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EcoGardening: Principles in Practice- In-person (Second Session)

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Three Sessions: Wednesdays, March 6, 20 & April 3, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ecological gardening is a way of thinking about the designed landscape in which gardens are no longer seen as a collection of plants, but as a community of complex interdependencies among...

EcoGardening: Principles in Practice- In-person (Third Session)

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Three Sessions: Wednesdays, March 6, 20 & April 3, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ecological gardening is a way of thinking about the designed landscape in which gardens are no longer seen as a collection of plants, but as a community of complex interdependencies among...

Emergence: Spring Wildflower Walk

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Saturday, March 9, 1 – 3 p.m. Spring is here, and the natural world is waking from its winter rest! Naturalist and botanist Alexandra Holland leads this wildflower walk at the Arboretum, pointing out the array of spring wildflowers emerging and in bloom....

Spring Awakening and Renewal Forest Bathing Retreat

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Saturday, March 9, 2 – 5 p.m. The changing seasons are rich with wisdom and guidance. Winter is a time for rest and dreaming, followed by spring, ripe with opportunities for renewal and growth. Cultivate those winter dreams and invite them to birth into...

Bonsai Styling Demonstration with Curator Arthur Joura

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Sunday, March 10, 2 – 4 p.m. Many specimens in The North Carolina Arboretum bonsai collection were donated in non-showable condition. That is to say, when we received these trees they were in development as bonsai but not quite there yet. The value of these...

Contemplating Place: Seeing Beauty Awe Walk

by | Jul 10, 2026

ONSITE | Sunday, March 10, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Take a fresh look at the objects, moments and vistas that surround you during this “awe walk” led by documentary photographer Susan Patrice. The contemplative practices she teaches help you experience place through new and...