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EcoEXPLORE: Botany!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Family (children of all ages)
Library Branch: North Asheville
Room: North Asheville Library
Age Group: Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Family (children of all ages)
Program Type: Educational, Family Fun, Nature/Environment, STEAM/STEM
Event Details:

Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to learn all about the many different plants that call Western North Carolina their home!

Successful Houseplants

10:30am - 11:30pm
Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Fairview
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

Do you have challenges keeping your house plants happy and healthy? Are there always a few that just don’t thrive? You’re not alone.

Inaugural Gardening Club Meeting

11:00am - 12:00pm
Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Pack Memorial
Room: Pack Memorial Activity Room
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Community Service/Service Project, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

Are you a gardener without a plot? Or maybe you want to meet up with like-minded folks and see what grows? If so, this is the club for you.

BearWise with NC Wildlife Resources Commission

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Pack Memorial
Room: Pack Memorial Library Auditorium
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Educational, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

Hibernation season is over in Southern Appalachia, so we're sure to start seeing our favorite furry friends, black bears, again.

ecoEXPLORE Botany program

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12)
Library Branch: West Asheville
Room: West Asheville Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool (ages 3-5), School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12)
Program Type: Educational, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to learn all about the many different plants that call Western North Carolina their home!

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Earth Day Celebration! Screening of Plastic People and Seed Bombs

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Pack Memorial
Room: Pack Memorial Library Auditorium
Age Group: Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Film Screening, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

The theme for Earth Day 2025 is our power, our planet. Knowledge is power so we'll start this event with a screening of the Plastic People, a documentary that investigates the lasting effects of plastic on our bodies and world.

North Asheville Library Bird Walk

8:00am - 9:30am
Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Asheville
Room: North Asheville Library - Offsite Event
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Informational, Nature/Environment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join members of the Blue Ridge Audubon Society for a guided bird-watching excursion around the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary!

Disclaimer(s)

This event requires registration

Swannatopia Presents: A Discussion on Helene Tree Failures

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult
Library Branch: Pack Memorial
Room: Special Collections Reading Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Informational, Local History/Genealogy, Nature/Environment, Performance
Event Details:

ISA Certified Master Arborist April Wilson and colleagues will share tree failure data collected post Helene, following a “crankie” performance by artist Primrose Coke and a report back from Experimental Forest Club/friends of the woods. 

Are you BearWise?

11:00am - 12:00pm
Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Adult, Family (children of all ages)
Library Branch: Fairview
Room: Fairview Meeting Room
Age Group: Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Adult, Family (children of all ages)
Program Type: Educational, Health & Wellness, Informational, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

🐻 Be BearWise: Learn, Stay Safe, and Coexist! 🐻

North Asheville Library Bird Walk

8:00am - 9:30am
Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Asheville
Room: North Asheville Library - Offsite Event
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Informational, Nature/Environment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Join members of the Blue Ridge Audubon Society for a guided bird-watching excursion around the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary!

Disclaimer(s)

This event requires registration

ecoExplore-Herpetology

4:00pm - 5:15pm
Family (children of all ages)
Library Branch: Black Mountain
Room: Black Mountain Meeting Room
Age Group: Family (children of all ages)
Program Type: Educational, Nature/Environment
Event Details:

Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to learn all about the many different Herptiles that call Western North Carolina their home! What's a Herptile you ask? Herptiles are reptiles and amphibians!

EcoEXPLORE: Herpetology featuring a LIVE ANIMAL!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Family (children of all ages)
Library Branch: North Asheville
Room: North Asheville Meeting Room
Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5), Tween (ages 10-12), Teen (ages 12-18), Family (children of all ages)
Program Type: Educational, Family Fun, Informational, Live animal, Nature/Environment, STEAM/STEM
Event Details:

Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to learn all about the many different herptiles that call Western North Carolina their home! What's a herptile you ask? Herptiles are reptiles and amphibians!