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“Beautiful . . . you won’t Fifth Annual Winter Lights be disappointed. Holiday Light Show, We wandered around November 16 – December 31 enchanted and smiling.”

THE ARBORETUM CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS WINTER LIGHTS OF HOLIDAY FUN TICKET PRICES* Tickets are going fast for The North Carolina Arboretum’s fifth annual Winter Lights $18 – Adults holiday light show. On display nightly, Friday, November 16, through Monday, $12 – Children (ages 5 – 11) December 31, 2018, from 6 to 10 p.m., Winter Lights is an outdoor walking tour of the Children 4 & under are free Arboretum’s gardens dressed in more than half-a-million holiday lights. Considered * Arboretum Society members Asheville’s brightest holiday tradition, Winter Lights is the Arboretum’s largest fundraising receive $2 off all tickets event of the year, and proceeds help support the Arboretum’s educational programs, exhibits and facilities year-round. Tickets can be purchased online Don’t miss some of the show’s new displays and themes, including “fire and ice!” at ncwinterlights.com Many fan favorites will also return, including the Arboretum’s signature 50-foot animated tree and lighted Quilt Garden, Rocky Cove Railroad G-scale model train, as well as its VOLUNTEER animatronic children’s program, “Storytime at Woodland Cove,” and a variety of OPPORTUNITIES interactive motion-sensored games. Festive food and beverages, including hot cocoa, Looking for ways to give back this s’mores, wine and beer, will be available for purchase throughout the gardens and inside holiday season and receive a behind- the Education Center. the-scenes look at Winter Lights? In addition to “Friends and Family” Tuesday discount night, the Arboretum will host Sign up to volunteer! Volunteer “Arboretum Week,” November 26 – 29, which includes reduced pricing for adults and positions include greeters, fire pit children. To help manage traffic congestion and crowds, visitors will now be required to attendants, G-scale train operators, select an entry time of 6:00, 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. as part of their ticket purchase. Ticket ticket scanners and more. Anyone who volunteers three nights or holders can enter Winter Lights any time between their selected entry time and 9:00 p.m. more will also be awarded one free pair of Winter Lights tickets. For ASHEVILLE’S LOCAL LIGHTS EXPANDS more information on volunteering The Arboretum is excited to announce the expansion of the City of Asheville’s opportunities, please email holiday light display. Thanks to a partnership between the Arboretum, the City of [email protected] or Asheville, the Asheville Downtown Association, ExploreAsheville.com and Historic visit ncarboretum.volunteerhub.com. Biltmore Village Association, the new Local Lights holiday light display produced by the Arboretum will be placed in Pack Square Park, as well as new locations in Prichard Park Local Lights Downtown Asheville and Biltmore Village. The Pack Square Park lighting ceremony to kick off Local Lights will take place on Saturday, November 17, at 6 p.m. as part of the evening festivities following the Asheville Holiday Parade. On Friday, November 30, Biltmore Village will celebrate its Local Lights display as part of the tree lighting ceremony for its 30th annual Dickens Festival.

For information on prices, event information and to purchase tickets for Winter Lights, please visit ncwinterlights.com.

Support for Winter Lights is provided in part by The North Carolina Arboretum Society, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville Outlets, Carolina Living Choices, Fairway Outdoor Advertising, iHeartMedia Asheville, Our State Magazine, RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide, Smoky Mountain Living Magazine, Spectrum Reach and Southeastern Container, Inc. 3

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BRUNCH WEDDINGS BRUNCH 2018 GOVERNOR’S AWARDS AWARDS GOVERNOR’S 2018 ECOEXPLORE PROGRAM ECOEXPLORE NEWS & NOTES & NEWS Becoming a “Maker”

by Clara Curtis, Senior Director for Mission Delivery

I’ve recently noticed a new term being used to describe someone who designs, crafts or builds an object. “Maker.” I like this word! It seems to be an inclusive term for anyone who is fashioning an item. As the holidays near, I see myself as a “maker” – incorporating holiday greenery and other natural objects collected from the garden to use for holiday décor. In fact, I’m rather a stickler for using live and natural materials when decorating. I find the time spent gathering natural greens, berries and cones to be fun and enjoyable, and the time creating a wreath or arrangement to be freeing and celebratory.

A LOOK BACK Using greenery indoors during the winter has spanned across centuries and cultures as a way to express honor to the qualities of evergreen plants. Native Americans use fir and pine for ceremonial incense and for refreshing their homes and baths. Japanese culture uses evergreens in floral décor to celebrate the coming of the New Year in a tradition called kadomatsu. They also place pine and bamboo in the home to symbolize constancy and resilience. Ancient Egyptians and Celtic Druids used evergreens during the winter solstice to represent everlasting life. Ancient Roman culture celebrated the god of agriculture, Saturn, by filling their homes and temples with evergreen boughs to represent new growth and fruitfulness. The Vikings placed evergreens over their doors and brought FOLIAGE FINDS evergreen trees into their homes in order to ward off evil spirits. German Christians began using evergreen trees in their homes in the 16th century as a symbol of their faith and brought this tradition with them to the New World. The first evergreen trees in Some common evergreen foliage that American colonies were noted as early as 1747 in Pennsylvania communities. By the you may purchase or find in a garden late 1800s, the tradition had spread across America, partially due to illustrations found or woodland includes: in popular holiday novels and poems.

Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) MAKING YOUR OWN Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Making your own holiday wreath can be a relatively easy pursuit using simple materials, including a wreath form, a roll of continuous wire, greenery and some American Holly (Ilex opaca) decorative items of your choosing. Greenery can be quickly applied to the wreath form by American boxwood tying the continuous wire to the form, forming a bunch of greenery in one hand and then (Buxus sempervirens) placing the bunch onto the wire form, wrapping tightly over the form and the lower third False Cypress (Chamaecyparis sp.) of the branches to secure. Continue to overlap with bunches until you completely cover the circle of the wreath form. Cut the wire and tie off to the back of the wreath form. Magnolia (Magnolia sp.) Decorate with selected items of your choosing by using a glue gun or wire to affix each item. Hang your evergreen wreath on an interior or exterior door, outbuilding, fence or deck railing. You’re now a “maker!”

Want to learn more? I’ll be sharing some tips and techniques for making a full sized door wreath using the hand-wrapped bundle method at the Arboretum’s Wreath Making Classes, on Tuesday, November 27, and Wednesday, November 28, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Education Center. Students are asked to bring greenery clippers; all other materials will be provided. Registration is required and can be done online or by calling 828-665-2492 (see page 9 for details).

Welcome the winter season by becoming a maker of evergreen décor!

EXHIBITS

IN THE DARK EXHIBIT Coming January 2019 Explore the mysteries of the dark at RECLAIMED CREATIONS the Arboretum’s new exhibit, On Exhibit through January 6, 2019 In the Dark, on display January 26 – FIBER CONNECTS Don’t miss the final months of the May 12, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2018 BLUE RIDGE FIBER SHOW Arboretum’s eco-art exhibit, Reclaimed inside the Baker Exhibit Center. This Sept. 22, 2018 – Jan. 6, 2019 Creations. Featuring the work of Sayaka traveling exhibit developed by the The Blue Ridge Fiber Show is an Ganz, Reclaimed Creations contains Cincinnati Museum Center delves international, biennial competition in dramatic sculptures of birds, animals into dark environments and the unique weaving, spinning and felting in The and marine life, which are composed of animals, plants and humans that adapt North Carolina Arboretum’s Education discarded plastic and metal objects that to areas with little to no light. Center. Sponsored by the Western North can often be harmful to wildlife. Using a From a forest diorama of the Great Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild, “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz creates Smoky Mountains to a creation of a the purpose of the show is to encourage upcycled objects that visually appear Kentucky limestone cave, In the Dark and support fiber artists at all levels unified at a distance, but are in fact features five immersive zones that enable and increase public awareness of their separated when examined up close. visitors to experience the darkness of work. This year’s show is entitled “Fiber Reclaimed Creations is on display daily many unseen worlds. Using mechanical Connections,” which highlights the through January 6, 2019, from 9 a.m. to displays, life-size animal models and connections between artists, their fiber 5 p.m., inside the Baker Exhibit Center. informational panels, this hands-on and their work. Emerging and experienced The exhibit will also be open during the exhibit reveals what thrives beneath the fiber art artists, as well as junior exhibitors, Arboretum’s fifth annual Winter Lights soil, under the sea, in the shadows of the are invited to enter in the categories of holiday light show, November 16 – night and within other dark accessories, yardage, tapestries, garments December 31, from 6 to 10 p.m. environments. Visitors will learn how and home décor using the mediums of Exhibit support for Reclaimed Creations birds find their way flying at night, how weaving, spinning and felting. Cash awards is provided in part by The North Carolina bats use echolocation to communicate are given to competition winners, and sales Arboretum Society, Hilton Asheville and ways people have reacted to darkness opportunities are available for entrants. Biltmore Park, iHeartMedia Asheville throughout history. and Smoky Mountain Living Magazine. As part of the exhibit, the Arboretum’s CROSS-POLLINATION: Youth Education department will host a FIBER, CLAY AND PHOTOGRAPHY special Owl Prowl on Saturday, February January 12 – April 14, 2019 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants will take Featuring the work of Terry Ashley, a nighttime hike around the Arboretum to Karen-Eve Bayne, Lucy Clark and Judy seek owls by observing sight and sound. Smith, this mixed-medium exhibit For more information on In the Dark located in the Education Center features and event programming, please visit 2- and 3-D work using fabric, ncarboretum.org. photography and pottery. Each piece is Exhibit support for In the Dark is created with its own unique voice and provided in part by The North Carolina showcases how artists collaborate Arboretum Society, Hilton Asheville Biltmore through the cross-pollination of ideas Park, iHeartMedia Asheville and Smoky and passion for nature. Many pieces are Mountain Living Magazine. drawn from photos taken at the Arboretum and contain botanical themes that incorporate layered photographs on cloth and customized cellular fabrics. Pottery includes organic, coil-built ceramic pieces and wall sculptures. All pieces are available for purchase and a portion of the sales will be donated to The North Carolina Arboretum Society. 6

