Get a Body Massage Therapy Session at the Arboretum Shopping Center at Charlotte NC

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How convenient and luxurious is it to be able to get a full body massage therapy session in a shopping center? Well, you can indeed get a relaxing and therapeutic massage at the Arboretum Shopping Center in Charlotte NC. Just how lucky can you be?

The Arboretum Shopping Center has more than 90 specialty stores, shops and dining establishments. Located among these is a body massage spa where you can get Swedish massage therapy, deep tissue massage therapy and sports massage therapy. If you happen to be pregnant, they have pregnancy massage therapy, as well. You can finish a day of shopping with your choice of therapeutic massage right there in the middle of all the action in Charlotte NC.

While the Arboretum Shopping Center is located at Providence Road and Highway 51 in Charlotte, it is named after the North Carolina Arboretum which is actually located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way in Asheville, inside the Pisqah National Forest’s Bent Creek Experimental Forest.

An arboretum is a facility where a large variety of trees, shrubs and other woody plants are cultivated and exhibited for scientific, educational and ornamental purposes. The North Carolina Arboretum is also a botanical garden, though, and goes beyond trees, shrubs and woody plants to include all other plant varieties, as well.

Historically, in 1898, the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted wanted to build an arboretum at the Biltmore Estate – a chateau-style mansion also in Asheville. Olmstead was hired by the Estate owner, George Washington Vanderbilt II, to design its grounds. Olmsted’s arboretum was not to be, though.

In 1986, the Arboretum was established as a facility of the University of North Carolina. In 1989, it was officially named as the North Carolina Arboretum.

Although still undergoing continuous development even as it is already open to the public, the 434 acre facility has 65 acres of cultivated gardens, among these the Quilt Garden, Heritage Garden, Stream Garden, Canopy Walk, Plants of Promise Garden, Cliff & Betty Dickinson Holly Garden, National Native Azalea Collection and Plant Professional Landscape Garden.

There are more than 10 miles of hiking and biking trails for visitors to enjoy, ranging from easy to moderate and difficult.

The collection of trees includes 59 year old Metasequoias planted in 1950. Measuring over 100 feet or 30 meters tall, these trees are reportedly the tallest Metasequoias in the south.

The North Carolina Arboretum also takes pride in its bonsai collection. Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing trees in pots and keeping them dwarfed by the careful pruning of roots and stems which also creates aesthetic shapes that give the illusion of great age.

A huge donation of bonsai plants from Mr. and Mrs. George Staples in 1992 started the Arboretum’s collection which now numbers about a hundred on display, with more then a hundred others in development stages. The collection has Asian trees including the Japanese maple and Chinese elm, tropical plants including the willow leaf fig, and American tress including the limber pine and bald cypress.

Indeed, a visit to the North Carolina Arboretum is enriching, refreshing and calming. It is quite appropriate for a shopping center named after the Arboretum to also provide a place for serene rest and relaxation amid the hustle and bustle of city life. So take a break from your shopping spree and fit in a body massage therapy session at the Arboretum Shopping Center at Charlotte NC. Spread the wellness spirit, too, by giving away massage gift cards to your shopping buddies from Charlotte NC. You could even set a group date to enjoy a massage all together after one of your exhausting shopping sessions.