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SUMMARY:Birding for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Birding for Beginners\nwith Lauren Lampley \nON-SITE  |  Tuesday\, April 1  |  9 – 10:30am \nBRN- Elective \nJoin us on this birding walk around the NC Arboretum gardens and trails in search of a very common year round resident of North Carolina: Carolina Chickadee. We will take an in-depth look at these common feeder birds and also look for other early spring migrants. Bring your own binoculars but if you do not have a pair we have some loaner binoculars available to use during the program. \nThis program will take place outside and will follow easy trails and paved walkways. Dress for the weather and prepare to be outside for the entire program time. \nLauren Lampley began her career at Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation as a Park Naturalist which solidified Lauren’s interests in ecology and a passion for teaching others. She has led walks and hikes in a variety of subjects from Geology to Birding and especially enjoys learning and teaching about our local ecology. She currently works at the NC Arboretum in the Adult Education Department and manages the Blue Ridge Naturalist Certificate of Merit. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/birding-for-beginners-3/
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SUMMARY:Beginning Botany
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Botany\nwith Alexandra Holland \nFriday\, April 4  |  1 – 4pm \nBRN + BREG – Core \nIt’s a tough life for a plant: make dinner\, create and nurture offspring\, fight off predators\, deal with the neighbors. In Beginning Botany we’ll explore how plants handle these daily challenges using and modifying only leaves\, stems\, and roots. We’ll cover the basics of plant structure and function. \nAlexandra Holland graduated from Duke University and earned her Master’s degree in botany from the University of Texas at Austin.  She was in the first class of students to be certified as Blue Ridge Naturalists.  Alexandra managed the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin and spent many hours working with education programs at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.  She has taught botany for over a decade and leads nature hikes in Western NC for groups of all ages. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/beginning-botany/
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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SUMMARY:Edible Wild Weeds
DESCRIPTION:Edible Wild Weeds\nwith Abby Artemisia \nSunday\, April 6  |  10 am – 1 pm \nBRN + BREG – Elective \nAppalachia is a hotbed of biodiversity and our weeds are no different! Except weeds are the most sustainable to harvest! Abby will give you some basic introductory botany tips for identification\, along with sustainable harvest and processing tips. This will demystify the often but unnecessary complications of learning Botany and even make it fun! Bring your field guides! \nThis program takes place in the classroom and outdoors. Please come prepared to walk on gentle\, yet uneven terrain\, and dress appropriately for the weather. \nAbby Artemisia is a Botanist\, Herbalist\, Forager\, and Founder of The WANDER School\, a nonprofit making herbs and botanical education accessible\, especially to underserved communities. She has a B.A. in Botany from Miami University and has been studying Herbalism for almost 30 years. Abby lives in Appalachian North Carolina\, where she forages and wildcrafts her food and remedies and teaches WildCrafted Herb School\, Foraging School\, and the Botany Breakdown Virtual Course. She created the Wandering Wellness Clinic to provide accessible healthcare post-Hurricane Helene. You can find these and more at www.thewanderschool.com \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/edible-wild-weeds/
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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SUMMARY:EcoHopeful
DESCRIPTION:EcoHopeful\nwith Liza Wolff-Francis \nSunday\, April 6  |  2 – 4 pm \nIn a climate disaster like a hurricane\, there is chaos and moment to moment survival and often fear. Immediately afterwards\, there is often a gathering of self\, an assessing of the situation. Then comes grief\, loss\, and uncertainty. Much later\, the outer world expects things will all get back to normal\, though we may not feel we are quite “back” to what we were. In fact\, we may feel deeply changed. In all of these stages of a disaster\, we assess what is happening and how we are doing and what we need to do going forward.  \nIn this quick 2-hour workshop\, we will come together in our resiliency to normalize how we have responded to the disaster and to learn and practice tools to calm our nervous systems in order to feel stronger in our current assessment of what’s next for us. Join us for a gathering in community\, strength building\, and resiliency boosting\, as we continue to weave Helene into one of the stories we carry with us\, not one that carries us. \nLiza Wolff-Francis is the 8th Poet Laureate of Carrboro\, North Carolina. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. She is a feminist ecopoet and has taught creative writing workshops for over a decade. She wrote the play “Border Rising” that was performed in south Tucson\, Silver City\, NM and Albuquerque\, NM. She was on the Albuquerque Poetry Slam team in 2008\, was co-director for the 2014 Austin International Poetry Festival\, and now works organizing the West End Poetry Festival with the Town of Carrboro and the Carrboro Poets Council.  \nHer writing has been widely anthologized and has most recently appeared in The Phare\, Walter Magazine\, Wild Roof Journal\, Snapdragon\, and The Bombay Literary Magazine. Her essay “Exploring Ecopoetry: Changing Definitions” was published by Valparaiso University. She has a poetry chapbook titled “Language of Crossing” about the Mexico-U.S. border and her new book\, out summer 2024 through Kelsay Press\, is called “48 hours down the shore.” \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
