On display September 22, 2018 – January 6, 2019, inside the Education Center, the Blue Ridge Fiber Show is an international, biennial competition in weaving, spinning and felting at The North Carolina Arboretum. The purpose of the show is to encourage and support fiber artists at all levels and to increase public awareness of their […]
Come celebrate "Monarch Month" at The North Carolina Arboretum with a special screening of "Flight of the Butterflies" on Saturday, September 22, from 6 - 8:30 p.m. inside the Education Center. This awe-inspiring film tells the story of extraordinary insect endurance and human perseverance. Viewers will learn about the remarkable migration of the monarch butterfly […]
Help save "the king of butterflies!" Join environmental leaders from The North Carolina Arboretum and Bee City USA along with international monarch butterfly expert Estela Romero for a special monarch conservation mini-symposium on Saturday, September 22, from 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. inside the Arboretum's Education Center. Learn about these fluttering beauties, their habitats and […]
In the late 1880s, George Vanderbilt began working with Frederick Law Olmsted to lay out the vision for his estate in Western North Carolina. He asked Olmsted to design an oasis that he and his family and friends could enjoy, but also a working estate, drawing on the latest in scientific knowledge to manage farms and […]