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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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
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Saturday May 11 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Botany Intensive
ONSITE | Saturday, May 11, 1 – 4 p.m. Our botany intensive will focus on the families of plants found commonly in Appalachia. We will cover the differences in how plants look regarding leaves, flowers, fruits and other parts and how this may help in proper identificatio......More
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Sunday May 12 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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Sunday May 12 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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Sunday May 12 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Challenges and Opportunities with Exotic Invasive Plants
ONSITE | Sunday, May 12, 1 – 4 p.m. Take away a better understanding of plant family patterns and what they indicate regarding identification and ethnobotanical application of exotic invasive plants for food, medicine and beauty. A big focus of this class led by Ethnobi......More
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Monday May 13 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 14 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 14 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 15 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 15 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 16 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 16 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 17 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Flower Power: A Forest Bathing Retreat
ONSITE | Saturday, May 18, 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 a......More
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Saturday May 18 10:00am - 3:00pm EDT
Introduction to Natural Dyeing & Planning a Dye Garden
ONSITE | Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Learn the basics of natural dyeing in this introductory class with fiber artists Joyce Tromba and Pat Strang. Participants will explore how to prepare fiber for dyeing, which plants are best to use for natural dyeing and how t......More