Welcome to The North Carolina Arboretum
Arboretum
Sustainable Practices 
Other Area Attractions of Interest
View of Bent Creek Watershed with ridge top elevations
The North Carolina Arboretum is a 434-acre public garden located within the Bent Creek
Experimental Forest of the Pisgah National
Forest. Surrounded by the dense
folds of the botanically diverse Southern Appalachian Mountains, the Arboretum is nestled
in one of the most beautiful natural garden settings in America. 
Established in 1986 by the General Assembly as an inter-institutional facility of the University of North Carolina, the Arboretum came into existence nearly a century after this country's father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, first envisioned such an institution near Asheville.
A
center for education, research, conservation and economic development, and garden
demonstration, the Arboretum offers a wide range of activities for visitors of all ages.
Stop by the Information Desk at the Baker Exhibit Center to pick up a brochure
listing this month's educational programs, tours, garden demonstrations and workshops. If
you would like to serve as a volunteer, please follow
this link or call (828)
665-2492.
The North Carolina Arboretum is a public institution -- integrating education, landscape, and research -- that elevates the aesthetic, cultural, and economic quality of life in North Carolina. The Arboretum, through conservation of the traditional values, environmental resourcefulness, and botanical mystique of the Southern Appalachian region, broadens contemporary expressions of landscape stewardship.