Join us at Love Lane Flower Farm at 12 or 12:30 for a pollinator farm tour! Get an opportunity to expand your knowledge, cut your own flowers, and purchase a native bee house! Then join us at 6pm at the last Waynesville block party of the season – we’ll be running a kids arts table and selling houses!
We are starting tours later to give our pollinators a bit of time to warm up!
Join us this year for Vertex! It’s a week of summer camp packed into a weekend. Vertex is a specialized retreat getaway for Middle School and High School aged students (current 6th-12th graders). All of the classics will be here – adventure ball and commando – along with an epic Lake Day and other surprises too!
Speakers for the weekend include:
Date: September 15-17, 2017
Check-In: September 15 @ 5:00 PM
Check-Out: September 17 @ 11:00 AM
Cost: $125.00 / student
Register Now: There’s a $75 deposit due at sign-up, with the remaining $50 balance due before arrival.
Never been camping? Afraid of the dark? You’re not alone. Join a Park ranger and take this rare opportunity to camp in Chimney Rock State Park. A ranger will be available at 5:30 pm to help set up camp and build a campfire for a fun-filled night under the stars! Still not sure? The ranger will be camping overnight to assist you with any of your questions about camping in the great outdoors. You must bring your own camping gear and dinner. No camping gear or food is provided for this event.
Join us in the heart of Downtown as we spread vibrations of pure intention and healing prayers for our community, our city, and the world. We will be celebrating Asheville’s rich history in the healing arts with a variety of offerings from local, independent, holistic therapists and healing arts practitioners!
~ Opening Ceremony 11am ~
~ Bodywork & Energetic Therapies provided by members of the Appalachia Guild of Healing Arts ~
~ Crystalline Sound Healing Activations with Derek Graziano & Tuning Fork Vibrational Therapy by Laura Nicholson, of Sources Of Sound and Celestially Rooted ~
~ Shamanic Healing Rattles & Wands with Yahé Boda, Prince of Peace ~
~ Fermented Food Samples & Education by Fermenti ~
~ CBD Topical Products by Blue Ridge Hemp Co. ~
~ Closing Ceremony 5pm ~
Practitioner & Vendor spaces still available, full offerings & schedule TBA
Join us at the Smoky Mountain Event Center to shop some of the BEST vendors that WNC has to offer! Crafts, vintage and antique finds, custom items, unique arts, boutique clothing, handmade jewelry, treats, snacks, lunch, and MORE!
Bring your mama, your sister, your bestie, and your shopping shoes.
Love fruit? Love free fruit? Come by the George Washington Carver Edible Park to help with some annual maintenance, and take home all the apples you can find!
Those of you familiar with the park can be helpful with the planned removal of invasives and tree maintenance. If you’ve never been there, you’re in for a treat! We will meet at the park and begin work at 9am, each of us working as long as we feel comfortable with it.
Please bring your own tools: round-head shovels, trowels, pruners, loppers, gloves…whatever you typically use in your own gardens. Water and snacks are also recommended as needed, mosquito repellent if mozzies find you tasty. (A new Repel brand spray made with eucalyptus and lemon oil works fabulously!). Bathrooms in the adjacent Stephens Lee Rec Center will be available for our use.
In 1997, Carver Edible Park was built out of a trash pile less than a mile from the center of Asheville. Designed using permaculture principles, it features over forty fruit and nut trees, vines, and shrubs. Carver Park has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Plough to Pantry, Tasting Table’s National Edition and other major media outlets because it is the first public forest garden in the country.
Love fruit? Love free fruit? Come by the George Washington Carver Edible Park to help with some annual maintenance, and take home all the apples you can find!
Those of you familiar with the park can be helpful with the planned removal of invasives and tree maintenance. If you’ve never been there, you’re in for a treat! We will meet at the park and begin work at 9am, each of us working as long as we feel comfortable with it.
Please bring your own tools: round-head shovels, trowels, pruners, loppers, gloves…whatever you typically use in your own gardens. Water and snacks are also recommended as needed, mosquito repellent if mozzies find you tasty. (A new Repel brand spray made with eucalyptus and lemon oil works fabulously!). Bathrooms in the adjacent Stephens Lee Rec Center will be available for our use.
If you can’t make it out this Sunday, another maintenance day is scheduled for Sept 26, 4-7pm.
In 1997, Carver Edible Park was built out of a trash pile less than a mile from the center of Asheville. Designed using permaculture principles, it features over forty fruit and nut trees, vines, and shrubs. Carver Park has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Plough to Pantry, Tasting Table’s National Edition and other major media outlets because it is the first public forest garden in the country.
Enjoy a night out while your kids are taken care of by moms just like you! We will have games, crafts, movies and pizza.! Payment will be accepted at the door. Slots will open as volunteer spots are filled. Please PM us with any questions! All proceeds will benefit AVL MOPS group (mothers of preschoolers).
Sept 16th, Nov 4th, Jan 6th, Feb 10th, & May 5th
Our Homecoming & Family Weekend brings together Bulldogs of all ages for a weekend filled with fun and UNC Asheville spirit as we celebrate the university’s 90th anniversary! We’ve got soccer games, back-to-class sessions, special alumni events, our annual Homecoming Parade and Family Weekend picnic, and more.
Whether you’re an alum who misses those sunny days on the Quad or a current student who wants to share the UNC Asheville experience with family, this weekend is sure to bring back fond memories and create new ones to treasure. We hope to see you there!
HOMECOMING & FAMILY WEEKEND MAIN EVENTS
Friday, September 22
5 p.m. – Family Weekend Welcome Reception; Laurel Forum
drop in until 6:30 p.m.
6 p.m. – Alumni Awards Reception; Scholarship Deck
6:30 p.m. – Alumni Awards Dinner; SHE 417 in Kimmel Arena
7 p.m. – Volleyball Game; Justice Gym
8 p.m. – Evening Reception at Well Played (Downtown Asheville)
Saturday, September 23
10 or 10:30 a.m. – Hall of Fame Brunch; SHE 417
10:00 a.m. – Back to Class sessions; various classrooms
12:00 p.m. – Homecoming & Family Weekend Picnic; Quad
1:30 p.m. – Golf Cart Homecoming Parade
2 p.m. – Tailgate w/ Rocky’s Kid Zone; Location TBD
3 p.m. – Women’s Soccer Game; Greenwood Field
5 p.m. – Alumni Zone at the Soccer Game; Greenwood Field
6 p.m. – Men’s Soccer Game; Greenwood Field
8 p.m. – Closeout Event; Green Man Brewery (Downtown Asheville)
Sunday, September 24
9 a.m. – Student-Athlete Parent & Alumni Breakfast; Brown Hall
For more details about each event, please visit hfw.unca.edu