Chapters

Find your local chapter

Eleven chapters host walks, sales, and workdays from the highest peaks to the barrier islands. Pick a region of the state to see what's near you.

Schematic map — west to east. Use the buttons below to filter.

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Mountains
Oconee Bell

Cashiers, Highlands & the southern mountains

Named for the rare Oconee bells of our gorges, this chapter explores the lush, high-rainfall southern Blue Ridge.

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Mountains
Land of the Sky

Asheville & the central mountains

Based around Asheville, this chapter roams the rich coves and balds of the central Blue Ridge.

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Mountains
Blue Ridge

The High Country — Boone & Blowing Rock

The High Country chapter explores the highest, coolest corner of North Carolina's mountains.

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Piedmont
Foothills

The western Piedmont below the Blue Ridge

Where the mountains meet the Piedmont, this chapter works the foothills' woodlands and river bluffs.

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Piedmont
Southern Piedmont

Greater Charlotte & the south-central Piedmont

Centered on Charlotte, this chapter protects the prairies, glades, and creeks of the rolling Piedmont.

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Piedmont
Triad

Greensboro, Winston-Salem & High Point

The Triad chapter gardens and botanizes across the central Piedmont's cities and countryside.

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Piedmont
Uwharrie

The ancient Uwharrie Mountains & central Piedmont

This chapter explores the worn-down Uwharries, among the oldest mountains in North America.

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Piedmont
Triangle

Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill

Our largest chapter gathers around the Triangle's universities, gardens, and the Eno and Haw rivers.

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Sandhills
Sandhills

Southern Pines, Pinehurst & the longleaf belt

This chapter is devoted to the fire-loving longleaf pine and wiregrass country of the Sandhills.

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Coastal Plain
Central Coastal Plain

New Bern, Greenville & the inner Coastal Plain

This chapter botanizes the blackwater rivers, swamps, and pocosins of the inner Coastal Plain.

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Coastal Plain
Southeast Coast

Wilmington & the southern coast

Our coastal chapter explores maritime forests, salt marshes, and the famous Green Swamp.

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Oconee Bell

Land of the Sky

Blue Ridge

Foothills

Southern Piedmont

Triad

Uwharrie

Triangle

Sandhills

Central Coastal Plain

Southeast Coast