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PLEASE THANK OUR A SMARTER WAY TO GIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), an easy way to make a year-end VISIONARY LEVEL gift and to receive tax benefits, allows you Asheville Citizen-Times to transfer funds directly from your Asheville Outlets individual retirement account (IRA) to a Burroughs Wellcome Fund qualified charity. These benefits may be iHeartMedia Asheville even more impactful in the new tax law The Laurel of Asheville era. If you are over age 70 ½ and your RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide IRA qualifies, you can make a gift that: GIVE THE GIFT Smoky Mountain Living Magazine • Excludes the gift amount from your OF MEMBERSHIP Spectrum Reach taxable income. Treat that special someone to a gift • Satisfies your required minimum that continues year-round by purchasing LEADER LEVEL distributions for the year. a gift membership to The North Carolina B.B. Barns Garden, Gift • May reduce the impact to certain tax Arboretum Society. This is a perfect & Landscape Company credits and deductions, including experiential gift that is suited for any Biobest USA Social Security and Medicare. occasion: $50 Individual; $70 Household; Carolina Living Choices • Positively impacts the Arboretum’s or upper level memberships with Diamond Brand Outdoors gardens, trails, educational additional benefits starting at $125. Fairway Outdoor Advertising programming, exhibits and more. Memberships can be purchased or Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park Your IRA custodian will require renewed in person at the Arboretum, Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty some basic information in order to make online at ncarboretum.org or by calling Our State Magazine a transfer, such as the charity’s name, Member Services at 828-665-2492. The Ramble Charitable Fund address and Tax ID number (e.g., The Thank you for advancing our mission of Southeastern Container, Inc. North Carolina Arboretum Society, 100 cultivating connections between people, Wild Birds Unlimited Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville plants and places! Asheville/Hendersonville NC 28806-9315, Tax ID #56-1712373). In order for the distribution to count ADVOCATE LEVEL towards 2018’s required minimum MEMBER SERVICES Camilla Calnan Photography distributions, the funds must come out Contact Member Services at ExploreAsheville.com of your IRA by the distribution deadline, [email protected] FASTSIGNS usually December 31. or 828-665-2492 to: Gasperson Moving & Storage Your custodian or a tax advisor can • Send us your corrected mailing Jolly Gardener help you determine if your IRA qualifies address, especially if you have K2 Irrigation Services, Inc. for a QCD. The North Carolina moved recently. North Carolina Biotechnology Center Arboretum Society encourages prospective • Sign up for our monthly member Patagonia, Inc. donors to seek independent professional eNewsletter containing valuable Pinnacle Landscapes, Inc. counsel (e.g., attorney, financial adviser information about events, exhibits, REACH Veterinary Specialists and/or accountant). Contributions to educational programs, Arboretum The North Carolina Arboretum Society news and more. SUPPORTER LEVEL are tax-deductible to the extent allowed • Sign up for electronic delivery of this Alexander Appraisal Service LLC by law. If you have questions about printed newsletter to save resources. Bryan Easler Toyota making a distribution from your IRA to The Compleat Naturalist The North Carolina Arboretum Society, Daniels Graphics please contact Lisa Baker, donor relations MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Sow True Seed manager, at 828-665-2492 ext. 221 or Please note that we are no longer [email protected]. issuing membership cards for For more information on supporting Your support has a real impact at the grandchildren as part of a Household or the Arboretum as a Community Arboretum. Thank you! We look forward higher membership. Grandchildren are Partner, please contact Winnie Hough, to working with you to help you achieve always welcome to visit the Arboretum community partner program manager, your personal philanthropic and financial for free with a parent or grandparent at 828-665-2492 ext. 210 or goals, while also advancing the mission of who has a current membership card. For [email protected]. The North Carolina Arboretum Society. additional information, please contact Member Services at 828-665-2492.

8 GROWING IN MIND Adult Educational Programs

This publication lists events, exhibitions and Adult Education classes through the holiday and winter season. Classes listed in the August 2018 issue of Growing in Mind are included here only in brief for reference. Please visit the Adult Education page on the Arboretum website for complete class descriptions and instructor bios. The next issue of GROW will include classes for April through August 2019.

NOVEMBER Climate Resilient Fruit Pets and Plants and Vegetable Gardening Instructor: Phil Roudebush Instructor: Laura Lengnick Wednesday, December 5; 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, November 16; 1 to 4 p.m. $34 Member | $39 Non-Member $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Two hours elective credit Three hours elective credit for BREG Certificate for BREG Certificate Exploring Watercolor B Intermediate Watercolor Intensive Instructor: Susan Lingg Instructor: Susan Lingg Saturday, December 8; 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 17; $58 Member | $68 Non-Member 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $78 Member | $88 Non-Member Deep Relaxation: Restorative Yoga Nidra B Wreathmaking A Instructor: Jenne Sluder FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST Sunday, December 9; 2 to 4 p.m. Instructor: Clara Curtis $24 Member | $29 Non-Member Tuesday, November 27; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $78 Member | $88 Non-Member Fire in the Sky: The Mystery and Lure of Comets Wreathmaking B Instructor: Steve Martin Instructor: Clara Curtis Wednesday, December 12; Wednesday, November 28; 10 a.m. to Noon 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Two hours elective credit Beth Johnson $78 Member | $88 Non-Member for BRN Certificate DECEMBER JANUARY Tea Discovery Workshop and Tasting Duck Day: FIELD TRIP FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST Instructor: Simon Thompson Instructor: Miles Cramer Thursday, January 10; Saturday, December 1; 1 to 3 p.m. 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. $34 Member | $39 Non-Member $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Two hours elective credit Trail Cameras for BRN Certificate Instructor: Tanya Poole Tuesday, December 4; Winter Tree Identification A 10 a.m. to Noon FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Instructor: Marc Williams Saturday, January 12; 1 to 4:30 p.m. Winter Birding in the Carolinas $44 Member | $49 Non-Member FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST Core requirement for BRN Certificate Instructor: Simon Thompson Wednesday, December 5; January continued on page 10 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Three hours elective credit for BRN Certificate

