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Intro to WNC Invasive Plant ID

Intro to WNC Invasive Plant ID

Intro to WNC Invasive Plant ID with Erin Canter Friday, April 17  |  1 – 3:30pm BRN – Elective |  BREG – Elective REGISTER HERE In this beginners’ course, participants will learn strategies for plant ID and use them to identify plants that are...
How Plants Grow: A Close Look at Plant Growth and Structures

How Plants Grow: A Close Look at Plant Growth and Structures

How Plants Grow: A Close Look at Plant Growth and Structures with Alexandra Holland Thursday, April 16  |  1 – 2:30pm BRN – Core |  BREG – Elective REGISTER HERE Building on Beginning Botany, this class examines the variety of plant cells and...
River Systems of the Blue Ridge

River Systems of the Blue Ridge

River Systems of the Blue Ridge with Anton DuMars Saturday, April 4  |  12 – 4pm BRN – Core REGISTER HERE Water is essential to life but is also a powerful agent of change. Rivers, through both daily processes and catastrophic floods, shape Earth’s surface...
Native Azalea Day

Native Azalea Day

Native Azalea Day April 18, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Visit the gardens this spring for Native Azalea Day, an invitation to celebrate and experience azaleas through the eyes of plant enthusiasts, botanists, and artists. For one day only, visitors can observe...
World Bonsai Day

World Bonsai Day

World Bonsai Day May 9, 2026 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.   World Bonsai Day weekend May 9 marks the official opening of the Arboretum’s internationally acclaimed Bonsai Exhibition Garden, with trees filling the benches for the first time since fall! Arthur...
Change of Seasons: Spring Into Ikebana

Change of Seasons: Spring Into Ikebana

Change of Seasons: Spring Into Ikebana May 16 – 17, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   The Ikebana International Asheville Chapter will present an exhibition of ikebana, the disciplined Japanese art of floral arrangement. Through intentional use of line,...