Community Calendar

Want to take home some of that spring blooming splendor? The Spring Heritage Plant Sale will be held Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the Palace main gate.

This annual plant sale offers a selection of plants grown locally and in the Palace’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.

The Spring Heritage Plant Sale opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Come early for best selection!

The Tryon Palace Gardens will be free and open to the public on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

As part of Arts in April, on Saturday and Sunday, you can enjoy watching plein air artists paint in the gardens. In addition, on Saturday the Craven Consort woodwind group will be performing under the Palace colonnades. This five-piece woodwind group performs pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. Be sure to stop by and enjoy their performance.

Enjoy a variety of spring blooming plants, including tulips, irises, and more, throughout the 21 acres of gardens of Tryon Palace during Garden Lovers’ Weekend.

Be sure to visit the Spring Heritage Plant Sale while you’re there!

Interior tours require the purchase of a ticket.

Want to take home some of that spring blooming splendor? The Spring Heritage Plant Sale will be held Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the Palace main gate.

This annual plant sale offers a selection of plants grown locally and in the Palace’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.

The Spring Heritage Plant Sale opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Come early for best selection!

Want to take home some of that spring blooming splendor? The Spring Heritage Plant Sale will be held Friday and Saturday on the Daves House Lawn just inside the Palace main gate.

This annual plant sale offers a selection of plants grown locally and in the Palace’s nursery yard, as well as a wide variety of annuals, heirloom vegetables, perennials, herbs and other spring favorites.

The Spring Heritage Plant Sale opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. Come early for best selection!

The Greenville Brushstrokes, a group of about 36 local painters in Pitt County, will be holding a Spring Brushstokes and Friends Show and Sale at Unity Church in Greenville on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, from 10:00 AM-3:30 PM. The church is located at 4301 Charles Boulevard,Greenville.
A broad range of styles and techniques will be featured in this vibrant show and a raffle will be held for several original pieces. Admission is free to the public.
"Since 2003 Greenville Brushstrokes has been promoting collaboration between local painters in Pitt County. They are an engaged group of artists of all backgrounds and skill levels who come together to explore new techniques, exchange ideas and feedback, inspire one another, and promote the local arts scene"

The Tryon Palace Gardens will be free and open to the public on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

As part of Arts in April, on Saturday and Sunday, you can enjoy watching plein air artists paint in the gardens. In addition, on Saturday the Craven Consort woodwind group will be performing under the Palace colonnades. This five-piece woodwind group performs pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. Be sure to stop by and enjoy their performance.

Enjoy a variety of spring blooming plants, including tulips, irises, and more, throughout the 21 acres of gardens of Tryon Palace during Garden Lovers’ Weekend.

Be sure to visit the Spring Heritage Plant Sale while you’re there!

Interior tours require the purchase of a ticket.

What would you do if you were ill or injured in the 18th century?
Join Charles Brett, Apothecary-Surgeon, to explore period medical treatments and the role of medical practitioners in colonial North Carolina.

What You’ll Learn
As an apothecary’s apprentice, you’ll review surgery and bandaging principles to treat injuries and explore medicinal plants. As part of this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to compound a medicinal recipe for treating ailments using period tools and techniques.

Ticketing Information
Tickets are $35 (plus tax) and include materials. Seating is limited.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are non-refundable.

The Tryon Palace Gardens will be free and open to the public on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

As part of Arts in April, on Saturday and Sunday, you can enjoy watching plein air artists paint in the gardens. In addition, on Saturday the Craven Consort woodwind group will be performing under the Palace colonnades. This five-piece woodwind group performs pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. Be sure to stop by and enjoy their performance.

Enjoy a variety of spring blooming plants, including tulips, irises, and more, throughout the 21 acres of gardens of Tryon Palace during Garden Lovers’ Weekend.

Be sure to visit the Spring Heritage Plant Sale while you’re there!

Interior tours require the purchase of a ticket.

Tryon Palace is excited to welcome back Dr. Antwain K. Hunter to the North Carolina History Center!

Explore the fragile and uncertain realities faced by African Americans navigating freedom. Participants will consider how individuals and communities balanced resistance, adaptation, and hope while living within structures that could shift at any moment. Through historical analysis and discussion, the lecture invites audiences to reflect on how this delicate balance shaped the pursuit of dignity, citizenship, and freedom.

Dr. Hunter participated in our panel discussion following the special preview screening of the PBS docuseries “The American Revolution” in Cullman Hall. He brought his insight and expertise, and he had multiple engaging discussions with audience members during the question and answer session.

Dr. Hunter is a historian and author. He is an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first book, A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865, explores the legal and community dynamics of free and enslaved Black people’s firearm use. Hunter highlights how they pragmatically used their weapons in a variety of beneficial ways, including subsistence hunting, self-defense, agricultural labor, and rebellion. Further, individual enslavers—backed by the legislature and county courts—tried to use Black people’s armed labor for their own benefit and protect themselves from perceived threats. This examination of race, firearms, and the law offers a compelling look at the American past and better contextualizes the present.

The Greenville Museum of Art’s Super Family Game Day returns this year! Join us for an afternoon of games, inside and outside the museum! This is a ticketed event for individuals and families. Tickets include access to a wide variety of games including board games, video games (including vintage games), arcade games, lawn games, bounce houses, and more!

Food & Beverages:

Mexico en la Calle - food and beverages available to purchase

Azucar Coffee Co. - coffee beverages available to purchase

If you are interested in the evening adults-only version of this event, visit the GMoArcade page.