Learn to garden despite deer and more gardening classes

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Bambi is cute until he mows down your garden! Chris DePerno will present a number of ways to co-exist with your wilder neighbors. 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 20. $10; members free. Duke University’s Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Anderson St. and Erwin Rd., Durham. 919-684-3698, gardens.duke.edu.

Create your own tiny oasis. Bring your own creative container or buy one on site and receive help with planting it after class. 11 a.m.-noon. Oct. 10. Free. The Garden Hut, 1004 Old Honeycutt Rd., Fuquay-Varina. 919-552-0590.

Tony Avent leads a garden tour highlighting the unique, rare, and native plants displayed in the 10-acre botanic garden at Tony and Anita Avent’s farm in Southern Wake County. 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 10. $40. Plant Delights Nursery, 9241 Sauls Rd, Raleigh. 919-772-4794, plantdelights.com.

Enjoy the beauty of the gardens as you find your flower friends at the JC Raulston Arboretum. Learn more about each flower and how all the plants growing at the Arboretum are cared for. Plant a mini-garden to take home and care for to complete the Watering Can Award of the It ’s Your World-Change It! Journey. 10 a.m.-Noon. Oct. 10. $15. JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Rd., Raleigh. 919-515-3132, jcra.ncsu.edu/.

Enjoy an afternoon stroll at this restful retreat for humans and refuge for native plants and wildlife is recognized as a Native Plant Habitat by the North Carolina Native Plant Society and as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National and North Carolina Wildlife Federations. 1:30-6 p.m. Oct. 11. Free. Swiftbrook Gardens, 5508 Swiftbrook Circle, Raleigh. gardenerbynature.com.

Expand your palette of plants with information from this class. Each season this class covers another group of approximately 60 plants suitable for North Carolina gardens. You will learn identification skills and design use, and understand the culture of each plant. 4-6 p.m. Oct. 13. $110; $90 members. Duke University’s Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Anderson St. and Erwin Rd., Durham. 919-684-3698, gardens.duke.edu.

Landscape designs allow us to explore different alternatives and confirm our preferences. But many people have difficulty envisioning how the final landscape will look. Suzanne Edney will work with you to combine photographs of either your front or back yard and sketching to try out different ideas and finalize your goals. 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 13. $45; $35 members. Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Anderson St. and Erwin Rd., Durham. 919-684-3698, gardens.duke.edu.

American Impressionist artists like Cary Cassatt and Childe Hassaam helped emphasize the growth of interest in gardening by middle-class Americans at the turn of the 20th century. Join the JCRA this October for a chance to see this special art exhibit at Reynolda museum and have a guided tour of the formal section of the Reynolda Gardens, historical in their own right. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 15. JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Rd., Raleigh. 919-515-3132, jcra.ncsu.edu/.

Improving Curb Appeal Through Foundation Planting will be presented by Preston Montague. 9-11 a.m. Oct. 17. $40; $30 members. JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Rd., Raleigh. 919-515-3132, jcra.ncsu.edu/.

The North American Japanese Garden Association will bring together nationally renowned pruning masters for two days of in-depth and interactive workshops. 8 a.m. Oct. 22. Duke University’s Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Anderson St. and Erwin Rd., Durham. 919-684-3698, gardens.duke.edu.

Each weekend, the Commercial and Education buildings, the Shoppes at Dorton, and the outside grounds are host to hundreds of dealers, craftsmen, and booths. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Free. N.C. State Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh. 919-733-2626, ncstatefair.org.

Join one of the JCRA’s volunteer tour docents and learn about the arboretum’s plants, people, history, future and mission in a one-hour guided walk through the JCRA’s collections and gardens. 2-3 p.m. Sundays. Free. JC Raulston Arboretum at N.C. State University, 4415 Beryl Rd., Raleigh. 919-515-3132, jcra.ncsu.edu/.

HappymessART opens its studio for relaxed art-making alone or with company. Staff will be on hand to assist and offer inspirational material. Use the studio’s supplies, tools and space., but you are welcome to bring anything of your own that you want. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays. $25. HappymessArt, 718B Iredell St., Durham. 919-286-9763, happymessart.com.

Bring your work crew out to Art Bar all day Tuesday for this special, relaxing, expressive, free-flowing painting experience. Wine is 10 percent off all day. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesdays. $25. Art Bar Raleigh, 6109 Maddry Oaks Ct., Raleigh. 919-307-8107, artbarraleigh.com.

Come and work in the garden and then sit down to a shared mea. Bring a hat, bottle of water and dish to share. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays. Free. Well Fed Community Garden, 1321 Athens Dr., Raleigh. 919-833-8898, irregardless.com/garden/.

This story was originally published October 5, 2015 at 4:45 PM with the headline "Learn to garden despite deer and more gardening classes."