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Kids Kokedama Workshop (6-11yrs)

Get your little ones signed up for our Kids Kokedama Workshop where they can get their hands dirty and leave with a one-of-kind planting experience.

Toddler Superhero Bash (2-4years)

Free, but advance registration required

Bring your toddler in their favorite superhero costume and let’s play!
Toddlers must be between the ages of 2-4.
 

Mother’s Day Tea Party

Celebrate the matriarchs in your life with a memorable High Tea experience at The Omni Grove Park Inn.

Whether you’re expressing gratitude as a daughter, partner, or friend, our lavish Mother’s Day Tea Party offers an enchanting affair filled with soft melodies of a local violinist, delectable hors d’oeuvres, and artisanal activities.

Jump Off Rock Artisan Market & Race Expo

Join us for the Jump off Rock Half Marathon + 10k Artisan Market and Race Expo on May 10, 2024 at Continuum Art!

Local artisans will be showcasing and selling their products and services alongside running related vendors.

Fee FREE Day

On the Fourth Tuesday of every month, general admission to the Cradle of Forestry is FEE FREE! Additionally, National Get Outdoors Day (Sat, June 8th, 2024) and Public Lands Day (Sat, Sept 28th, 2024) are also FEE FREE.

Gather up your family and friends, pack a picnic lunch, and go discover how this innovative educational institution shaped our country’s history and imagine how it felt to be one of its first pupils.

🚂 Their trails offer visitors a chance to explore historical buildings from the time of the Biltmore Forest School (1898-1914), climb aboard and ring the bell of a 1914 Climax logging train engine, and interact with historical interpreters through programs and special events.

🚁 Inside their Discovery Center, you’ll find a gift shop, a spacious theater playing a short film about the history of their site, and an interactive exhibit hall, including a historic Bell UH-1F helicopter for children to take a virtual flight to see and feel what it must be like to work as a US Forestry Helicopter pilot.

2024 FEE FREE DAYS:

  • Tuesday, April 23, 2024
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2024
  • Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  • Tuesday, July 23, 2024
  • Tuesday, August 27, 2024
  • Tuesday, September 24, 2024
  • Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The typical 2024 fees for general admission at the Cradle of Forestry are as follows:

Monthly Maker’s Market

Join us to discover some one-of-a-kind handmade goods & support local small businesses! We’ll have a variety of local vendor selling hand made and vintage goods. Stop by early for Brunch from 10:00-3:00. Mini golf available all day!

Appalachian True Mountain Market

The Appalachian True Mountain Market is a showcase of the craftsmanship, creativity, skill and ingenuity that have shaped mountain culture for centuries. This Saturday market in Downtown Waynesville will feature a special collection of artisans, performers, demonstrators, and educational displays that celebrate Appalachian culture and preserve the sacred ways of mountain life.

The festival takes place between two historic Waynesville locations- the Main Street District and historic Shelton House a few blocks away and will be part of a larger grouping of heritage-themed events planned for “Carolina Heritage Weekend.”

Pop Up Mini Craft Fair

 

June 7th … Find the perfect handcrafted gift for Father’s Day in the lower level parking lot of the Folk Art Center where 25 Guild members will sell their work in outdoor booths. Disciplines represented: bladesmithing, glassblowing, wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics, woodturning, metalsmithing, jewelry, leatherwork, and furniture making. Participants TBA. LEARN MORE HERE

Woodfin 5K

The Start of the 2024 Woodfin 5K is 9:00 on Saturday, April 27th in Woodfin, NC. The run/walk is hosted by, located at, and a FUNdraiser for the Woodfin Elementary School.

Kids 11 and under run for free! Just make sure that they are registered. To do so, visit our website: https://runsignup.com/woodfin5k

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