Adult Education
📅 45+ courses per season
👥 Expert local instructors
🏆 Member discounts
📍 On-site at the Arboretum
Learning is a lifelong creative endeavor.
Classes & Experiences
Whether in the classroom, the garden, or the forest, the Arboretum’s Adult Education programs may be your beginning to new connections & personal growth. Learn with some of the region’s leading experts, covering a variety of disciplines and subject areas.
12 courses
Certificate of Merit Programs
The Arboretum offers the Blue Ridge Naturalist Certificate of Merit and the Blue Ridge Eco Gardener Certificate of Merit, providing students with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and develop their expertise.
8 courses
Continuing Education Programs
The Arboretum offers as many programs that qualify for CEUs as possible. Many of our previous programs were suspended due to COVID so we are making efforts to bring some of these back around. Check out the link below to see what programs we have currently available.
10 courses
Adult & Continuing Education Programs & Classes are supported by The North Carolina Arboretum Society, The University of North Carolina System, and Community Partners B.B. Barns Garden Center and Landscape Company, Faith Doyle, CFP Baird, Publix Super Markets Charities, and Stantec.