Forest Festival Day
Meet traditional craftsmen, exhibitors, forestry students and entertainers as they gather at the Cradle of Forestry to celebrate our forests and forest heritage. Admission for this event is $10 for adults, and $5 ages 4 to 12, Friends of the Cradle, America the Beautiful, and Golden Age pass holders. Children age 3 and under are free of charge.

In 1908 Dr. Carl A. Schenck hosted the Forest Fair at the Biltmore Estate. This event honored the 10th year of the Biltmore Forest School, America’s first school of forestry. Over 400 people were invited to this celebration of the beginnings of American forestry. Today we commemorate Schenck’s Forest Fair along the 1-mile Forest Festival Trail and annual Forest Festival Day. Wood carvers, weavers and other demonstrators are invited to present their skills and craftsmanship.

2019 List of Crafters and Demonstrators
We’ll have crafters demonstrating lace tatting, quilting, weaving, spinning, wood and sweet potato carving, corn husk dolls, dulcimer crafters, chair caning, and wood burning. We’ll also have blacksmiths and fire-making demonstrations on-site.

24th John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet
Each year, Haywood Community College organizes this annual lumberjack competition. Coinciding with Forest Festival Day, events occur in the Pink Beds Picnic Area.

*2019 schedule is subject to change

8 – 9 am Quiz Bowl (Perkins Room, Schenck Education Center)

9 – 10:15 am Dendrology (Concurrent with Archery & Team Log Roll)

9 – 10:15 am Archery (Concurrent with Dendrology & Team Log Roll)

9 – 10:15 am Team Log Roll (Concurrent with Archery & Dendrology)

10:15 – 10:45 am Team Water Boil

10:45 am – 12 pm Axe Throw (Concurrent with Pole Fell)

10:45 am – 12 pm Pole Fell (Concurrent with Axe Throw)

12 – 4 pm Orienteering (Contest conducted most of the day)

12 pm Lunch

12 – 12:15 pm Alum Horizontal Speed Chop

12 – 12:30 pm German Foresters Team Vs US SAF

Welcome to German Visitors, Crosscut saw events

12:30 – 1 pm Horizontal Speed Chop (Female)

1 – 1:30 pm Standing Block Chop

1:30 – 2:15 pm Cross Cut Saw Events

2:15 – 3:45 pm Pole Climb (Concurrent with Chainsaw)

2:15 – 3:45 pm Chain Saw Events (Concurrent with Pole Climb)

3:45 – 4:15 pm Bolt Split (Concurrent with Single Buck)

3:35 – 4:15 pm Single Buck (Concurrent with Bolt Split)

4:15 – 4:45 pm Horizontal Speed Chop (Male)

4:45 – 5 pm Competition Field Clean Up (ALL Teams Required)

Every possible effort will be made to stay on schedule. If any event should finish early, the next event will immediately follow.