Daily, 11-3
Wood
Carver Tom Wolfe's New Shop Open
Wood carver Tom Wolfe invites
everyone to visit his new shop in the Woods
Walk Picnic Area. Tom is on site from 11 to
3 most days, weather permitting.
June 7
National
Trails Day Volunteer Project
Come help paint blaze markings
along the ridge trails and let the backcountry
rangers share their knowledge of the Mountain.
No charge for volunteers. Call 828-737-0833
or send an e-mail to hiking@
grandfather.com.
June 2 - Aug. 17
Daily
Naturalist Programs
June 22
84th
Singing on the Mountain
Our
staff naturalists can't wait to share
their excitement for the showy rose-lavender
Catawba rhododendron. Join us for the
"Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble"
and participate in special programs and
activities that celebrate the history,
botany and lore of this herald of summer.
In
an effort to further promote a healthy
balance in the ecological communities
on Grandfather Mountain, two staff members
have become apprentice beekeepers in the
North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
mentoring program. Four new hives were
installed in May and the bees are doing
very well.
Every
person who drove to the summit on May
13th came down saying that the wind had
blown the building away! It was just timing
that the removal of the building was completed
just before the biggest wind storm of
the year, but it did seem pretty ironic
when you consider all the wind and weather
that the old building endured in its 47
years! 
