Hello gardeners!
The stroll website has a fresh new image for our 5th year. Look around to get a feel for who we are.
We are currently in the dreamy winter stage of planning, but sometime in May we will start yawning and stretching and looking around for people to help us make the 2013 stroll a reality, holy cow!
Contact us if you’d like to get involved.
Some picures of the 2012 garden stroll here. And don’t forget to like our Facebook page where you’ll find more photos and the latest info.
The 2012 Stroll is here!
Kick-off 10:30 am at Hall Fletcher School, 60 Ridgelawn Rd.
(maps available there until 4:00)
See you in the gardens!
Contact wagardenstroll@gmail.com
Facebook page
We can do these events because of the kind support from many West Asheville businesses, a small platoon of willing and capable volunteers and most importantly because of the generous spirits of your neighbors, happy gardeners in West Asheville willing to share their gardens with others. Thank you!
Some wonderful pictures by Christopher.
The 2011 West Asheville Garden Stroll’s opening speaker was a stand in at the last moment. Grand Dame Dorothy Whipple stood in for her son Bill. She closed with her own inspiring and catchy rap.
Presenting Dame Dorothy Whipple and………….
The More You Give The More You Get
(Rap for senior citizens)
; < )
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Rainbow Mountain Children’s School
Susan Goldenray Garden Art & Bags
And a little drizzle did not prevent a great turnout for the second annual West Asheville Garden Stroll. If you missed this chance to be inspired by your neighbor’s garden in person, here is your chance in photos – click on this link.
Many, many thanks to all of you who made the second annual West Asheville Garden Stroll (WAGS) such a success! On a blessed rainy Saturday in September of 2010, many visitors from near and far enjoyed the gardens and celebrated West Asheville’s passion for gardening and connection!
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Also sponsored in part by:
Pineapple Jacks – 643 Haywood Rd.
Pizzeria Ritrovo – 1050 Haywood Rd.
Hops & Vines – 797 Haywood Rd.
Please consider sponsoring this year’s West Asheville Garden Stroll. This community event could not thrive without your support.
The Citizen Times put up a nice slide show here.
Outside Clyde, a blog by our own Christopher Carrie, has a good wrap up.
Island Bob, another local blogger has posted some lovely photos too.
We got a nice article in The Laurel of Asheville, and in Rapid River! Way to go Karen and Annie, our intrepid press liasons! Press release here.
Children are very welcome in our West Asheville gardens! As a matter of fact, one of our goals is to inspire and enable parents and kids to get involved in gardening, both in community endeavors and at home.
We ask that children be supervised in the gardens, for their own safety and with respect to the home owners. Please be especially aware of your children around ponds, garden art made of hard materials, walls and slopes.
For the day of the stroll, the following locations are providing restrooms:
Please leave your pooch at home. With respect to the garden owners, their own pets, as well as the visitors on the tour, everyone will be much more comfortable. Stop at the Westend Bakery to pick up some organic dog treats though and you won’t be coming home empty handed!
We’re happy and proud to be in West Asheville and it’s wonderful to see so many beautiful gardens! Now in its third year, the West Asheville Garden Stroll continues to slowly grow. Currently the stroll team clusters gardens in selected neighborhoods of West Asheville to keep the stroll walkable and manageable for the small group of volunteers to put on. These clusters move from year to year to showcase more of the diverse community of West Asheville.
If you would like to have your garden on a future stroll please contact us at wagardenstroll@gmail.com Chances are good the garden stroll will be in your neighborhood soon.
We recommend that you use the centralized parking that will be available near the featured neighborhoods. The garden stroll is exceedingly walkable and bikeable this year.
West Asheville Baptist Church on Haywood Rd. has ample parking for the library opening ceremony and garden stroll check in. Ample parking is available at Grace Baptist Church at 718 Haywood Rd and West Asheville Park at 198 Vermont Ave for the garden clusters. Limited parking will be available at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School, 574 Haywood Rd.
Each cluster of gardens makes for a relatively easy stroll through the neighborhoods. Walking offers more opportunity to explore West Asheville and to see walk by sites that are not featured gardens on the tour. Bicycle riding is also highly encouraged.
The West Asheville Garden Stroll is a rare chance to intimately experience the great outdoors of our urban environment that so often goes unnoticed.
Most importantly, wear appropriate shoes. While all our gardens are in the city, some have slopes, pathway surfaces vary and others have water features which may cause the surrounding walkways to be slippery.
Watch the weather for the day of the stroll. Local folks know this, but if you’re coming here from out of town for the stroll, be sure to have an extra layer of clothes for easy adjustments to temperature changes.
Sunscreen is always a good idea and be sure to carry water or pack a small beverage cooler in your car.
Here in Asheville, it’s pretty much impossible to predict the weather. Often times, we get everything in the course of a single day. If it rains on the day of the stroll, we’re having it anyways! Bring an umbrella or raincoat and enjoy the lush gardens. More than likely, the rain will give way to sun anyways.
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