by Will Coleburn | Feb 13, 2020 | Horticulture & Landscape
January and February are relatively quiet months in the garden. But after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, perhaps this is a gift—a moment to exhale, look around, take stock of what is going on around us and maybe even allow ourselves to dream a little. I...
by Will Coleburn | Jan 1, 2020 | The Arboretum
Every New Year, millions of people look at themselves in the mirror and decide to make a change. But, we’ve also experienced that moment where the excitement and newness of the year wears off and our resolve falters: Life happens. We get busy. We return to the...
by Clara Curtis | Dec 18, 2019 | Horticulture & Landscape
This season, I’ll be decorating a Real Christmas Tree along with 25-30 million other people in the United States. The title, Real Christmas Tree, is an official one, adopted by the National Christmas Tree Association and the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association....
by Whitney Smith | Nov 27, 2019 | Community
Thanksgiving is just around the corner (tomorrow, actually!) and there is so much to be thankful for this year. In Western North Carolina, the fall season shined brightly with beautiful, colorful foliage, and Asheville kicked off the holiday season last weekend with...
by Abby Cantrell | Oct 30, 2019 | Exhibits
Award-winning artist Paula Entin would be the first to tell you that she’s not an ordinary quilter: “From the very beginning, I gravitated towards strong colors, textures and odd shapes,” she recalled. Entin first encountered non-traditional quilts in...
by Abby Cantrell | Oct 18, 2019 | Horticulture & Landscape, Nature
It is not the largest tree in the forest, but that doesn’t mean the sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) doesn’t stand out in a crowd of hardwoods and pines. This time of the year, these medium-sized trees are easy to spot along The North Carolina Arboretum’s approach road,...
