Trails are open during daylight hours all the time.
The North Carolina Botanical Garden, a teaching, research, and public service facility of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a center for the study, display, interpretation, and conservation of plants and of the natural areas of which these plants are a part. Guided tours are given to groups of 10 - 60 participants. Collections of native wildflowers, ferns, carnivorous and aquatic plants, an extensive herb garden, a plant families garden and over two miles of nature trail.