FAYETTEVILLE — Cape Fear Botanical Garden’s new horticulture director is on a mission to make his mark by promoting sustainability and helping locals identify native plants that can thrive in their own backyards.
For Adam Premo, plants aren’t just his profession. Premo said horticulture is his passion, his peace and his way of giving back to the community. The 40-year-old Maine native and recent transplant to North Carolina has since January served as the director of horticulture at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, where he’s working to make gardening less intimidating, even for those who swear they can’t keep a cactus alive.
“Horticulture is for everybody,” Premo said April 30. “We want people to know about the natural world and how to sustain our native plants for the future, and how to, you know, promote peace within their communities.”…