Events Calendar
Up one levelHowl-O-Ween
Our traditional Howl-O-Ween event with new operating hours for the day: 1:00-8:00pm. Admission is $6.00 per person with Members receiving $1.00 off per person at the door. See our list of evening activities!
Wolf Howl
An evening of wolf ecology, biology, and we even teach you how to howl like a pack member. Be prepared to be both in and outdoors. Lecture and outside experience along with snacks. Advance tickets required: $5.00 per person.
Wolf Howl
An evening of wolf ecology, biology, and we even teach you how to howl like a pack member. Be prepared to be both in and outdoors. Lecture and outside experience along with snacks. Advance tickets required: $5.00 per person.
A Winter's Tale
Illuminate your evening with music, crafts, food and fun at our annual holiday event. Bring your camera, jackets and mittens for a stroll along the trails to see the animals at night. Admission is $6.00 per person (Members: $1.00 off).
A Winter's Tale
Illuminate your event with music, crafts, food and fun at our annual holiday event. Bring your camera, jackets and mittens for a stroll along the trails to see the animals at night. Admission is $6.00 per person (Members $1.00 off).
Groundhog Day Presentation
A southern approach to guessing the arrival of spring. Join Asheville Citizen Times columnist Susan Reinhardt, Carlton Burke, expert naturalist, and our very own groundhog, Nibbles, at the Nature Center!
Festival of Knowledge
A big hit for participants and the public! Anyone may enter this winter's science contest - prizes awarded!
NC Elk Experience
Our spring trek out to Cataloochee Valley to see the elk. A family event not to be missed!
Wildlife Rehabilitation Workshop
Interested in rehabilitating wild animals? This course will give you the basics. Seats limited!
Wild Mushrooms of Western North Carolina
Due to the success of our April 19th program, we are offering a second program. Reserve your seats for Sheila Dunn's presentation on mountain mushrooms - from edibles to those that harm!
Reptile Beauty Pageant
Register your beautiful and talented pet reptiles for our annual Beauty Pageant.
Overnight Delight
Here is your opportunity to stay at the WNC Nature Center overnight in your tent or in the safety of our Main Exhibit Building with the snakes, turtles, lizards and salamanders.
North Carolina Elk Program
An exploration of our native elk species that have returned to the Appalachian Mountains.
North Carolina Elk Program
An exploration of our native elk species that have returned to the Appalachian Mountains.
Hey Day
Friends of the Nature Center's 33nd annual Fall Family Festival, the largest Nature Center event of the year.
Wolf Howl
An evening of wolf ecology, biology, and we even teach you how to howl like a pack member.
Wolf Howl
An evening of wolf ecology, biology, and we even teach you how to howl like a pack member.
A Winter's Tale
Illuminate your evening with music, crafts, food and fun at the annual holiday event at the WNC Nature Center.
CANCELLED!!! A Winter's Tale -Saturday, 12/12/09 -- See our video!
This evening celebration of "A Winter's Tale" will be cancelled due to incoming storm system with rain, sleet and freezing rain predicted to begin around 3:00pm and lasting throughout the evening. We will not be rescheduling this event for 2009.
Fall Photography Opportunity
An after-hours opportunity for adults to photograph our wildlife in their enclosures in the calm and quiet of the evening.
ATBI Free Teacher Training by Discover Life in America
Learn how your classroom can become a part of the National All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. This effort is now successfully underway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and has discovered thousands of species not previously known to exist in the Park and hundreds of species new to science. Preregistration required to Dan Clere, Education Specialist, (828) 298-5600 ext. 320.
Currently FULL! - Wildlife Rehabilitation Workshop
This 2 day educational experience for adults 18 years of age and older is designed to enhance your knowledge of rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife. You will be able to register for a NC State Wildlife Rehabilitator's License once you complete this 16-hour course. Registration if now FULL for this workshop 3/10/10
Festival of Knowledge
State wide Science Projects - natural or culturally based educational displays submitted for judging, awards presented.
Christmas CLOSING - December 24 & 25, 2009
the Nature Center will be closed for two days in observation of the Chirstmas holiday - we will reopen at 10:00am on Saturday Dec 26.
New Years Day CLOSING
The Nature Center will be closed Friday January 1, 2010, but will reopen for regular business on Saturday January 2 at 10:00am
Work Day Wednesdays - Volunteers needed!
We will be closing the doors to the Nature Center just on Wednesdays in January and February to facilitate work projects. If you or a group of interested volunteers would like to assist in our various projects, give us a call at 298-5600, ext 305. 18 years and older, please.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day CLOSING
The WNC Nature Center will be closed Monday January 18, 2010 in observation of Martin Luther Kning Jr.'s birthday. We will reopen Tuesday Januray 19 at 10:00am.
Groundhog Day
Join Carlton Burke and Bob Caldwell at 3:00pm for a marvelous and witty look at groundhogs!
Why are the Southern Appalachians the Epicenter for Salamander Diversity?
Presented by the Friends of the WNC Nature Center at the Folk Art Center Auditorium, Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Tunnel Road entrance. Saturday, March 13th, 10:30 a.m. Presented at the Folk Art Center Auditorium at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway and Sponsored by the Friends of the WNC Nature Center Free for Friends of the WNC Nature Center and suggested donation of $5 for the general public. Reservations recommended to Sarah Oram, at friends@wildwnc.org with name and number in your party. For more information, please call Sarah at (828) 298-5600 ext. 308. Light refreshments provided.
