We are have a Flea Market, September 10th from 8-1. Also, a Hot Dog lunch!
If you have any donated items in good condition you want to get rid of, please contact Sherry. Please don’t take items to Fire Department without talking to Sherry first. Thank you!
Asheville Adventure Play’s first Pop-Up Adventure Playground of 2016 will take place at YMCA Beaverdam, 201 Beaverdam Road in North Asheville, on Saturday, June 4 from 10 am to 4 pm. The event will take place rain or shine.
In addition to plenty of open space for kids of all ages to create, build and play with various materials, the YMCA Beaverdam Pop-Up Adventure Playground will include mud and water play areas. There will be a place to rinse off.
For the parents, a documentary on the Adventure Playground movement will be shown on a continuous loop. The Land (2015) is a 30-minute documentary film about the nature of play, risk and hazard set in The Land, a Welsh adventure playground.
For families interested in having lunch at the event, food trucks will be adjacent to the play and amphitheater area. There are picnic tables for those who want to bring their own food.
Parking will be on Kimberly Ave. next to the YMCA Beaverdam field and at Ira B. Jones Elementary.
The June 4 event will mark the first public appearance of the Asheville Adventure Play trailer. Funding from the Active Play Alliance and Be Active Kids has allowed the group to purchase an enclosed towable trailer. The trailer will be used to store and transport materials to promote the knowledge of active play and increase opportunities for active play in a variety of diverse communities and geographic locations.
The MusicWorks! Kindergarten, Winds, Strings, Percussion Ensembles and host special guests the Savannah Children’s Choir, the Asheville Youth Choir, and members of the Asheville Buncombe Youth Orchestra. Charlotte Bulkeley and Laura Blackley hosts. Young Voices in Bloom!
Live Bands & Dancing on Historic Main Street, Saturday Night, May 25th 7-10 p.m. Memorial Day weekend FREE, family fun. Restaurants Open, some businesses open late.
OPEN ON THANKSGIVING DAY, 10:00am-5:00pm!
At Elijah Mountain Gem Mine, You become a prospector from the 1800’s and mine for real gem stones and gold that you can keep! We provide everything you need to have a great time and be successful. Come see Asheville area’s original gem mine and see why we have been voted the best for years!
Covered outdoor water flumes and indoor flumes open daily.
Find Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds, Quartz crystals, Citrine, Amethyst, Garnets,
Aventurine, Sodalite, Peridot, Opal, Fluorite, Aquamarine, Topaz, Peacock Copper, Amazonite and dozens more! Family owned and operated. All competitor’s coupons accepted and we’ll even buy you a Coke!
Open year round, Monday through Sunday
Wheelchair access
Calling all new and expectant dads! We know parenthood can be a daunting new role that can conjure up all kinds of mixed emotions for dads. Fear not! At this new and exciting Homegrown Babies you will learn a lot about how awesome (and humorous and dirty) parenthood can be. Learn from a panel of veteran Papas:
Bring your excitement, worry, fear, and questions. Expectant and new dads are welcome. This group will be facilitated by Brent Beam and a panel of amazing dads for fathers to be.
No topic is too big or too small.
Father with Courage meets every third Monday from 6 – 7:30 at Homegrown Babies on 201 Charlotte Street in Asheville. The group is free, but registration is required. Email brent@beamcounseling.com to register.
Dr. Brent Beam is a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with men. He’s also the proud father of Rowan, born 2015. To learn more visit www.beamcounseling.com.
Join us for our weekly Mother’s Circle as we discuss the ups and downs of new motherhood, listen and respond to post partum questions, and get a great lesson from Jessica Sanders, sign language instructor, about baby sign basics.
When is the right time to start using sign language with your baby? What signs do you start with? What are the benfits of this type of communication? Come and find out.
This is a sliding scale group for mother’s facilitated by Kelly Larson Brown as well as other doulas from Homegrown Babies, Lisa Hicks (Registered Yoga Teacher and Holistic Health Counselor), and various other Mama’s in our village. Our donations for the month of May will benefit earthquake victims in Ecuador via UNICEF.
Learn more via https://www.unicefusa.org/
Jessica Sanders is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University (class of 2010) with a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language. She has been working with deaf students in Elementary schools for over five years. She has a one year old son who thinks it’s funny when Mommy signs. He knows a few words.
Join The Littlest Birds as we host representatives from GroVia to release an exclusive print that will be available in store only! We will have the limited edition print in both the snap and velcro Hybrid Shell as well as the O.N.E! We be offering 10% off GroVia’s regular line up and will have special gifts to offer with purchase (while supplies last). Raffles, swag, discounts AND a limited print OH MY!
This event is your one-stop-shop for everything Henderson County Parks and Recreation has to offer. Discover our parks and recreation facility, meet fitness and program instructors and learn all about our classes and programs.
Be one of the first to register for our various summer camps and ongoing programs. Interactive demos/handouts of our activities are just a few great features of this event. Gather information as well as enter for raffles for various classes, programs, basketballs, yoga mats, water bottles, etc.
Free expo t-shirts, soccer balls, basketballs and Frisbees will be given out during the event.
Special thanks to our sponsor, Pepsi
Open Daily through Labor Day (May 18-Sept 9) 10:30am-4:00pm
Lazy River Tubing Trips. Trips leave every 10 minutes between 10:30 am and 4 pm every day with an average time of 2.5 hours.
The minimum age is 4 years old.
TWO locations in Asheville, NC-South and Midtown :
Downtown Asheville Location
608 Riverside Dr., Asheville, NC
South Asheville
1648 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC
No Reservation Necessary