Coming 2026 Events
Wildflower Bingo – September 9, 2026 – Full details are here.
Botanical Paper – Big-Head Aster – September 11, 2026 – Presented with the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum. Learn some botany as you make your own bloom to take home. Anyone can register via BRAHM.
Carolina Native Nursery – September 4, 2026 – We will go to Burnsville, visit the nursery and their Bee Native Plant Store, have lunch in town and do a bit of shopping. Meet at the American Legion, car pool together, departing at 9am. (PLEASE NOTE: the Dahlia Festival was canceled due to the owner’s health issues.) sign up
Pumpkin Festival at Harvest Farm Valle Crusis – October 9, 2026 – A mountain must. A great time to bring your grandchildren. Members can sign up
Past Events – 2026
Private Tour at the Village Thrift Store – April 29, 2026 – Meet at the Village Thrift Store. After our private tour, we gathered for lunch at a local restaurant.
Reynolda Gardens Tour – May 13, 2026 – Reynolda Gardens in Winston Salem. This follows up on the wonderful presentation we had in September from John and Adrienne Rothling, Director of Reynolda.
Blueberry Picking – July 15, 2026 – Old Orchard Creek Farm and lunch at Third Day Kitchen in Lansing.
Botanical Paper Class – August 7, 2026 – at BRAHM to make the Carolina Lily
Flower picking – August 14, 2026 – Springhouse Farm, Vilas
2025 Events
FIELD TRIP – Meet Me in the Garden – May 3 – Join the Hibriten Garden Club for a walking tour of six neighborhood gardens in Lenoir, NC.
FIELD TRIP – Good Ashe Lavender Farm – June 18 – An organically grown Lavender farm in Lansing, NC.
FIELD TRIP – Rhododendron Festival – June 21 – Roan Mountain State Park, approximately 40 miles from Blowing Rock.
COMMUNITY EVENT – Mile of Flowers – June 27 – Visit spectacular public and private gardens around Blowing Rock. In addition to the garden tours, there will be an afternoon private tea party for ticket holders at the American Legion building in Blowing Rock.
COMMUNITY EVENT – July 4th parade – story from the Blowing Rocket newspaper
FIELD TRIP – Swinging Bridge Farm – July 15 – Tours begin at 10:00am, cost $15. Blueberries and thornless blackberries may be ready for picking.
FIELD TRIP – Spring House Farm – August 22 – U-pick flowers and veggies, cost is $15, bring cash.
COMMUNITY EVENT – Wildflower Bingo – September 4
FIELD TRIP – September 6 – Dahlia Festival
October 3 – Arborcrest Tour
2024 Events
- May 2024 – Tour two Newland garden centers followed by a barbecue lunch
- June 2024 – Blueberry picking at Old Orchard Creek Farm
- July 2024 – Arborcrest gardens
- October 2024 – Cider pressing
Blowing Rock Garden Club 