Fridays 11:00am-8:00pm (they stop serving at 7:15pm) – Fondue Friday at The Chocolate Lab Of Asheville! Choose your chocolate (white, milk, dark, peanut butter, s’more, spicy or caramel chocolate) and 3 dippers (bananas, marshmallows, pretzels, graham crackers, cherries, apples, pineapple or strawberries), and get to dippin’! Dine in. One pot serves between 2-4 people. $13.00 a pot. No age limits.
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Fun Planting Opportunity in exchange for FREE Admission!
We will be planting more veggies in the heritage garden for any who want to join in to help. “Volunteers who help put a few rows of seeds in the ground will receive complimentary admission for the remainder of the day!”
11th Annual Square Dance, Potluck, & Raffle
Wow, we’ve past a decade and are now hosting our 11th Annual Square Dance?! We’d love to have you join us in this yearly celebration of continued harvest by and for our community. This is family potluck style with dancing, garden tours, garden games, and a big ole raffle with local items.
This is a family friendly event with activities for children too. Please bring a dish to share if you are able and we will have beer and wine available.
Suggested $10 donation for individuals and $25 for a family. Rain date to be Sunday, May 26th.
Movies Under the Stars series
Movie Dates & Info:
All Concession items under $1 – All proceeds go toward movie license fees & kids programs. Movie start time: 830-900 (dark) – weather permitting. Please don’t forget your lawn chair & blankets. All movies subject to change due to availability.
- June 13 – Zootopia
- June 20 – Home
- July 9- Gods Not Dead 2
- July 16- Norm of the North
- July 23- Miracles from Heaven
- July 30- Alvin & the Chipmunks – The Road Chip
- August 6- Woodlawn
- August 13 – War Room
- August 20 – Kung Fu Panda
- August 27 – The Secret Life of Pets
Open House for Prospective Students (Rising Middle Schoolers)
Worried about middle school? Don’t be! Come learn why Franklin is a great fit for your rising middle school student! Meet our 6th grade teachers, learn about our program, and see examples of student learning.
Summer Drop In Day Camp (1-7yrs)
Our summer camp sessions are available for children 1-7 years old. Emphasis is on outdoor play, science activities, creative arts and crafts, and music and movement. Summer activities include water play days with our water slide, sprinklers, pools, and water tables. We will also have gym games and relays, snow cone says and picnics. Classes have weekly themes relevant to each age group.
SESSION ONE: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, JUNE 13 – 29 … “SUPER HEROES” Our “Super Hero Training Camp” encourages children to create their own super heroes. Besides designing their own costumes and masks, children will discover their own “super powers” that will help them be more kind, caring and helpful
SESSION TWO: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, JULY 11 – 27 … “A BUG’S LIFE” Children love bugs! We will explore the world of bugs, insects and all sorts of creepy crawlies as we observe them, move like them, paint them, sing about them and possibly even hold them!
WE OFFER A 10% DISCOUNT FOR SIBLINGS!
ArtSpace Summer Day Camp (1st/4th or 5th-8th Grade)
This year ArtSpace is offering 4 themed camps at different times throughout the summer. Camp Hours are 9:00am-4:00pm, with extended hours before and after for an additional fee.
Camp Descriptions of each camp below. Follow the link for each camp to a downloadable registration form.
June 27th-July 1st (1st-8th Graders) … Dance Makers: Hip Hop and Creative Movement – Mary LaBianca and Otto “Aquaboogy” Vasquez … Registration Form
July 18th-22nd (1st-8th Graders) … Things with Wings: Art & Yoga Summer Camp – Blythe Brown and Tim Docil … Registration Form
July 25th-29th (Rising 4th–8th Graders) … Movie Makers – Steve Lipe … Registration Form
August 1st–5th (Rising 5th–8th Graders) … LEGO Robotics Design – Steve Lipe … Registration Form
Saturday Bag Sale
Saturday Bag Sale! All the items you can fit in an Ingles bag for only $1.00!
Saturdays ONLY, 9:00am-1:00pm
“This will be every Saturday at least until the fall”
Annual Asheville-Buncombe Memorial Day Concert and Ceremony
The City of Asheville and Buncombe County will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. May 27 at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage, Roger McGuire Green in Pack Square Park. The ceremony will feature short readings by local veterans and live patriotic music. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Chairman Brownie Newman will participate in a Recognition of Service.
The Spiritual Gifts Fair “Spirit-inspired because the planet can’t wait!”
“Supervised children are welcome. There will be readings going on that will be more quiet and yet there are some fun tables that kids may enjoy like glitter table, love table, coloring table and experiential table. The workshops, however are more geared to adults.”