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AE21 Seeing Beauty: A Contemplative Photography Awe Walk

AE21 Seeing Beauty: A Contemplative Photography Awe Walk

ONSITE Let’s enjoy a quiet, mindful stroll through the woods together. Strolling with an eye toward the wonders around you during an otherwise ordinary walk could have significant benefits for your mental health. An interesting new psychological study contends...
2021 Mountain Science Expo (Online!)

2021 Mountain Science Expo (Online!)

It’s the 10th anniversary of the Mountain Science Expo at The North Carolina Arboretum, and this year the Expo is once again going virtual! Celebrate the occasion with our Youth Education team and science partners across our community on Thursday, April 22, and...
AE21 BioForest Immersion

AE21 BioForest Immersion

ON-SITE Accept an invitation to receive the forests’ healing gifts and insights on this guided restorative walk, which is designed to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and restore the body to a calm and composed state. Boosted immune system, lowered blood...
2021 City Nature Challenge

2021 City Nature Challenge

Ready, set, snap! Connect with fellow nature lovers from around the world in the 2021 City Nature Challenge, a worldwide bioblitz held April 30 – May 3 that encourages participants to get outside and celebrate their region’s biodiversity by taking photos of the...
AE21 Yoga for Better Balance

AE21 Yoga for Better Balance

ONLINE Healthy balance is a skill that can be developed and maintained through practice, even in spite of age-related decline. In this 4-week series, learn simple, accessible yoga practices and functional movement exercises that strengthen both the neurological...
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit

Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit

On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays through October from 12 to 4 p.m. (weather permitting), Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is...