Asheville

Limited Edtition Field Guide to Whisper Mountain Now Available

The on-line version of A Field Guide to Whisper Mountain is now available as a soft cover bound edition and is available to interested parties at Whisper Mountain.  The guide offers technical information and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna found at Whisper.  From butterflies and birds to trees and flowers, the gently illustrated...

Bele Chere in Downtown Asheville: A Mountain Festival to Remember

Each year, on the last full weekend of July, the streets of downtown Asheville are closed to autos and trucks and open only to foot traffic and revelry. The annual Bele Chere festival in Asheville features a rich array of musical entertainment, street vendors, food, and family fun that makes everyone forget it’s the dog...

Whisper Mountain’s Organic Community Garden

According to the American Heritage Dictionary online the words “Conserve” and “preserve” mean to protect from loss or harm; to maintain in safety from injury, peril or harm; to keep in perfect or unaltered condition, unchanged or intact; to use carefully or sparingly to avoid waste, to keep constant through physical, chemical or evolutionary changes....

Continuing Education in the Asheville Area

The Asheville area is an excellent place for continuing education on a wide variety of subjects. Asheville and its surrounding communities has been headquarters for some of the finest educational institutions in the United States. The University of North Carolina Asheville is nationally acclaimed for its liberal arts focus and has programs for adult learners....

Health Care Access in Asheville is Top Notch

It’s good to know that one of the nation’s leading heart hospitals is right here in Western North Carolina, at Mission Hospital. Mission Hospital is about a 40-minute drive from Whisper Mountain, and located in the heart of Asheville. Mission is Known in Western North Carolina and Beyond Mission Hospital is not just known in...