Birthday Parties
It’s not just a birthday party, it’s an adventure!
Celebrate your child’s big day in the great outdoors. Our professional outdoor educators will lead your child and their guests in your choice of program. Scroll down to find theme options.
Price: Includes a free day pass for each of your guests to enjoy the Arboretum before or after the party
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- Non-Member: $300
- Member: $270
Date: Saturdays only
Party Time: 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Location: Either our indoor Eco Lab classroom OR the Tupelo Outdoor Classroom.
Spring 2026 Birthday Party Registration
All birthday party spaces for spring 2026 are booked! If you are interested in joining a waitlist, please click below.
If you would like to learn about alternative ways to celebrate on our property, please contact youtheducation@ncarboretum.org to learn about group visit rates.
We accept spring birthday parties starting January 10th – May 9th (April 11th and 25th are unavailable for booking)
Theme Options
Fairies, Gnomes and Homes
Adventure, here we come! Your child and their guests will join a professional outdoor educator in your choice of several outdoor activities. These may include offerings such as fire building, survival shelter building, map and compass and/or geocaching. Children will sharpen their observational skills on a short hike and demonstrate skills in our woodlands with exclusive use of the Arboretum’s playing woods outdoor classroom. This is not your average birthday party!
Outdoor Adventure
Calling all animal lovers! If your kid loves finding critters and learning more about their amazing abilities this is the party for you. Our professional outdoor educators offer programs that dazzle and delight as we go on a forest safari with binoculars in hand to search for animals that call the Arboretum home. A visit from some of our animal ambassadors (turtles, snakes, and hissing cockroaches, for example) will be sure to be a highlight for your child and their guests!
Fur, Feathers and Scales
A world of imagination and forest fun invites your child to share this special outdoor adventure with their friends and family! A professional outdoor educator leads the way as we delve into a fantastical world of trolls! Come enjoy a troll-themed craft, a short Troll-themed story, and visit as many of Dambo’s Trolls as we can before heading to our classroom for cake/treats/presents. If you have any special requests, let us know and we can see if our educator can make it happen!
This program will only be available from November 15th, 2025 to February 14th, 2026.
Totally Trolls!
A world of imagination and forest fun invites your child to share this special outdoor adventure with their friends and family! A professional outdoor educator leads the way as we delve into a fantastical world in miniature- where acorn caps become bowls, leaves and twigs become building materials and kids will delight in building forest fairy houses and gnome homes. Participants will take a short hike to collect their materials and enjoy exclusive time in the Arboretum’s playing woods to build their creations.
Safety Guidelines for Gathering in Groups:Â
The Arboretum is comitted to ensuring the safety of all participants by following current health guidelines from the Center of Disease Control, The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, The Buncombe County Department of Health, and the City of Asheville. We may update our policies on health screenings, face coverings, social distancing, and other safety measures as needed.
Here are some ways we encourage participants to take precautions:
- Consider testing yourself and child at home before programming at the Arboretum, regardless of how you feel.
- Proactively monitor yourself and child and have them stay home if you or anyone in your family are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19 or any illness or if you have been notified of possible exposure.