Guided Tours and Hikes
In addition to our regular Saturday tours of the Display Gardens and monthly tours of Coker Arboretum (see sidebar), we offer occasional guided hikes and walks to other special natural areas or campus locales. These hikes and tours are listed below. (If you would like to arrange for a special private tour of the Botanical Garden Grounds, Coker Arboretum, or Battle Park for your group, please see the Scheduling Tours page.)
Unless otherwise indicated, the following tours/hikes require pre-registration and cost a small fee. Please call 919-962-0522 to register. Tours and hikes are listed below in date order.
From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog:
In the Footsteps of John Terres
Date: Saturday, May 23
Time: 9 am - 12 pm
Guide: Ken Moore, emeritus NCBG assistant director
When naturalist John Terres (1905 - 2006) arrived in Chapel Hill in 1961 to complete the Audubon Encyclopedia of Birds, he was introduced to the old forests and fields of the University's extensive Mason Farm lands. While continuing his work on the bird book, he spent the next eight years roaming Mason Farm day and night. In 1969 (before even completing the encyclopedia), he published the story of his local adventures, From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog (UNC Press). A classic of natural history writing, it engagingly describes the wildlife of our local region.
During this leisurely walk around Mason Farm, Ken Moore shares old photographs and the accompanying stories of John Terres's 1981 guided walk. Fee: $10 ($5 NCBG members). Limit: 30
Free Hard-Hat Tour of the Garden's New, Green EDUCATION CENTER
Date: Saturday May 30
Time: 2 pm
Guide: Peter White, NCBG Director
Join North Carolina Botanical Garden director Dr. Peter White for a special tour of the Education Center under construction at the Garden. The 1-hour tour will introduce you to environmental systems like the geothermal heat wells, the photovoltaic panels, rain water collection systems, and many other design features. This building has been designed to achieve a Platinum LEED certification, the highest available rating under that system. It is likely to become the first UNC and first public Platinum LEED building in the state. We can only take 20 people at a time for these tours, so please call 962-0522 to reserve a space on one of them. You can read more about the building project here.
Return to the EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS page to find other public programs, such as Lectures, Classes and Workshops, Art in the Garden.
Last updated by Laura Cotterman on May 28, 2009 at 11:57:49 am.
