A FREE Daily Visitor Guide for the North Carolina Mountains and 50+ NC Mountain Cities: The Cradle of Forestry Celebrates Opening Day with Old TIme Plowing and Folkways

Thursday, April 9, 2015

The Cradle of Forestry Celebrates Opening Day with Old TIme Plowing and Folkways

April 11, 2015 Opening Day Celebration: Old time Plowing and Folkways at The Cradle of Forestry Step back in time to the early days of the Biltmore Forest School. Meet David and Diane Burnette and their incredible Percheron draft horses. Weather permitting, watch the horses plow the Cradle’s vegetable garden and try plowing the old way yourself.

Visit with living history volunteers as they bring traditional Blue Ridge culture to life. Event times are 9:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Event admission is $5.00 for ages 16 and up, free for youth. America the Beautiful and Golden Age passports are honored. Included in admission: everything the site has to offer that day, historic buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, trail tours as available and over 3 miles of paved trails fit for wheelchairs and strollers that allow the forest to be accessible to all.

The Cradle of Forestry is a place of people, nature, history and the future. The story of the birth of forestry in America is told through exhibits at the Forestry Discovery Center, the Biltmore Campus trail and the Forest Festival Trail. There are nature programs and special events throughout the year for all ages of nature lovers.

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