9 Treasures of the Winter Night Sky Instructor: Steve Martin Wednesday, February 6; 10 a.m. to Noon $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Two hours elective credit for BRN Certificate Build Your Own Bluebird Box Instructor: Joe Sanders Tuesday, February 19; 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $69 Member | $79 Non-Member Wildlife and Garden credit for BREG Certificate Lynne Buchanan Winter Tree Identification B January continued from page 9 Instructor: Carlton Burke Wednesday, February 20; 1 to 4 p.m. Methods of Eco-Gardening Winter Plants of Interest $44 Member | $49 Non-Member A THREE-WEEK CLASS Instructor: Clara Curtis Core requirement for BRN Certificate Instructor: Nina Shippen Thursday, January 24; 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, January 16, 23, 30; $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Build a Rustic Wren House 1 to 4 p.m. Core requirement for Instructor: Carlton Burke $88 Member | $98 Non-Member BREG Certificate Wednesday, February 27; Core requirement for BREG Certificate 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Prerequisite: Principles Understanding Lichens $69 Member | $79 Non-Member of Eco-Gardening Instructor: Jennifer Love Wildlife and Garden credit Saturday, January 26; for BREG Certificate Unwind & Renew: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Mind-Body Wellness Retreat $59 Member | $69 Non-Member Meteorology of the Blue Ridge B Instructors: Jenne Sluder Two hours elective credit A FIVE-WEEK CLASS and Rebecca Caldwell for BRN Certificate Instructor: Tom Ross Friday, January 18; 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Thursdays, February 28, Saturday, January 19; Exploring Watercolor C March 7, 14, 21, 28; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, Instructor: Susan Lingg 9:30 a.m. to Noon January 20; 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, January 26; 1 to 4 p.m. $119 Member | $129 Non-Member $159 Member | $169 Non-Member $58 Member | $68 Non-Member Core requirement for BRN Certificate Gardening in a Changing Climate Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Learning From Trees Instructor: Laura Lengnick Instructor: Lynne Buchanan FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST Tuesday, January 22; 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday – Friday, January 29, 30, 31, Instructor: Arthur Joura $44 Member | $49 Non-Member February 1; 12:15 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, February 28; 4 to 6 p.m. Core requirement for BREG Certificate $229 Member | $239 Non-Member $12 Member | $17 Non-Member Cougars and Coyotes in the Blue Ridge FEBRUARY FULL: CALL OR EMAIL FOR WAIT LIST Instructor: Carlton Burke Growing and Using Wednesday, January 23; 1 to 4 p.m. Culinary Herbs $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Instructor: Phil Roudebush Three hours elective credit Tuesday, February 5; 1 to 3 p.m. for BRN Certificate $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Two hours elective credit Winter Gardening Tasks for BREG Certificate Instructor: Clara Curtis Wednesday, January 23; 1 to 3 p.m. Poets of the Blue Ridge $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Instructors: Tom Rash, Rebecca Core requirement for BREG Certificate Caldwell and Brent Martin Tuesdays, February 5, 12, 19; 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. $79 Member | $89 Non-Member Beth Johnson 10 Bamboo Structures for the Garden Instructor: Kent Stewart and Carol Stangler Saturday, March 9; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $69 Member | $79 Non-Member Five hours elective credit for BREG Certificate Spring is the perfect time of year to think about organizing the garden using natural

