Around Town: Arbor Day Celebration, Mother's Day Market at Johnson Farm highlight events
The City of Hendersonville will hold its annual Arbor Day Celebration starting at noon on Friday, May 6.
According to a press release, the event will be held on the north section of the Oklawaha Greenway near Seventh Avenue East. The public is invited to attend the hour-long ceremony, along with Mayor of Hendersonville Barbara Volk, North Carolina Forest Service personnel, Four Seasons Rotary Club members, Hendersonville Tree Board and others. Parking will be available at two locations on Seventh Avenue East where the Oklawaha Greenway crosses at Mud Creek.
A small parking area is at the greenway access, and parking is available at the City dog park across the bridge.
A North Carolina Forest Service Ranger will present awards from the Arbor Day Foundation to the City as part of the Tree City USA program, the release said. Volk will officially proclaim May 6 as Tree City Day in Hendersonville for the benefit of all citizens for years to come, and a tree will be planted. The event is hosted by Four Seasons Rotary Club, which has sponsored Arbor Day events since the first one was held in 1991.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day. To address the tremendous loss of trees world-wide as well as a result of fires, floods, and storms in America, the Arbor Day Foundation announced its Time for Trees initiative last year, encouraging Americans to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities and to inspire five million new tree planters by 2022. The release said the initiative has been successful, and that the Hendersonville Tree Board encourages local citizens, neighborhoods and communities to participate by planting trees.
Hendersonville is celebrating more than 30 years as a Tree City USA, recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.
For more information about the Arbor Day celebration, contact Corey Prince, Four Seasons Rotary Club, at 910-352-4005.
Mother's Day Market set for Johnson Farm
Historic Johnson Farm will host a Mother’s Day Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday May 7. It is free event with craft fair with over 20 local vendors, lunch available for purchase, self-guided tours of the historic farmhouse and more.
The farm is located at 3346 Haywood Rd. and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information call 828-891-6585 or visit the farm’s Facebook page. Proceeds go to the non-profit farm.
'Growing God’s Garden' Expo set for May 7
Hendersonville First Congregational Church is inviting the community to help keep the planet healthy from 10 a.m. to noon on May 7, as local environmental agencies will be on hand to inform and answer questions. Participants may drive and park to visit the agencies or drive-thru with donations, according to a press release.
In addition, the church will be collecting plants and gardening supplies for the Boys and Girls Club to help with its gardening project. List of requested donated items are plants and seeds equipment, pepper plants (sweet, bell, hot), gloves (kids and adults, all sizes) lettuce plants, garden cart, tomato plants, wheelbarrow, any native wildflower plants, ground hog fencing, upmpkin seeds, garden shovels, squash seeds and tomato cages.
For more information go to fcchendersonville.org.
LWVHC to Host Program on Henderson County Child Advocates
The League of Women Voters of Henderson County will host a program about the county's Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program on Tuesday, May 10 in the Meeting Room of the Hendersonville Co-Op, located at 60 South Charleston Lane.
According to a press release, the social time will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the program starting at 5 p.m. The presenter will be Melani Lainhart, GAL Program Supervisor, as well as volunteers who will explain the challenges and rewards of their involvement in the GAL program.
Established by statute in 1983, the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program has been serving abused and neglected children for more than 30 years, the release said. GAL volunteers are adults who come from diverse communities, cultures and life and work experiences.
The event is free and open to the public. LWVHC celebrates Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by welcoming all members of the community. For more information, go to the League of Women Voters Henderson County website at www.lwvhcnc.org or the North Carolina GAL Volunteer website at https://www.volunteerforgal.org.
SCORE Western NC to hold workshop in May
On Tuesday, May 17, SCORE Western North Carolina and partners will present an in-person workshop as a summary and finale for the previous three Homeowners and Property owners Associations workshops previously held in Brevard.
According to a press release, the event will be from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Henderson County Public Library. The event will be a Q&A format. Presenters will be Robert Baer, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, President, IPM Associations Services; Philip Roth, Attorney and Certified Mediator, Marshall Roth and Gregory; and Fair Waggoner, City President and VP, United Community Bank, Hendersonville.
“Any non-profit and/or property owners association should be guided and challenged by aknowledgeable board and officers. This workshop will give you the key legal and financial issues any HOA will face,” Bruce Hunt, Branch Manager of Hendersonville SCORE, said.
Western NC SCORE supports the small business efforts in the eight counties at the tip of WNC, including Cherokee, Clay, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania. Its 37 members serve between 300 and 400 clients annually.
City roadside mowing to start on May 9
The City of Hendersonville Public Works Department will be conducting roadside mowing on City streets starting May 9 and continuing until late September, according to a press release by the city.
“Managing the vegetation along our streets is an important function of our Public Works Department,” said Public Works Director Tom Wooten said in the release. “The main goal is to keep our City streets safer for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.”
Residents are encouraged to maintain their property adjacent to the street right of ways to avoid the need and effect of the City’s sidearm mower. With 68 miles of streets to maintain, the sidearm mower is the only viable way Public Works can manage this volume of roadside maintenance. A general guideline for homes adjacent to roadways is to keep any bushes, tree limbs, etc. out of the roadway and 1-2 feet behind the curb or edge of the pavement.
The height should be approximately 16 feet above the road surface. For streets with sidewalks, the same applies for the roadway while sidewalks should be clear of obstructions to a height of 7-8 feet. Property owners near intersections are also asked to keep vegetation and debris trimmed far enough away from the intersections to allow motorists a reasonable line of sight before entering the intersection.
For more information go to https://www.hendersonvillenc.gov/public-works or contact the City’s Public Works Department at 828-697-3084.
This article originally appeared on Hendersonville Times-News: Around Town: Arbor Day Celebration, Mothers Day Market at Johnson Farm
