The Botanical Gardens at Asheville (BGA), also known as the Asheville Botanical Gardens, is an independent non-profit botanical garden located on 10 acres in Asheville, North Carolina. The BGA includes more than 650 species of plants nativ... Read more >

The North Carolina Arboretum (434 acres) is an arboretum and botanical garden located within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest of the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina. The arboretum includes many hiking and bi... Read more >

The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a 42-acre zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville's Parks and Recreation department. Its collection features animals native to the southern Appalachian Mountai... Read more >