“Child’s Play” Exhibit

by: Cari Ross • 06/13/2021

Child’s Play is a lighthearted group exhibit focused on objects and materials that are iconic to childhood and playtime that features the work of four local artists: Don Greeson, Jean Greeson, Janet Hickey, and Janet Orselli that is on display at the Gallery at Flat Rock. Each artist’s focus is somewhat different, including clay, mixed […]

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Seeds and Sprouts Kids Consignment Spring/Summer Sale

by: Cari Ross • 01/11/2021

Shop from over 35,000 high quality items: infant and young children’s pre-loved clothes, toys, shoes, books, games, furniture, swimsuits, outdoor toys, and more from over 350 local families at once at up to 90% off retail prices! For more information click here. March 12 – 14, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Cost: Free Xcel Sportsplex, 37 […]

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Peppermint Bear Scavenger Hunt

by: Luke Wherry • 10/25/2020

Peppermint Bear will take you on a fun-filled bear hunt through downtown Hendersonville looking for her cubs. The scavenger hunt goes on from November 27 through December 23, 2020. Peppermint needed help with decorating the bear den, so she sent her cubs to find some Christmas decorations. Peppermint needs your help! Join the search party […]

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Love Hendo – Shop Local Saturday & The Bee Mural

by: Cari Ross • 10/25/2020

Love Hendo – Shop Local Saturday @ The Bee Mural – Visitors Information Center | Hendersonville, NC On this first Saturday of November, Main Street will be closed to allow for pedestrian fun and the expansion of downtown restaurants and retail stores. Just off Main Street, along Third Ave. E., be sure to also stop […]

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Bee Sweet!

by: Cari Ross • 10/25/2020

Weather permitting, stop by to meet artist Matt Willey as he works to bring the bee mural to life, brushstroke by brushstroke! What will he be painting when you visit? Maybe a drizzle of honey dripping down the wall from the honeycomb above? Perhaps the festive orange and black colors of a monarch butterfly’s wing? […]

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Bee Downtown!

by: Cari Ross • 10/25/2020

Our local Bee City USA affiliate (a program of The City of Hendersonville Tree Board and Environmental Sustainability Board) is partnering with Hands On! Children’s Museum, The Good of the Hive, nonprofit organizations, local businesses, and community members to create a larger-than-life bee mural in the heart of downtown Hendersonville! The bees will be painted […]

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Eliada Corn Maze

by: Cari Ross • 09/27/2020

Enjoy the giant corn maze, jumping pillow, tractor ride, corn cannons, tubes slide, spider web climber, rody horse and more! Attendees must register and pre-purchase tickets for a 2-hour block of time. At the Eliada Annual Corn Maze, all proceeds benefit the children at Eliada. For more information. October 2 – November 1, Every Friday, […]

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Orchard Trail Days

by: Cari Ross • 08/28/2020

Orchard Trail Days will be held during this Labor Day Weekend, September 4 – 7, to kick-off the 2020 apple harvest season. The season begins in late August and runs through mid-November. During the weekend many of the orchards will be offering crafts, family fun activities such as corn mazes, apple cannons, inflatables, wagon rides, […]

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Freedom Days at the Farm

by: Cari Ross • 06/30/2020

Mountain Fresh Orchards will be celebrating Freedom Days at the Farm July 3, 4 & 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.  Fresh picked peaches, blueberries, blackberries, half runner beans, okra and other fruits and vegetables will be available for purchase in the farm market. Mountain Fresh Orchards has the largest farm bakery in […]

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Catapults and Airplanes

by: Cari Ross • 02/17/2020

Children in kindergarten through fifth grades are invited to this program where they will  learn about the physics behind catapults and the basics of airplanes by designing a catapult and paper airplane that they can take home. Registration is required.    For more information. February 26,  4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Cost:  Free Mills River Library, 124 […]

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