept. 23-25."