Spring series returns to The North Carolina Arboretum
The North Carolina Arboretum will offer a whole host a series of events to celebrate spring.
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The North Carolina Arboretum invites everyone to join in the reawakening of a new season with Spring Into the Arb. Now in its second year, this series of plant shows and sales, science and nature activities and music and art is a wonderful way to reemerge and reconnect with nature.
Throughout the season, guests can enjoy magnificent displays like the “Asheville Orchid Festival” and the annual ikebana and rose shows, or purchase plants of their own at the “Spring Plant Sale and Market.” Guests can get back to their roots with “Native Azalea Day,” “Mountain Science Expo,” and “Nature Play Day.” The series culminates with “Bonsai In the Blue Ridge” in June.
Spring Into the Arb events and programs are included with the regular Arboretum parking fee of $25 per vehicle. Arboretum Society members get in free. Additional admission is required for the Asheville ‘Orchid Festival’ and ‘Bonsai in the Blue Ridge.’ More info at ncarboretum.org.
Spring Into the Arb 2026 event calendar:
• Asheville Orchid Festival: March 28-29
• Music in the Mountains Day: April 4
• Arbor Day celebration: April 11
• Native Azalea Day: April 18
• Mountain Science Expo: April 25
• World Bonsai Day: May 9
• Spring into Ikebana: May 16-17
• The Asheville-Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition: May 22-24
• The Arb in Focus: Opening May 23
• Spring Plant Sale and Market: May 29-30
• Bonsai in the Blue Ridge: June 4-7