Kent Stewart and distinctive bamboo structures. Bamboo is a plentiful and renewable resource that is readily available from groves in our area. MARCH New Classes Students in this class will use locally-sourced bamboo (genus Phyllostarchys) to construct Geology of the Blue Ridge Principles of Eco-Gardening garden structures such as trellises for A FIVE-WEEK CLASS AND FIELD TRIP A THREE-WEEK CLASS climbing plants and fences. These attractive Instructor: Steve Yurkovich Instructor: Nina Shippen and functional bamboo structures are simple Tuesdays, February 26, March 5, 12, 19; Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19; to construct and require the use of only a 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. few hand tools. “The Craft and Art of March 26; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $88 Member | $98 Non-Member Bamboo” by Carol Stangler is $139 Member | $149 Non-Member Core requirement for BREG Certificate recommended for this class. All tools Core requirement for BRN Certificate Ecological gardening is a way of thinking and materials will be provided. Bring a Explore the geologic history of the about the created designed landscape in notebook, gardening gloves and ideas, or Southern Appalachian Mountains. which gardens are no longer seen as a even sketches, if you have something in Each weekly class builds on the previous collection of plants, but a community with mind. Participants may bring their own week and leads to an understanding of complex interdependencies between plants, battery-powered drill. mountain formation. The course will soils, environment and animals. Students begin with a discussion of the earth’s will learn macro ecological concepts such Yoga for Gardeners interior and plate tectonics, then progress as niche, competition and succession that A FOUR-WEEK CLASS to a current model for formation of the can be applied anywhere, and will explore Instructor: Lillah Schwartz Southern Appalachians. This section will the ecological principles at play in creating Saturdays, March 9, 16, 23, 30; be followed by an overview of common and managing a healthy, self-sustaining 10 to 11:30 a.m. earth materials and will conclude with a garden and landscape. The class will $48 Member | $58 Non-Member discussion of the surficial processes that include a survey of trees, shrubs and forbs Whether your intent is to work in the have shaped these old mountains. The last and the use of ecologic perspectives in their garden or to simply stroll and enjoy its meeting on March 26 will be a field trip. placement in a landscape. This course beauty, the practice of yoga can help serves as a prerequisite for Methods of Eco- prepare your body for springtime in John Muir’s Conservation Legacy: Gardening and offers a framework through the garden. Students will learn poses to The Necessity of Wildness which to understand other courses that are prepare hips for stooping and walking, A FOUR-WEEK CLASS included in the BREG certificate program. and discover reliable stretches to keep the Instructor: Rachel Muir back pain free and to rest in afterward. Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19, 26; 5 to 6:30 p.m. Vertebrate Zoology Although this class is oriented toward $69 Member | $79 Non-Member of the Blue Ridge those new to yoga, participants should be The modern conservation movement has A SIX-WEEK CLASS able to get on and off the floor unassisted. its origin in science, ethics and a social Instructor: Carlton Burke Wear comfortable clothing. Mats and movement that principally emerged in the Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, props will be provided. late 1800s in the United States. One of the April 3, 10; 9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. fruits of this social movement was the $169 Member / $179 Non-Member Spring Gardening Tasks creation of the first system of national parks Core requirement for BRN Certificate Instructor: Lisa Wagner in the world. John Muir is considered the Learn the basic identification and natural Wednesday, March 13; most influential figure in the rise of history of many mountain wildlife species. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. conservation science and in environmental Each week will cover a different group of $34 Member | $39 Non-Member policy that continues to guide our nation. vertebrate animals—fish, amphibians, Core requirement for BREG Certificate Students in this course will look at John reptiles, mammals and birds—using slide Gardens need attention all year and Muir’s life and times through his writings presentations, hands-on activities, timing is critical to certain garden tasks. and other resources, including historic worksheets and live visitors. Students Each seasonal class offers tips, projects, archives, to learn how the conservation will learn to identify a number of and considerations for activities like movement emerged in the context of its common and uncommon species and fertilizing, planting, pruning, pest time and how it has changed to the present develop an understanding of the unique control, planning, clearing and cleaning day. Short hikes on the Arboretum grounds biodiversity and complexity of the for year-round gardening. encourage students to use the same methods vertebrate animal life of the Blue Ridge. of plant identification and documentation March continued on page 12 that Muir used on his walks. 11 March continued from page 11

Wildflower Ecology: A Step Beyond Identification Instructor: Timothy P. Spira Thursday, March 14; 10 a.m. to Noon $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Two hours elective credit for BREG Certificate While it is fun to know the names of plants, it is also satisfying to learn about the interesting ways that plants adapt to their environment. Learn to interpret various features of native plants, including why spring wildflowers typically emerge and flower several weeks before trees and other woody plants leaf out; why Jack-in-the- underestimated and poorly understood. Simple Sewn Books: Pulpit plants change gender; why fruits This class emphasizes the importance of Variations on a Theme change color as they age and why some nighttime darkness and the many ways that Instructor: Rebecca Caldwell fruits are sweet and others are not. Seeking darkness is necessary for the natural world Saturday, March 23; answers to questions such as these adds a and our physical, mental and emotional 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. new, powerful and fun dimension to health. Students will explore ways to $69 Member | $79 Non-Member understanding and appreciating wildflowers. mitigate the effects of light pollution in Spend the day learning how to make a homes and local environments and discuss variety of simple folded and sewn books Spring Migration of Birds strategies for making homes more “dark using handmade and decorative papers. Instructor: Simon Thompson friendly.” Weather permitting, the class The class will be geared toward beginners, Friday, March 15; 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will include a walk around the Arboretum covering basic bookmaking tools and $44 Member | $49 Non-Member grounds to see ways the Arboretum has techniques, with an introduction to Three hours elective credit implemented light-reducing methods the rich history of bookbinding and for BRN Certificate and policies. papermaking. All materials and tools By this time of year, spring birds have are provided. arrived and are starting to build nests and Gardening for the Birds breed. This season is the best time of year Instructor: Martha Rollefson Residential Landscape Design to learn bird songs and see birds in their Wednesday, March 20; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. A FOUR-WEEK CLASS prime breeding plumage. We will spend $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Instructor: Nina Shippen some time in the classroom, but most of Wildlife credit or elective Tuesdays, March 26, April 2, 9, 16; the class will be spent outside listening to for the BREG certificate 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. spring birdsongs. Gardening for the birds is more than $105 Member | $115 Non-member just feeding the birds. This class is for Landscape Design credit Exploring Watercolor A gardeners who want to blend the joy of for BREG Certificate Instructor: Susan Lingg bird watching with the satisfaction of This class guides students through Saturday, March 16; 1 to 4 p.m. creating a beautiful and healthy habitat designing a master plan for their landscape. $58 Member | $68 Non-Member that supports the food, water, shelter and Every class begins with a lecture on the This class offers new and useful nesting needs of birds. Gardening tips, principles, process and elements of information on tools and techniques landscape design concepts, plant lists and landscape design. Remaining class time is in applying paints that are unique to recommendations for practical reference organized around a studio format where watercolor. Beginning and intermediate materials will be presented. students share their design plans. If time painters are welcome. Using a limited and weather allow, the class will explore palette, students will practice blending Scats, Tracks and Other Signs the Arboretum for examples of plants and shapes and colors. They will study the Instructor: Carlton Burke design elements. techniques of laying transparent glazes, Friday, March 22; 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. negative painting, spattering and adding $44 Member | $49 Non-Member Pocket Meadows texture to create depth. All supplies are Three hours elective credit Instructor: Lisa Wagner included in the course fees. for BRN Certificate Wednesday, March 27; 10 a.m. to Noon Scats, tracks and other signs are left behind $34 Member | $39 Non-Member Light Pollution, Health by native wildlife species, often while Two hours elective credit and the Environment completely hidden from sight. Learn how for BREG certificate Instructor: Steve Martin to identify and interpret signs left behind “Pocket” meadows of largely native plants Tuesday, March 19; 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. by wildlife from bugs to bears. Wear provide attractive low-maintenance and $34 Member | $39 Non-Member appropriate clothing for walking outdoors, wildlife-friendly alternatives to traditional For well over a century, the night sky has and bring a pair of binoculars and hand perennial plantings. They are great for been impacted by artificial lighting. lens if available. small-scale plantings around mailboxes, Recently, the dramatic impact of light along driveways or next to the back door. pollution on wildlife, human health and These small, informal and simply- the environment has been largely managed meadows provide habitat and