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CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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SUMMARY:Using a Key to ID Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:Using a Key to ID Wildflowers\nwith Scott Dean \nThursday\, April 10  |  10 am – 1 pm \nBRN + BREG |  Elective \nIdentifying wildflowers can both be an art and a technical field of study. Most popular field guides include some kind of key to help users identify flowers that they see out in nature but learning how to use one can be a challenge. Join Scott Dean on this brand new class on how to use the non-technical keys found in two wildflower field guides: Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide and Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast. Also bring your hand lens/jeweler’s loupe to inspect plants up close and we recommend using a 7 – 10x power lens for this class. \nWe will have a few copies of each guide and some hand lenses to borrow but please bring your own if you have them. \nThis program takes place in the classroom and outdoors. Please come prepared to walk on gentle\, yet uneven terrain\, and dress appropriately for the weather. \nScott Dean was born and raised in the mountains of southern Appalachia\, specifically the coalfields of West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. He developed the original Ecology\, Botany\, and Zoology curricula for the Blue Ridge Naturalist Program\, and has been both a classroom and field instructor with the program since its inception. He has led walks for UNC Asheville and the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference\, been a featured speaker at the Great Smoky Mountain National Park Wildflower program\, and spoken at various social and civic events in the Asheville area over the last twenty years. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
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SUMMARY:Forest Bathing Retreat: Celebrating Mother Earth (full)
DESCRIPTION:Forest Bathing Retreat: Celebrating Mother Earth\nwith Asheville Wellness Tours \nSaturday\, April 12  |  2 – 5pm \nApril is Earth Month\, a time to honor our precious planet and take action to protect her. Celebrate spring while cultivating your relationship with Mother Earth\, yourself\, and others\, during this rejuvenating afternoon nature immersion retreat.  \nYour guide will lead you on a gentle journey through the spring forest\, weaving mindfulness\, breathwork\, forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku) and nature therapy together for a restorative afternoon on some of the trails less traveled at the North Carolina Arboretum. We’ll celebrate the experience in community\, enjoying a wild-foraged tea ceremony and snacks. Bring an open mind and an open heart. All are welcome. Presented through Adult & Continuing Education Programs in collaboration with Asheville Wellness Tours. \nThis program takes place outdoors. Please come prepared to walk on uneven terrain and dress appropriately for the weather. \nChrista Hebal is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. Born and raised in the mountains of northeast Tennessee\, she has lived in Asheville for 24 years. Christa has an adventurous heart\, and loves to help others encounter wholeness through embodiment and nature connection practices. She has had a professional bodywork practice for 18 years as a nationally certified Massage Therapist\, and is also a practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy®\, Usui Reiki Master\, Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist\, Clinical Aromatherapist\, and Certified Traditional Herbalist. She is also certified in CPR and Wilderness First Aid. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/forest-bathing-retreat-celebrating-mother-earth-full/
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Co-Existing with Black Bears
DESCRIPTION:Co-Existing with Black Bears\nwith Tanya Poole \nWednesday\, April 16  |  5 – 6 pm \nBRN – Elective \nIt’s spring and you know what that means. Warmer temperatures\, beautiful flowers and trees blooming\, people venturing out to enjoy it all. And it turns out black bears are coming out in large numbers to enjoy the same things that humans enjoy. Learn about the conditions that contribute to the black bear population continuing to thrive in Western North Carolina in proximity to so many people. Tanya Poole\, Conservation Initiatives Engagement Coordinator with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission\, discusses BearWise strategies recommended by wildlife experts that will help people better coexist with these amazing animals.  \nTanya Poole is an educator with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and is also the state Project WILD Coordinator.  She supports educators in teaching others about wildlife and our natural resources throughout the state.  She has worked for the Commission for 19 years and has a BS in Elementary Education and minor in Biology from Western Carolina University and a MS in Environmental Education from Montreat College. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/rescheduled-co-existing-with-black-bears/
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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SUMMARY:Spring Flora ID (April 29)
DESCRIPTION:Spring Flora ID\nwith Alexandra Holland \nTuesday\, April 29  |  1 – 4 pm \nBRN – Core  |  BREG – Core \nAs we walk the Arboretum’s trails\, we’ll focus on learning to identify spring wildflowers plus trees.  We’ll discuss plant communities and habitats along with the natural and cultural history of the native flora of the Blue Ridge.  Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide and Swanson’s A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians are recommended as references. \nAlexandra Holland graduated from Duke University and earned her Master’s degree in botany from the University of Texas at Austin.  She was in the first class of students to be certified as Blue Ridge Naturalists.  Alexandra managed the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin and spent many hours working with education programs at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.  She has taught botany for over a decade and leads nature hikes in Western NC for groups of all ages. \n\nMembers: Remember to enter your promo code upon checkout to receive your 10% member discount! Email adulteducation@ncarboretum.org with questions.\nSee a full listing of Adult Education Programs at the North Carolina Arboretum here! Questions? Check our FAQs.\nWe are committed to fostering a diverse\, supportive learning community. If the cost of a class is a barrier for you\, please complete this scholarship form and we will see what kind of assistance we can provide.\nFollow us on Facebook & Instagram!\nJoin our Adult Education Student Hub on Discord!\n\n  \nSee all of our classes open for registration here! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ncarboretum.org/event/spring-flora-id-april-29/
CATEGORIES:Adult Education
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