The North Carolina Arboretum
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Saturday January 20 through May 12
Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design
Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and DesignJanuary 20 – May 12Baker Exhibit CenterIn an age of complex environmental challenges, why not look to the ingenuity of nature for solutions? The forms, patterns, and processes found in the natural world—refined by 3.8 bil......More
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Thursday May 2 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Pine Primer
ONSITE | Thursday, May 2, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. From the rare and fragrant Fraser fir of the highest elevations to the common white pine found throughout our region, the beautiful evergreen members of Pinaceae enrich our Appalachian Mountains. The class covers human uses of ......More
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Friday May 3 8:00am - 11:00am EDT
Spring Birding at Sandy Mush Game Lands
FIELD | Friday, May 3, 8 – 11 a.m. Enjoy an easy to moderate hike along the trails and paths at Sandy Mush Game Land. The mosaic of habitats here vary from open, managed cut-over areas to cove and riverine forests down along Sandy Mush & Turkey Creeks, and the French Br......More
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Saturday May 4 8:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Spring Warblers
FIELD | Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Spring in eastern North America is the perfect time and place to find warblers. Many are arriving to breed, while others are on their way to breeding grounds farther north. At this time of year, their breeding plumage is stunning......More
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Saturday May 4 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Saturday May 4 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Project Learning Tree: Climate Focus Criteria I Workshop
ONSITE | Saturday, May 4, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Project Learning Tree ® (PLT) is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in PreK-grade 12. PLT is a program of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. It is one of the most wi......More
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Saturday May 4 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Guided Trail Walk
Hit the trails and learn more about The North Carolina Arboretum’s botanically diverse forest with a guided trail walk! April through October, this free hiking program is led by trained volunteer guides who take small groups of participants along woodland trails and thr......More
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Saturday May 4 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Flower Power: A Forest Bathing Retreat
ONSITE | Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Celebrate the ephemeral beauty of flowers during this immersive morning nature retreat! In Japan, the birthplace of forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku), they celebrate the annual cherry blossom bloom (Sakura) with a practice known as......More
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Saturday May 4 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Guided Trail Walk
Hit the trails and learn more about The North Carolina Arboretum’s botanically diverse forest with a guided trail walk! April through October, this free hiking program is led by trained volunteer guides who take small groups of participants along woodland trails and thr......More
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Sunday May 5 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Monday May 6 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Tuesday May 7 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
Meditative Morning
We’ve heard your valuable feedback, and now you don’t have to hear us! Beginning May 4, 2021, the period between 8 and 10 a.m. on the first Tuesday morning of every month will be reserved for “Meditative Mornings,” a pause for quiet time in our gardens and on our trails......More
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Tuesday May 7 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Tuesday May 7 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Meditative Morning Birding Walk
ONSITE | Tuesday, May 7, 9 – 10:30 a.m. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a beautiful place to be in springtime and this walk has been designed to visit some of the best spots to enjoy spring birding at the Arboretum with one of our expert guides. Bring your binoculars to ex......More
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Tuesday May 7 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Guided Trail Walk
Hit the trails and learn more about The North Carolina Arboretum’s botanically diverse forest with a guided trail walk! April through October, this free hiking program is led by trained volunteer guides who take small groups of participants along woodland trails and thr......More
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Wednesday May 8 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Wednesday May 8 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Spring Native Flora ID- Field Version
FIELD | Five Sessions: Wednesdays, April 3 – May 8 (No Class April 10), 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. + (Hikes may go longer.) In this entirely field-based class led by Naturalist Scott Dean, you will learn to identify native mountain flora on the trail by training your eyes and usi......More
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Wednesday May 8 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Landscaping Design Fundamentals - In Person
ONSITE | Three Sessions: Wednesdays, May 8, 15 & 22, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Landscape Architect Jennifer Verprauskus teaches this in-person version of our fundamentals class that introduces participants to design principles, site assessment and planning, among other topics. ......More
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Thursday May 9 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Thursday May 9 1:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Ecology of Insects
ONSITE | Two Sessions: Thursdays, May 9 & May 16, 1:30 – 4 p.m. What’s bugging you? In this two-part class and field trip taught by Naturalist Dan Lazar, we learn to recognize many of the region’s common insects, from ants and ant lions to house flies and butterflies. T......More
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Friday May 10 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Friday May 10 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Pressed Flower Art: Preserving Your Blooms
ONSITE | Friday, May 10, 1 – 4 p.m. Gain a contemporary introduction to the art of Oshibana, a centuries-old tradition of making art with pressed plant materials. Discover Instructor Susan McChesney’s personal techniques of pressing, unpressing, storing, collaging and s......More
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Friday May 10 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves: A Reading with J. Drew Lanham
ONSITE | Friday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. Join us for this free event featuring poet, memoirist, and conservationist J. Drew Lanham. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Dr. Lanham is the author of the memoir The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature......More
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Saturday May 11 8:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Bloom with a View
Returning this spring! “Bloom with a View,” is an immersive floral installation on the grounds of The North Carolina Arboretum. Throughout the gardens, colorful and festive planters will elevate thousands of blooms to eye-level. Wander, explore and even lose yourself am......More
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Saturday May 11 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Azalea Expedition: Vaseyi on the Blue Ridge Parkway
FIELD | Saturday, May 11, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. All it takes is a short drive to discover botanical treasures, such as the bubblegum-flowered Rhododendron vaseyi, the pinkshell azalea! This endemic species grows only in a narrow range in the highlands of Western North Carolin......More
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Saturday May 11 9:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Learning to See: Photography + Drawing
ONSITE | Two Sessions: Saturdays, May 11 & 18, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. When was the last time you made a photograph or drew? Have you ever seen more in a photograph than you did in the moment you made it? Have you ever experienced how sometimes drawing allows you to see more......More
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Saturday May 11 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Spring Native Flora Identification - Blended Version
BLENDED | Five Sessions: FIELD – Saturday, April 6 & May 11, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ONLINE – Tuesdays, April 16, 23 & 30, 10 – 11 a.m. This version of our popular Flora ID class, taught by Naturalist Scott Dean, blends two botanizing walks with three convenient online sessio......More
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Saturday May 11 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Guided Trail Walk
Hit the trails and learn more about The North Carolina Arboretum’s botanically diverse forest with a guided trail walk! April through October, this free hiking program is led by trained volunteer guides who take small groups of participants along woodland trails and thr......More
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Saturday May 11 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT
World Bonsai Day Demonstration
World Bonsai Day DemonstrationMay 11-1210:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Join the Blue Ridge Bonsai Society (BRBS) for a presentation of a program in the pavilion of the Bonsai Exhibition Garden in addition to the seasonal debut of the Arboretum’s trees in the Garden. The program......More
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Saturday May 11 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Guided Trail Walk
Hit the trails and learn more about The North Carolina Arboretum’s botanically diverse forest with a guided trail walk! April through October, this free hiking program is led by trained volunteer guides who take small groups of participants along woodland trails and thr......More