2014 Sourwood Festival is August 9-10

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

[photo credit: sourwoodfestival.com]

One of our favorite small town festivals is coming up on August 9-10, 2014: The Sourwood Festival in Black Mountain, NC. This is a free street festival where you can browse 200 art and craft vendors, honey vendors and more. That’s an amazing amount of cool stuff to see in a downtown that is about four blocks. Lots of fantastic local food, live music, and even kids’ activities are also part of the Sourwood Festival, which is named after the sourwood tree that honeybees pollinate to give us our fabulous local honey that we use in breakfasts at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B. And we have plenty of sourwood trees here inside Pisgah National Forest in the mountains of western North Carolina.

July 2014 Exhibit at the Red House Studios and Gallery in Black Mountain

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

As you know, we at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B are big supporters of our talented local artists, including those who are members of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. So we wanted to make sure you knew that the SVFAL has an art exhibit showing in July of 2014, called People, Places and Things, at the home of the SVFAL, the Red House Studios and Gallery near the Monte Vista on West State Street in Black Mountain.

North Carolina Mountain Birds: Song Sparrow

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Song Sparrow at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B

Summer is here and that means a myriad of songs are brought to us each day by nature here at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B inside Pisgah National Forest: bullfrogs, crickets and of course, birds, to name a few. And you know if something has “song” in its name, you can count on it being part of nature’s summer live concert series. Thus, we’ve given the Song Sparrow our June entry in our 12 Months of Birding at the Inn series on the blog for 2014.

July 4, 2014 Events around Asheville, Black Mountain and Old Fort

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Montreat Parade [photo credit: veganlibrarian on Flickr]

Exciting news: All of the towns around the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast — Asheville, Black Mountain, and Old Fort, North Carolina — will have fireworks displays this year! Of course, there are other events going on, and if you want to avoid the crowds, we can help with that as well. Here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods during the 4th of July weekend:

Creative Mountain Food Tours begin in June in Black Mountain

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Louise’s Kitchen, a stop on the Ultimate Foodie Tour and Pub and Grub Crawl

It’s a common scenario: You find a terrific little vacation spot with several great restaurants and they all look awesome, and you know that they add so much to the area in terms of history and culture, which you’d love to experience. Black Mountain, North Carolina, is one such place. Problem is, you don’t have time to try them all before you head home. Well, let’s solve that problem, shall we?

2014 Asheville Area Art Events in June

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Asheville is consistently named one the nation’s top art-friendly small cities, and for good reason: Check out all the art-related events going on in June in the Asheville, Black Mountain and Old Fort area:

2014 Asheville Beer Week is May 23-31

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville [photo credit: boabeerblog]

We’re told that Asheville, NC, has more breweries per capita than any other city in the United States. And we believe it. Currently, there are 16 craft breweries (and counting), and Asheville has something like 80,000 residents, so there is plenty of brew for Ashevillians and visitors alike. Favorites of ours include the Black Mocha Stout from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, Green Man IPA from Green Man Brewery in Asheville, and the GFY Scotch Ale from Lookout Brewing Company in Black Mountain. And we love so many others as well.

2014 Black Mountain Tailgate Market Season Opening is May 3

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

[photo credit: BM Tailgate Market Facebook Page]

Many people who visit the mountains of North Carolina have “go to a farmers’ market” on their list of things to do. And for good reason: an abundance of small, family-owned farms are in the mountains, many of them organic, and many of them make their items available for sale at local tailgate markets. Seriously, what’s better than farm fresh strawberries, tomatoes and other fruits and veggies, beautiful cut flowers, and delicious local honey?

Swannanoa Valley Museum 2014 Season Opening

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Photo Credit: Swannanoa Valley Museum

If you’re a history geek like your Inn on Mill Creek innkeepers, we have news for you: The Swannanoa Valley Museum in the town of Black Mountain opens for the season on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Buncombe County and Western North Carolina have a diverse and interesting history, with early settlement by Native Americans followed by American colonists around the time of the Revolutionary War, the growth of farming and agriculture that influences our foodtopian society today, the significant impact of the railroad’s construction through the mountains, the area’s beauty inspiring the arrival of many religious and spiritual retreats, manufacturing and development, important historical figures being born, having lived in, and having relocated to the area shaping history, and so on. And the Swannanoa Valley Museum is a terrific place to learn all about it.

Hop’n Blueberry Farm Tours in April of 2014

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Inn on Mill Creek

Hops drying [photo credit: Hop’n Blueberry Farm]

Here’s an activity for those of you who dig agritourism and local farm tours and who want to get a behind-the-scenes look at hops production: Hop’n Blueberry Farm in Black Mountain, one of the first hop farms in the state of North Carolina, is offering one-hour specialty tours at 2pm every Saturday in April. The farm is about 20 minutes from the Inn on Mill Creek B&B.

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Tag Archives: Black Mountain

2014 Sourwood Festival is August 9-10

July 2014 Exhibit at the Red House Studios and Gallery in Black Mountain

North Carolina Mountain Birds: Song Sparrow

July 4, 2014 Events around Asheville, Black Mountain and Old Fort

Creative Mountain Food Tours begin in June in Black Mountain

2014 Asheville Area Art Events in June

2014 Asheville Beer Week is May 23-31

2014 Black Mountain Tailgate Market Season Opening is May 3

Swannanoa Valley Museum 2014 Season Opening

Hop’n Blueberry Farm Tours in April of 2014