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Songbird Monitoring and Bird Walk

Songbird Monitoring and Bird Walk

Join our Arboretum educators and friends from Wild Bird Research Group for an afternoon that’s for the birds!. Watch conservation at work with mist netting demonstrations by professional ornithologists outside the Education Center, and get up close and personal with...
Box Turtles: Conserving our State Reptile

Box Turtles: Conserving our State Reptile

Did you know that over the past ten years there have been 100 different Eastern box turtles found at the Arboretum? Learn how the Arboretum participates in the 100 Year Box Turtle Project by documenting the box turtles found within our borders. You’ll learn how to...
Mole Salamanders of Willow Pond

Mole Salamanders of Willow Pond

Our Willow Pond is home to a breeding population of mole salamanders, a species of special concern in North Carolina. Learn how the Arboretum worked with research scientists, landscape architects and others to craft this important habitat. We’ll also use dip nets to...
2022: A SPACE PAWDYSSEY Halloween Dog Parade

2022: A SPACE PAWDYSSEY Halloween Dog Parade

2022: A SPACE PAWDYSSEY SPACE THEMED HALLOWEEN DOG PARADE Join us Sunday, October 30th for our first annual Halloween Dog Parade! Watch the costume parade, visit with local dog-themed vendors and enjoy the festivities in the fall gardens. The 2022: A SPACE PAWDYSSEY...

Tree Trek 2022: A Naturalized Population of Big Leaf Magnolias

We will meet a newly naturalized population of Bigleaf Magnolias growing in the Haw Creek Valley. This amazing plant is noted for having the largest simple leaves (up to 30 inches in length) and flowers (up to 12 inches in diameter) of any dicotyledonous tree native...