by Whitney Smith | Mar 23, 2016 | Exhibits
The morning of October 3, 1880, dawned like any other in the busy hamlet of Asheville, North Carolina. People went about their business as usual, and shops and feed yards bustled with activity that catered to the seemingly endless army of livestock led by drovers...
by Whitney Smith | Mar 16, 2016 | Impact, Nature
At The North Carolina Arboretum, we are fortunate to be located in of the most botanically diverse regions in America – possessing almost every native azalea species from the U.S., hundreds of native and non-native trees, and countless other flowers, shrubs and...
by Guest | Mar 9, 2016 | Community
Visitors to The North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville are invited to step up to a new interpretive wayside sign and get a nutshell idea of the Arboretum’s history, mission and influence in Western North Carolina. Located at the trailhead of Hard Times Road, this...
by Clara Curtis | Mar 2, 2016 | Horticulture & Landscape
The Quilt Garden at the Arboretum requires a commitment to gardening not unlike what Victorian era gardeners called “carpet bedding” or floral plantings in masses of harmonious or contrasting colored foliage and flowers. In the 1870s, new plant species arriving from...
by Whitney Smith | Feb 17, 2016 | Exhibits
Prizewinning artist, writer and photographer Sandee Johnson has traveled the world mastering techniques including mixed media, acrylic, collage, pen and ink, encaustic, oil and cold wax, paper-making, printmaking, and altered photography. She is inspired by the joys...
by Clara Curtis | Feb 10, 2016 | Horticulture & Landscape
I admit it, I adore flowers. I always have. As a self-proclaimed “flower child” of the 1960s, I often found myself running through gardens and fields, picking flowers and learning early on from my mother the fundamentals of making a bouquet. I wasn’t old enough yet to...
