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Monday 7am - 7:30pm Tuesday 7am - 7:30pm Wednesday 7am - 7:30pm Thursday 7am - 7:30pm Friday 7am - 7:30pm Saturday 7am - 7:30pm Sunday 7am - 7:30pm

Asheville Botanical Garden

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The Asheville Botanical Garden is a 14-acre sanctuary dedicated to native plants of the region. BGA is a sanctuary for over 600 native plants.

NO dogs are allowed in the Gardens. There is no fee to enter the Gardens, but donations are needed and much appreciated. Memberships are available. All funding comes from memberships, donations, class fees, and sales from the Gift Shop and plant sales. The gift shop is open whenever the Visitors Center is open.

10/31/2026

The garden may be slowing down for winter, but there’s still plenty to learn! 🍂

Our November and December classes explore everything from helping pollinators through the colder months and choosing trees for a changing climate to native bee nesting, thoughtful pruning, and creating landscapes that support wildlife.

Whether you're planning for spring or curious about what's happening in your garden right now, there's something worth exploring.

Take a look at the schedule and join us for a class (or two!).

Learn more and register through the link in our bio or at ashevillebotanicalgarden.org/classes/

10/05/2026

Fall migration is in full swing, and we've had tons of birds using the Garden as a migration stopover to rest and refuel! Our recently renovated Bird Garden is doing its job this evening with multiple warbler species chowing down on tiny insects. Here is a Cape May Warbler, I think? Feel free to correct me, birders! Conserving, restoring, and managing havens of natural landscapes within urban areas and filling them with native plants that provide fruit, seeds, and support insect life can mean life or death to a migrating bird. If you're curious about creating a bird-friendly habitat in your own yard, check out our Bird Garden here at AvlBG!

09/28/2026

Join Hemlock Restoration Initiative for a hemlock treatment demonstration workshop at the Garden, and learn all about how to protect hemlocks on your own property from the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. CE credits available! Register at savehemlocksnc.org/events

09/15/2026

One of the neighborhood resident black bears has been coming through the Garden regularly this month to munch on spicebush berries and then go for a dip in Reed Creek after snack time. Reminder to please drive slowly on the roads around the Botanical Garden as the bears are always crossing between the garden, greenway, and UNCA woods. If you encounter a bear while at the Garden, please enjoy the magical experience while keeping a respectful and safe distance. We love our bear friends!

09/12/2026

It's a beautiful day for a plant sale! Come see us until 2pm on the Sunshine Lawn.

09/12/2026

Our Fall Plant Sale is TOMORROW from 9am-2pm on the Sunshine Lawn, featuring a members' plant & seed swap, plus native and unique plant species for sale from local nursery vendors Tanager Plants LLC Carolina Native Nursery Sarah Coury, Ben Pick Mountain Mist Nursery Sandy Mush Herb Nursery and more! Swing on by the festivities!

09/01/2026

September is bringing monarchs, mushrooms, steep slope gardening, and Fall Plant Sale tours to Asheville Botanical Garden.

Take a look at this month’s class schedule and save the dates for anything you’d like to join.

Some classes are free, but registration is still required.

Learn more at ashevillebotanicalgarden.org/classes/

08/29/2026

Our Fall Plant Sale is TWO WEEKS from today!

We are looking forward to welcoming our wonderful community into the Garden along with local independent plant nurseries including Sandy Mush Herb Nursery Mountain Mist Nursery Carolina Native Nursery Tanager Plants LLC Sarah Coury, Ben Pick Flower Moon Nursery, Joe Pye Ecological, & Milkweed Meadows Farm.

This Fall Plant Sale will also feature a Members Only Seed & Plant Exchange at the AvlBG tent (replacing AvlBG selling nursery plants). If you're a member of the garden, bring some plants or seeds to exchange! If you're not a member yet, you can join now or at the sale to participate in the exchange (and help fund everything we do at the Asheville Botanical Garden!)

Fall is a great time to plant native plants. We hope to see you September 12th!

08/29/2026

A few late August flowers & critters spotted in the Garden:
1. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
2. Silver-spotted Skipper & Appalachian Blazing Star (Liatris squarrulosa)
3. Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)
4. Juvenile Northern Watersnake
5. Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
6. Sochan (Rudbeckia laciniata)
7. A big bear in a little fence
8. Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
9. Big grasshopper on the post!
10. White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
11. Luna Moth caterpillars being raised by our staff
12. Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
13. A chatty cicada!

08/27/2026

A brand new monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis this morning in new rock garden! We planted a whole bunch of butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), an excellent rock garden species, in this space a couple months back and they were almost instantly full of monarch eggs and caterpillars. Remember to plant some native milkweeds in your own garden this fall!

Address

151 WT Weaver Boulevard
Asheville, NC
28804

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 7:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 7:30pm
Thursday	7am - 7:30pm
Friday	7am - 7:30pm
Saturday	7am - 7:30pm
Sunday	7am - 7:30pm

Telephone

+18282525190

Website

http://ashevillebotanicalgardens.org/

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