Upcoming events

    • 05 May 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center

    The Friends will be hosting their 13th annual Herbfest on Sunday, May 5 from noon to 4:00 p.m. on the lovely grounds of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in downtown Cary. Guests will have the opportunity to visit booths selling herbs, native plants and perennials in addition to craft booths where local artisans will sell items related to gardening and nature.

    Our must-see butterfly release will take place at 2:30 p.m.  A special activity for the kids will be available, and our popular Young Friends bake sale featuring delicious treats will take place all day. A local food truck will have food available for sale.

    Festival-goers can tour the Anne B. Kratzer Educational Garden, including a close-up look at the historic 1850’s Page smokehouse. Guests can also learn about the Pollinator Garden at the Page-Walker, a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat that features wild plants.

    If you would like to be a vendor at Herbfest, please complete an application Food/craft vendors are asked to reflect the theme of Herbfest, which is centered on gardening, herbs, native plants, perennials, nature, cooking, and the contribution these pursuits make to a healthy lifestyle.


    • 05 May 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center

    See a wide variety of modern iris hybrids in this juried show.  Learn all about irises, and how to grow, divide, and plant them! Presented by the Eastern North Carolina Iris Society in conjunction with the Friends of the Page-Walker’s Herbfest.  

    Free and open to the public.


    • 21 May 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center

    In 1913, Cary High School Principal, Marcus Dry, a progressive thinker and educator, established a Farm-Life Program. A demonstration farm with a barn and cottage was built for the program on Walnut Street where it remains today. At the demonstration farm, boys learned about farming best practices such as crop rotation and plowing; in the school’s kitchen,  young women learned about nutrition and best homemaking practices. 

    Learn more about this 100-year-old model at a program sponsored by Cary’s Historic Preservation Commission and the Friends of the Page-Walker in celebration of Historic Preservation Month.  Light refreshments will be served.



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