Upcoming Events

Find fun pollinator events around the greater Asheville area. Join us for family-friendly programs, pollenteer workdays, pollinator workshops and more.


Monarch Butterfly Day
Sep
28

Monarch Butterfly Day

Join the NC Arboretum for a celebration of the amazing monarch butterfly, and the public opening of the Arboretum's Playing Woods! This event will include fun for all ages, including informative lectures, craft activities and special nature play activities as we celebrate the opening of our outdoor nature playscape, the Playing Woods.

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Mountain Monarch Festival
Sep
28

Mountain Monarch Festival

Gorges State Park lies along the monarch’s migratory route. The festival will celebrate the monarch butterfly during its migration and bring attention to the species’ declining numbers. The butterflies can be seen in late September each year flying over the park’s visitor center on their way south to the high-elevation fir forests of Mexico’s Neovolcanic Mountains, where they overwinter until early spring.

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Plott's Tales and Trails: Aventuras with Carolina
Sep
27

Plott's Tales and Trails: Aventuras with Carolina

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Únase a nosotros para un emocionante programa multilingüe centrado en Plott's Tales and Trails: ¡Aventuras con Carolina! Ambientado en Carolina del Norte, este libro se centra en las aventuras de Plott y Carolina, un sabueso Plott del condado de Haywood y una mariposa Monarca que acaba de llegar a Carolina del Norte. An exciting multilingual program centered around Plott's Tales and Trails: Aventuras with Carolina! Set in North Carolina, this book focuses on the adventures of Plott & Carolina, a Plott Hound from Haywood County and a Monarch butterfly.

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The NC Arboretum Fall Plant Sale & Vendor Market
Sep
27

The NC Arboretum Fall Plant Sale & Vendor Market

Calling all garden lovers! Join us on Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28 for our annual Fall Plant Sale and Market! The Market features unique plants grown in The North Carolina Arboretum’s Production Greenhouse and includes over 30 local growers and businesses. Shop an outstanding collection of annuals, perennials and crafts to the sounds of live music! On Saturday, September 28, children and adults can participate in Monarch Day activities.

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Landrum Library Speaker Series: Butterflies in Your Backyard
Sep
19

Landrum Library Speaker Series: Butterflies in Your Backyard

This program, presented by Brad Nelson, will introduce basic information about butterflies and some of the species common in our area with a focus on the Monarch butterfly. Brad will discuss the Monarch’s life cycle, different types of milkweeds common in our area, and which milkweeds are more likely to attract Monarchs.

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Asheville Botanical Garden Fall Plant Sale
Sep
14

Asheville Botanical Garden Fall Plant Sale

The Asheville Botanical Garden and numerous local plant vendors will offer a wide variety of native trees, shrubs, and flowers for fall planting. Signs will direct customers to the garden’s parking lot and to the designated overflow parking area at UNCA. Overflow parking lot is located at UNCA at 118 W.T. Weaver Blvd.

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More Habitat, Less Lawn: Getting Started with ReWilding Your Yard (Habitatscaping™ Speaker Series)
Sep
5

More Habitat, Less Lawn: Getting Started with ReWilding Your Yard (Habitatscaping™ Speaker Series)

Join the Gardening for Life Project for the first installment of the Habitatscaping™ speaker series! More Habitat, Less Lawn: Getting Started with ReWilding Your Yard will be an entertaining and inspirational presentation by one of the most passionate naturalists in our region, Sharon Mammoser.

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Asheville Butterfly Trail Ribbon Cutting
Aug
29

Asheville Butterfly Trail Ribbon Cutting

Join Bee City USA-Asheville to CELEBRATE the launch of the Asheville Butterfly Trail and see butterflies at a human scale! The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is just the first of 15 or so butterflies to be strategically located around Asheville and Buncombe County.

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Introduction to Pollinators
Jun
19

Introduction to Pollinators

Athena Rayne Anderson, Ph.D., M.Ed., has designed this presentation for adults of the general public. Learn about pollination and meet our most common pollinators in WNC. The session wraps up with the fascinating concept of “pollination syndromes” and how you can use them for conservation.

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Plant a Pollinator Garden Presentation
Jun
15

Plant a Pollinator Garden Presentation

Bee sweet to our pollinators! Create a smorgasbord of beautiful blooming plants and butterfly host plants that provide much-needed habitat for pollinators, butterflies, and hummingbirds. With an emphasis on native plants, these lively gardens are full of color, support wildlife, and bring you delight throughout the season.

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Film Screening of “Flight of the Butterflies”
Jun
11

Film Screening of “Flight of the Butterflies”

Follow the monarchs’ perilous journey and join hundreds of millions of real butterflies in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar® winner Peter Parks. Plus, an 8 minute documentary "Honey for the Maya" by Dr. Stephen Buchmann.

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Film Screening of “Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home”
Jun
8

Film Screening of “Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home”

Environmental documentary featuring Dr. Doug Tallamy and focused on educating about how and why native plants are critical to the survival and vitality of local ecosystems with a goal to inspire people to plant native plants, providing a call to action to change our garden choices to include native plants.

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