12 About Our March Instructors New Instructor

Carlton Burke is a naturalist and educator Lillah Schwartz is a C-IAYT, certified yoga who operates Carolina Mountain Naturalists, an therapist, Iyengar trained, author and mentor. She educational service that offers wildlife and nature ran her own studio in Asheville, N.C., from 1981- educational programs throughout Western North 2013. Based on her personal experience with back Carolina. He was also on the staff of the Western pain, she became a trailblazer in this field and is North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville for now well-respected for her therapeutic application over 25 years as the curator of exhibits. Burke of yoga. In addition to decades of teaching, co-hosts a weekly radio program “Nature News” Schwartz offers the science and spirit of yoga and is also a N.C. state- and federally-licensed through her therapeutic yoga DVDs and her 2016 wildlife rehabilitator. book, “Healing Our Backs with Yoga.” For more information about her local classes and personal Rebecca Caldwell is a writer, educator and trainings, visit yogawithlillah.com counselor in Asheville. She learned bookmaking and papermaking while working at Penland Nina Shippen practices residential landscape and School of Crafts and combines it with training garden design through her company Gardeniña, in expressive arts therapy and eco-therapy to lead which focuses on coupling the principles of workshops on handmade journals and therapeutic healing gardens with sound ecologic practices to writing. She also serves as the Arboretum’s adult create satisfying gardens for her clients. A graduate education program assistant. of the landscape design program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, she has lived and Judy Deutsch is a Buncombe County Master gardened in Transylvania County since 2005. Gardener and a consulting rosarian. She has grown roses in the Asheville area for over 10 years Timothy Spira is a plant ecologist, native and is a past president of the Asheville Blue Ridge plant gardener, hiker and professor emeritus of Rose Society. She works part time in the Biltmore botany at Clemson University, where he taught Rose Garden. field botany and plant ecology and researched sustenance for pollinators and other plant-pollinator interactions. He is the author insects, as well as being attractive Susan Lingg is a full-time artist who has been of two recent books, “Wildflowers and Plant additions for any landscape. The studying and sharing the watercolor medium Communities of the Southern Appalachian instructor will share examples of a variety through demonstrations, exhibits and teaching Mountains and Piedmont: A Naturalist’s Guide of small scale meadow plantings using since the 1980s. The fluidity and transparency to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and of watercolor drives her to new explorations of Georgia” (2011) and “Waterfalls and Wildflowers Southeastern native wildflowers and light, color and texture, and she enjoys enabling in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great grasses, and discuss how to manage them others to access their own creativity in watercolor Hikes” (2015), published by the University of for four-season interest and attractiveness. and papermaking. Her work can be seen online at North Carolina Press. For additional information, watercolorsbysusan.com please see timothypspira.com

