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ONSITE | Wednesday, April 19, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Instructor: Lisa Wagner

$30 Non-member Adult**

(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)

Course Capacity: 15

In this tea-time discussion, join facilitator Lisa Wagner and fellow NC Arboretum members in an engaging discussion about sense of place and what it means to each of us. There are places in the world that speak to us and feel like home. Let's explore together what those places mean to us, how we connect with them, and how we hold them in memory and spirit. An optional short writing experience will be part of the process as will sharing images and/or memories verbally. Continue the reflective journey with another of Wagner's classes this spring, including the two-session online workshop "Re-visioning Your Home Landscape," set for June 14 and 21.

Lisa Wagner was the Director of Education at the South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University for over 20 years. A plant ecologist by background (Ph.D. in Botany, UC Berkeley), she’s interested in native plants, ecological gardening, and promoting habitat restoration, as well as encouraging engagement and creativity in mid-life and beyond. She continues to do presentations and consultations as a volunteer, while continuing to be a keen gardener and committed writer about the natural world. Her first blog, Natural Gardening (www.naturalgardening.blogspot.com) reflects her observations about gardening and the natural world. Her second blog, Places of the Spirit (www.placesofthespirit.blogspot.com) reflects sense of place and broader observations about being at home in the world. Lisa and her husband Tim Spira spend roughly half the year in Asheville, NC, where they’ve surrounded their in-town house with native gardens. They spend the other half of the year in the Northern Appalachians in their cottage in Quebec, where they’re converting a horticultural landscape to a more naturalistic one.

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