Botanical Gardens at Asheville

How about rename it a nature preserve or arboretum

Nature Preserve/Arboretum yes, botanical garden, no, maybe in its dreams. That said, it is a quiet refuge, a nice slice of nature. Not very big, and easy walk and thoroughly enjoyable and it's free.

Nice gardens to walk around

This was a great little spot to walk around in nature. I’d agree with others that it’s more of a nature preserve than botanical gardens. We enjoyed all the native plants and seeing what’s all in the...

Really nice Garden

Beautifully maintained by volunteers only near UNC Asheville full of native NC plants. Saw cabin there commemorating Hubert Hayes who founded Mountain Youth Jamboree for youth. Trails well marked to f...

More nature reserve than botanical garden.

This is a sweet but modestly sized botanical garden that has a natural unmanicured feel. They have labeled some plants, but probably could do more. There is a focus on native plants which is great alt...

Good short nature walk mid campus

Checking out the UNC campus area, a great stop to stretch out legs. Lots of native plants (with labels) to check out and interesting storm water management education. A nice little half mile loop trai...