Climbing Roses Steve Martin is an astronomer and educator Carol Stangler is the author of “The Craft and Instructor: Judy Deutsch who taught at colleges and universities for more Art of Bamboo,” now in its second edition. Kent Friday, March 29; 10:30 a.m. to Noon than 25 years. He has lectured on light pollution Stewart is always trying to find good uses for his $34 Member | $39 Non-Member and its effects on the environment and has large grove of cold hardy invasive bamboo, which Climbing roses are among the most offered stargazing and introductory astronomy include making simple, aesthetically-pleasing workshops domestically and internationally. bamboo garden structures and fences every beautiful shrubs in your garden. They add He was formerly the supervisor of the Williams spring. Carol and Kent have taught together color, fragrance and romance, and they can College observatory, where he participated in at the Arboretum and at the John C. Campbell be used to cover trellises, arbors and research expeditions around the world to study Folk School. pergolas. They do, however, require special and observe solar eclipses. Simon Thompson is an international birding handling, and selecting the right rose for Rachel Muir is an ecologist and a scientist expert originally from Suffolk, England, who now your structure is important. This class emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey calls Western North Carolina home. He spent six teaches the basics of selecting, planting (USGS). Formerly she coordinated endangered months in China studying crane and birds of prey and growing both old and new varieties species research for USGS. Her principal interests migration as a member of the British China Crane of climbing roses. are the biology, taxonomy and conservation of Watch expedition. Thompson is the director of imperiled invertebrates and plants. the Ventures Nature Travel program in Tryon, N.C. Visit birdventures.com Shinrin Yoku Forest Walk Lisa Quatrale is a certified nature and forest Instructor: Lisa Quatrale therapist. In her work as a guide, educator, Lisa Wagner served as director of education at Saturday, March 30; permaculture/trail/architectural designer and the South Carolina Botanical Garden at Clemson artist, she is committed to healing people’s inner University for almost 20 years, where she taught 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and outer landscapes one walk and one garden at and lectured on a variety of topics. A plant $47 Member | $57 Non-Member a time with her practice, “The Way of Wildland.” ecologist who holds a doctorate in botany from Experience Shinrin Yoku—forest the University of California Berkeley, Wagner is bathing—a restorative practice originating Martha Rollefson has been an avid gardener for a passionate gardener, interested in native plants more than three decades. In the last decade alone, and designing gardens that are wildlife friendly in Japan that emphasizes soaking in the she turned two backyards—one in Connecticut and sustainable. Her blog, Natural Gardening, sounds, scents and sights of nature for and one in Etowah, N.C.—into certified wildlife can be seen at naturalgardening.blogspot.com slowing the body, stilling the mind and habitats. A certified bird feeding specialist with opening the heart. In this morning Wild Birds Unlimited, she gets great pleasure Steve Yurkovich is a professor emeritus at session, participants will walk the from sharing her passion for blending garden Western Carolina University. For 40 years he beauty with creating a welcoming environment was an educator in the geosciences program and Arboretum grounds in a slow, relaxed for the birds. researcher in Appalachian geology. He holds a and mindful way, ending with sharing doctorate from Brown University and is a licensed an informal tea ceremony made with N.C. Professional Geologist. Yurkovich has gathered wild plants. Students should produced a number of research publications related to the geology of Western North Carolina and wear comfortable clothing and shoes has led classes and field trips for numerous school, for walking outside as weather permits. civic, environmental and professional groups.

13 Certificate of Merit Programs

The North Carolina Arboretum is pleased to offer two certificate programs, the Blue Ridge Naturalist (BRN) Certificate of Merit and the Blue Ridge Eco-Gardener (BREG) Certificate of Merit. In both programs, a series of core classes provides an overall framework for learning and electives provide exploration in specific areas. Students use these programs to get to know their place of residence and connect with others who share “This has really been a life- their interests. Others have an interest in the subject areas and use the program to changing program for me.” supplement their experience and education for personal or professional benefit. Our enthusiastic faculty includes landscape design professionals, retired college professors, —Alan Schork upon his graduation from Arboretum staff, researchers, farmers, professional naturalists, business owners and the Blue Ridge Naturalist Certificate individuals who have developed specific areas of expertise.

BLUE RIDGE ECO-GARDENER CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Ecological gardening is a way of thinking about gardens and landscapes in which gardens are no longer seen as a collection of plants, but a community with complex interdependencies between plants, soils, environment and animals. The Blue Ridge Eco-Gardener Certificate of Merit, established in 2017, explores ecological principles to help you understand how to design, create and manage a healthy, self-sustaining garden and landscape. Core classes include studies in landscape design, incorporating pollinators and wildlife in the garden, ecology and seasonal plants of interest. Electives may include CONGRATULATIONS TO classes in stonework, greenhouses, edible landscaping, specific plants and gardening on slopes and creek sides specific to the mountains. The first graduates are expected to finish THE 2018 BRN GRADUATES! the BREG Certificate this coming summer. Nathaniel Axtell, Brevard, N.C. Project: Don’t Move the Rocks BLUE RIDGE NATURALIST CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Blue Ridge Naturalist Certificate of Merit began at the Arboretum in 2012. Doug Combs, Waynesville, N.C. Focused on the unique geological and biological diversity of the southern Appalachian Project: The Promotion of the Corneille Bryan ecosystem, the program presents opportunities to develop environmental awareness and Native Plants Garden at Lake Junaluska to explore this mountain region. The curriculum includes core classes on such topics as Roselie Estey, Black Mountain, N.C. ecology, botany, geology and plant identification, as well as electives in insects, lichens, Project: Nature Educational Project birds, astronomy and other subjects. As part of the program students are required to at the Park at Flat Rock complete a 30-50 hour final project. The project is an important component of the program that allows the student the opportunity to integrate knowledge gained from Michael Fleenor, Asheville, N.C. Project: Interpretation of Native Flora their BRN coursework into a service project in their community. In August 2018, along Gibson Bottom Trail eleven students completed their final project and graduated from the certificate program.

