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ONSITE | Saturday, June 24, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Instructors: Scott Dean

$35 Non-member Adult**

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

Course Capacity: 15

Naturalist Scott Dean leads this wildflower walk through the Arboretum gardens and forest, pointing out the array of wildflowers emerging to bloom in early summer. Learn some basics of wildflower ecology and identification while taking in the beauty of the season.

Scott Dean was born and raised in the mountains of southern Appalachia, specifically the coalfields of West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. He developed the original Ecology, Botany, and Zoology curricula for the Blue Ridge Naturalist Program, and has been both a classroom and field instructor with the program since its inception. He has led walks for UNC Asheville and the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, been a featured speaker at the Great Smoky Mountain National Park Wildflower program, and spoken at various social and civic events in the Asheville area over the last twenty years.

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