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Franklinia Tree Lunch & Learn

When:

September 4, 2026 · 12:00 PM

Where:

The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC

Source:

6AM City Asheville – Events

Franklinia Tree Lunch & Learn with Jim Costa Friday, September 4 | 12 – 1pm BRN – Elective REGISTER HERE In 1765 the father-son botanists John and William Bartram, of Philadelphia, first came upon a large stand of a remarkable mystery plant in the Tea family growing along the banks of the Altamaha River in Georgia. William later dubbed this “rare and elegant flowering shrub” Franklinia alatamaha, for their family friend Benjamin Franklin and the site of their discovery. Mysteriously, Franklinia