Land of the Sky Chapter

The Land of the Sky Chapter was created in 2023 and includes the greater Asheville area. Our monthly meetings are held either at the The Botanical Garden at Asheville or at a location in the greater Asheville area.
Our Upcoming events.

May 2026
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 Chapter Activities

Moss Gargen Installtion workday
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Moss Garden installation at Gorges State Park workday
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The Team!
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Workday at Gorges State Park to install a moss garden with mosses from a near by rescue site. Mossin’ Annie masterminded the operation. Done by volunteers from Land of the Sky and Oconee Bell chapters of the NCNPS

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Here is a link to the 75th Plant Id Challenge and History PowerPoint from the Land of the Sky January 10, 2026 zoom meeting.
Here is a link to the video of the Zoom meeting.

 

Here is a link to the PowerPoint from the Botany for Plant Identification Class on March 7,2026.

Chlorofiends: Bradford Pears Begone!

Article on Bradford pear trees in the Transylvian Times by Destini Pettie (chapter chair and Carrie Blair). 

Article

Here is a pdf of the Article.

 

 

Dr. Destini Pettit gave a talk on Western NC Pollinators.

Here is a link to the presentation.

 

Here’s Brett Hopkin’s presentation about turning a lawn into a native plants Meadow.

How to Collect and Clean native plant seeds (pdf)
Resources from our 12/9/2023 meeting
NCNPS Propagation Manual

Mitigating Climate Change Presentation by

Jake Hagedorn, PhD (he/him)

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

UNC Asheville 

Draft Calendar for 2026

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