13th Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll
The Stroll takes place Saturday, Sept. 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.
With the theme “Connecting Neighbors,” the Stroll links two historic West Asheville neighborhoods—Burton Street and Brucemont-Dorchester.
The Garden Stroll is free, and all are welcome to join in this community event, rain or shine from from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The kick-off is Saturday, September 10 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Road. Stroll Guides with a map and garden descriptions will be available at the church from 11:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
This year’s Stroll features 14 creative, quirky, wonderfully West Asheville gardens, including three distinctive community gardens. The gardens showcase solutions for sunny and shady environments and for large and small yards, as well as strategies for growing vegetables, fruit, herbs, and ornamentals that include eclectic art and innovative hardscaping.
The family-friendly kickoff at Trinity Methodist includes songs, the Faerie Kin stilt-walkers who celebrate Mother Earth and uplift hearts, and Street Creatures’ giant Tree-Hugger puppet, ready to give hugs to all tree lovers. Local organizations will be on hand to offer resources for gardeners and possibly some items for sale.
Besides presenting the Stroll each September, WAGS makes “seed grants” to community gardening projects in West Asheville. Grants this year supported a solar greenhouse, a pollinator garden along the Hominy Creek Greenway, a educational video, a “little free garden stand” on Blue Ridge Avenue, improvements to the Hall Fletcher Elementary School garden, and a project to partially restore the tree canopy in the Horney Heights neighborhood.
For more information, visit www.westashevillegardens.com. Follow WAGS on Facebook for Stroll updates and notices about the annual Spring plant pass-along.
The West Asheville Garden Stroll is a nonprofit endeavor. The planning committee is grateful to those who open their gardens and share their experience, passions, and knowledge of gardening. Contact WAGS at [email protected] for information about volunteering.
