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What’s Blooming: Bog & Pollinator Gardens

Free

What’s Blooming: Bog & Pollinator GardensA guided gardens tour with Dr. Paul Manos, Duke UniversityWednesday, August 19 | 12:00 noon | Meet at the Nature CenterFree and open to the publicLate summer is one of the most rewarding moments in the Highlands Botanical Garden. Join Dr. Paul Manos of Duke University for an unhurried, guided walk through two of the Garden’s most distinctive habitats: the Bog Garden, where saturated soils support a specialized community of plants found almost nowhere else