Tryon Palace in downtown New Bern will bloom with potential for green thumbs Friday through Sunday during its annual spring heritage plant sale and Spring Garden Lovers’ Weekend.
Part of its celebration of National Gardening Month, the plant sale is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the palace’s main gate.
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Organizers said that there will be a selection of plants grown locally and in the historic site’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.
Admission to the gardens is being waved as part of Spring Garden Lovers Weekend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Also on Saturday, the Craven Consort woodwind group are scheduled to perform under the palace colonnades. The five-piece woodwind group performs pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments.
Plein air artists will be painting in the gardens on both Saturday and Sunday, as well.
Tryon Palace was built in 1770 and served as the first permanent capitol of North Carolina and was home to Gov. William Tryon and his family. The Georgian-style structure was the site of the first sessions of the General Assembly after the American Revolution and housed state governors until 1794. In 1798, fire destroyed the original building. The palace was rebuilt in the 1950s, opening in 1959, according to the historic site’s website.
