Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Wes Burlingame, an active volunteer with the Hendersonville Tree Board, Bullington Gardens, the Hendersonville Food Co-Op, Conserving Carolina (formerly CMLC), Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, and his favorite botanical gardens. Burlingame will address how to identify and utilize native plants in your home garden.
On Thursday, May 10, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Wes Burlingame. He will address how to identify and utilize native plants in your home garden. He believes in the healing power of our plants to repair the damage of thoughtless development.
Have you ever wondered why New Belgium - one of the biggest names in craft beer - chose to open a secondary location in Asheville? Come to Hendersonville Green Drinks to hear New Belgium's Sustainability Specialist, Sarah Fraser talk about the work that went into rehabilitating their 18 acre campus, including brownfield remediation, stream restoration and native landscaping.
On Thursday, September 13, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Jim Poe with the Henderson County Bee Keepers Association. He will talk about why bees are getting so much attention these days – what’s the big deal!
On Thursday, November 8th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Greg Carter, a local mushroom expert, for his talk entitled "Mushrooming 101: The world of Fungi according to the Fun Guy". In 1999, Greg Carter learned how to inoculate oak logs with Shiitake spawn in an effort to make Christmas gifts to give family and friends. After several years of education, research […]
On Thursday, December 13th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Josh Dorfman, Chief Executive Officer of The Collider. The Collider is a global innovation center that builds data-driven startups to help communities and economies prepare, adapt, and become resilient to climate change. In light of the recent National Climate Assessment released by the White House warning us […]
On Thursday, January 10th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Chris Burns, founding board member of Friends of the Ecusta Trail, a proposed rail trail near Hendersonville. Chris will discuss the current Henderson County Greenways master plan, explain the process the committee underwent to create it, and highlight the segments and phases planned for future improvement. Chris […]
Hendersonville, NC - On Thursday, February 14th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Evan Parker, Executive Assistant at Conserving Carolina and food system enthusiast. Evan recently completed his Master’s thesis at Lenoir - Rhyne University on the intersections between veganism and sustainability. His talk will address one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: feeding an […]
Hendersonville, NC - On Thursday, April 11th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Robert Sipes, the Vice President of Duke Energy’s Western Carolinas Modernization Project. The Project encompasses a number of energy reduction and infrastructure development programs, including the conversion of the Asheville Power Plant from coal to natural gas and community programs aimed at increasing energy […]
On Thursday, May 9th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Caroline Yongue, Director and Founder of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and the Center for End of Life Transitions, and Cassie Barrett, Director of Operations for Carolina Memorial Sanctuary. Carolina Memorial Sanctuary is a green cemetery that offers eco-friendly burials to people looking to explore more natural, conservation-oriented burial […]
