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Garden Story Walk

Date: Sat, Oct 3, 2026

Time: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm and Sat.-Sun., 9am-5pm

Venue: JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Price: Free

Category: Family

Come out to the gardens for a Garden Story Walk. Enjoy a walk through the beautiful gardens and read a good story at the same time. Story Walks are self-guided experiences where pages of a book are displayed in the garden. Information about where to find the title page is posted at the Visitor Center. Once you find the first page of the story in the garden, you'll see the next page and be able to follow the story as you stroll through the gardens. There is no set time to start this experience and can be done at your own pace. Most stories can be experienced in about half an hour to an hour.

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Garden Story Walk

When
Next Saturday
Sat, Oct 3, 2026
Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm and Sat.-Sun., 9am-5pm
Ages
Check ages with the venue
Price
Free
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Come out to the gardens for a Garden Story Walk. Enjoy a walk through the beautiful gardens and read a good story at the same time. Story Walks are self-guided experiences where pages of a book are displayed in the garden. Information about where to find the title page is posted at the Visitor Center. Once you find the first page of the story in the garden, you'll see the next page and be able to follow the story as you stroll through the gardens. There is no set time to start this experience and can be done at your own pace. Most stories can be experienced in about half an hour to an hour.

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Schedule

Garden Story Walk runs Sat, Oct 3, 2026, Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm and Sat.-Sun., 9am-5pm.

Getting There

JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University is at 4415 Beryl Rd., Raleigh, NC. Open in Google Maps.

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