Robert Galloway, Flat Rock, N.C. Classes are open to everyone, but those wishing to receive credit in the programs Project: Nature Educational Project may apply by filling out an application form found under Certifications on the Adult at the Park at Flat Rock Education web page. Enrollment in either program requires a non-refundable $55 Lynn Marie Hunt, Weaverville, N.C. application fee. There is a 75% minimum attendance requirement to receive credit for Project: Therapeutic Gardening to Support classes taken in pursuit of the certificates. It is not advisable to attempt both certificate In-Patient Veterans at the Charles George programs at the same time due to scheduling overlap. VA Medical Center in Asheville

Penelope Reed, Fletcher, N.C. Project: Blue Ridge Naturalists Network Website

Randy Richardson, Arden, N.C. Project: Natural History Interpretation at Sovereign Oaks

Gretchen Schlag, Asheville, N.C. Project: Arrowhead Community Pollinator Garden

Alan Schork, Waynesville, N.C. Project: Lake Junaluska Nature Walk

Catherine Walsh, Asheville, N.C. Project: Going Native is for the Birds 2018 BRN graduates celebrate their graduation day.

14 Register for Classes: Online, Call or Drop In

SIGN UP EARLY! Classes fill quickly. Check online to see the latest additions to classes. We also maintain a wait list for closed classes. Please call the office during business hours and ask to be added to the list, leaving both a daytime phone number and an email address. Class fees are due at registration; space in a class cannot be held without payment. You will receive a receipt and confirmation via the email address you enter (for online sale) or the email address associated with your account. Please be sure your email address is correct! If you have questions, please contact the Arboretum Registrar at 828-665-2492.

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER

1 ONLINE at ncarboretum.org Click on Education and Programs, then Adult Education Classes. You can also see all classes listed on the Calendar of Events. Select a class to view the description. Before proceeding to register, make sure to create an account or sign in using the blue bar on the top right of the page. Once you are signed in (the email address associated with your account is now displayed in the blue bar), proceed to register for the class by completing the required billing and payment information. Your member discount will appear at checkout.

2 CALL during business hours Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 828-665-2492 to pay with your credit card. All major credit cards are accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. Please note that this phone may not be staffed when you call, but messages will be returned within one business day.

3 DROP IN the Arboretum during business hours Monday through Friday

Lynne Buchanan 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and register in person with cash, check or credit card.

PROGRAM POLICIES quality educational experience for each after the class has begun. In the event that Each individual Arboretum Society registered student, and class sizes reflect the Arboretum must cancel a class, you member may register for Adult Education this policy. Registered students may not will be notified by email, and you will courses at the discounted member bring an unregistered guest of any age receive a full refund. program fee. Guests and family members to class. Your payment for your class reserves do not qualify for the discount and should Classes are held rain or shine. your seat and helps us to confirm the be registered at the non-member fee. However, if severe weather threatens, class, officially engaging the instructor. Household and higher level members please check online or call 828-665-2492. If you cannot attend and it is too late may register household members at the Closings and delayed openings will be to cancel and receive a refund, you may member fee. announced on the Arboretum website contact us about sending an alternate The program registration fee and phone message. in your place. If you are late for class, includes the Arboretum parking fee for your seat will still be available for you. all participants who are not Arboretum CANCELLATION POLICY We do not transfer a registered student’s Society members. Arboretum Society Please notify us of any change in your seat to walk-in students the day of the members always park free. plans after registering for a course. Some class. Partial refunds or transfers are not Please note that many Arboretum classes fill quickly and have a waiting available for unattended meetings of a courses are held outdoors and may require list. Please take note of the following single class or a class series. walking a moderate distance in a variety information if you find you cannot By registering online, over the of weather situations. If you have any attend a class: phone, by mail or in person, you are questions about a program’s physical A partial refund of 85% of the agreeing to the Arboretum’s eight-day requirements, please call the Adult registration fee is granted if we are cancellation policy outlined above and Education offices at 828-665-2492. notified of a cancellation via email at liability waiver viewable online under Adult Education programs are for least eight calendar days before the class is the Adult Education section on the adults ages 18 and over. The North scheduled. No refund is granted less than Arboretum website. Carolina Arboretum strives to offer a eight calendar days prior to the class or

15 “The holiday lights are nothing short of spectacular.”

FALL | WINTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS Winter Lights Holiday Light Show Blue Ridge Fiber Show See the gardens in a whole new light at the Arboretum’s fifth annual Winter Lights September 22, 2018 – January 6, 2019 Education Center holiday light show, open nightly November 16 – December 31, from 6 to 10 p.m. Reclaimed Creations Walk through an outdoor winter wonderland and experience lighted holiday displays September 22, 2018 – January 6, 2019 that illuminate to music. Proceeds raised will support the Arboretum’s educational Baker Exhibit Center programs, facilities and exhibits year-round. Learn more on page 3. Winter Lights Preview Night for Upper Level Members and Community Partners November 15, 2018 Winter Lights November 16 – December 31, 2018 ecoEXPLORE Bird Count February 16, 2019 Owl Prowl February 23, 2019; 6 – 8 p.m. WINTER PROPERTY DAYTIME HOURS November 1 – 13; 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (incoming gates close at 6 p.m.) November 14 – December 31; 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (due to Winter Lights) January 1 – March 31; 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (incoming gates close at 6 p.m.) WINTER FACILITY HOURS Buildings and Bonsai Exhibition Garden Daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Connections Gallery Gift Shop Daily, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

(November – March) Rob Storrs Bent Creek Bistro Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Note: The bistro will be closed during the day for the winter season November 15 – March, but open nightly during Winter Lights. 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way DAYTIME HOLIDAY HOURS Asheville, NC 28806-9315 November 22 & 23 December 22, 23, 24 & 26 January 1 Buildings closed, property open, parking fee waived December 25 Buildings and property closed

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