*Note change of date*

Those pesky procrastinating pawpaws have only just started to ripen. To be sure of getting enough for ice cream and eating them fresh, we are delaying the party one more week.  It will happen on  Friday September 14, 4:00-6:00 PM at Charlotte Caplan’s house in Asheville.

So if you haven’t already signed up, you can still do so.  We’ll be:
– Eating fresh pawpaws
– Sampling homemade pawpaw ice cream
– Learning all about pawpaws from educator & organic farmer Kim Bailey of Milkweed Meadows Farm
– Holding a raffle for pawpaw seedlings ready to plant
– Relaxing on a rocking-chair porch in leafy Montford

This event is for BRNN Subscribing members only.  Existing members can sign up by emailing Charlotte at: ccaplannc1[at]juno.com. If you are not a member you can join NOW by downloading the Membership form 2018-3 and mailing it in with your subscription. No applications accepted on the day – we’ll have our hands full of pawpaws!

Photo by P. Reed

Jenny S. Wilker will trace William Bartram and André Michaux eventful journeys, made during a time of dangerous and fluctuating relations between the Cherokee, British governors, and colonial settlers. A main focus will be their many botanical discoveries made in this area.
West Asheville Library 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public

PURCHASE KNOB BUTTERFLY WALK

Photo by Randy Richardson

On the morning of August 8th, 28 Blue Ridge Naturalists and friends met to take advantage of an opportunity to explore Purchase Knob. This 535 acre former private residence abutting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was donated to the Park Service in 2000 and is now used as a research and training facility.  The property features broad high elevation meadows filled with summer wildflowers. Read more