by Abby Cantrell | Mar 30, 2016 | The Arboretum
At The North Carolina Arboretum, we are fortunate to have nearly 500 volunteers contributing their time, talents, enthusiasm and energy year-round. From guest services, to horticulture and gardening, to education programs, volunteers are the heart of the Arboretum and...
by Whitney Smith | Mar 23, 2016 | Exhibits
The morning of October 3, 1880, dawned like any other in the busy hamlet of Asheville, North Carolina. People went about their business as usual, and shops and feed yards bustled with activity that catered to the seemingly endless army of livestock led by drovers...
by Whitney Smith | Mar 16, 2016 | Impact, Nature
At The North Carolina Arboretum, we are fortunate to be located in of the most botanically diverse regions in America – possessing almost every native azalea species from the U.S., hundreds of native and non-native trees, and countless other flowers, shrubs and...
by Guest | Mar 9, 2016 | Community
Visitors to The North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville are invited to step up to a new interpretive wayside sign and get a nutshell idea of the Arboretum’s history, mission and influence in Western North Carolina. Located at the trailhead of Hard Times Road, this...
by Clara Curtis | Mar 2, 2016 | Horticulture & Landscape
The Quilt Garden at the Arboretum requires a commitment to gardening not unlike what Victorian era gardeners called “carpet bedding” or floral plantings in masses of harmonious or contrasting colored foliage and flowers. In the 1870s, new plant species arriving from...
