Parkway Kicks Off National Park Week

Date: March 31, 2009
Contact: Michele Maertens, 828-350-3822 ext 207

Join the staff of the Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday, April 18 for a day of celebration and activities at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Destination Center.  This will be a kick-off celebration for National Park Week (April 19-25), Earth Day (April 22), and National Junior Ranger Day (April 25). 

The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Destination Center is also observing its first year of operation in a “Green” building using “Green” practices. The following activities are free and open to the public:

10:00 AM - Green Gardening Practices: a talk by Alison Arnold from the North Carolina Arboretum

11:00 AM - JAM String Band: a performance by the Junior Appalachian Musicians

1:00 PM - Birds of Prey: Steve Longnecker will bring in several birds of prey and discuss their adaptations and life cycles

The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Destination Center is located at Milepost 384, just north on the Parkway from the junction of 74-A and the Blue Ridge Parkway. 

For more information, please contact Michele Maertens, 828-350-3822, ext. 207, or Amy Hollifield, 828-298-5330, ext. 0. Special events at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Destination Center are jointly sponsored by National Park Service, Blue Ridge National Heritage Area and Eastern National.