by Whitney Smith | Jun 28, 2017 | Community
Year-round, the mountains of Western North Carolina and Asheville are a beautiful place to visit and live. Fall brings changing leaves, winter finds snow on the mountain tops and spring provides crisp, cool air for a morning hike amongst blooming trees and flowers....
by Guest | Jun 21, 2017 | Horticulture & Landscape
Daylilies can be grown from South America to Alaska, making them one of the most popular and prevalent flowers for gardeners all over the world. Visitors and members will be able to see hundreds of different daylily cultivars and hybrids at The North Carolina...
by Guest | Jun 14, 2017 | Nature
Ever since we first heard the term “Colony Collapse Disorder” in 2007, the media has been abuzz with stories about the decline of honey bees and increasingly, pollinators in general. Albert Einstein is often attributed with a quote saying that if bees disappeared, man...
by Jonathan Marchal | Jun 7, 2017 | Nature
Celebriturtle: a member of the order Chelonia whose exploits have bestowed a level of prestige and admiration. Shelly the Eastern box turtle resides in the Nature Discovery Room on the ground floor of the Arboretum’s Education Center. Over the past seven years, she...
