*FULL* -- NC Botanical Garden Education Center -- Hard Hat Tour
Submitted by KatharineEggleston on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 12:26pm.
**REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED AS OF 5/20/09 9AM**
Saturday, May 23 @ 2:30PM: Tour the North Carolina Botanical Garden Education Center, going for LEED Platinum, while it is still under construction.
From the Botanical Garden website, ncbg.unc.edu:
In 2000, with support from a generous bequest, the staff launched the design of the Master Plan's Visitor Education Center by Frank Harmon, Architect, of Raleigh. The plan was approved by the State of North Carolina in 2003.
NC Botanical Garden Education Center
05/23/2009 2:30pm
EGB Sponsored Event?:
yes**REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED AS OF 5/20/09 9AM**
Saturday, May 23 @ 2:30PM: Tour the North Carolina Botanical Garden Education Center, going for LEED Platinum, while it is still under construction.
From the Botanical Garden website, ncbg.unc.edu:
In 2000, with support from a generous bequest, the staff launched the design of the Master Plan's Visitor Education Center by Frank Harmon, Architect, of Raleigh. The plan was approved by the State of North Carolina in 2003.
Our new Education Center will express a sense of place and celebrate relationships between humans and nature through the integration of indoor and outdoor spaces. Open breezeways, comfortable porches, natural light in every room, beautiful native plant landscaping, and educational exhibits will inform, delight, and invite visitors to our Conservation Garden. The Reeves Multipurpose Auditorium and conference rooms will support the environmental, conservation, and horticultural community of our state and region. Most of all, our building will be a center of learning, teaching both the science and the enjoyment of plants and nature.