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Winter Lights

Winter Lights

❅ Be enchanted this season at Winter Lights! ❅ November 18 – December 31, 2022 Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event...
Winter Lights

Winter Lights

❅ Be enchanted this season at Winter Lights! ❅ November 18 – December 31, 2022 Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event...
Native Seed Collecting Workshop

Native Seed Collecting Workshop

Spend time with two expert native plant growers in this onsite workshop covering collecting, storing, and propagating seed from native plant species.Participants will have the rare opportunity — with permission — to take an assortment of seeds home with...
Conserving the Monarch Butterfly

Conserving the Monarch Butterfly

Join us for an afternoon of monarch butterfly merriment! The Southern Appalachians are extremely important to the survival of the Monarch Butterfly, as many migrate longitudinally through our region each Fall. At this event, we’ll discuss ways to support the survival...
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...