Fairy Day in the Daniel Boone Native Gardens is back Saturday July 8, 2023 from 1-5pm.  This annual event is free for children and those dressed in fairy/elf attire or $2 for adults and is the garden’s largest annual fundraiser.  New this year, a costume contest at 2pm for the best dressed fairy with a portrait by Bill Barber for the winner. 

The Watauga County Library, Watauga County Arts Council and the Blue Ridge chapter of NC Native plant society will be throughout the gardens providing hands-on activities.  Create lasting memories with a photo opp with Ayla the Dreams Fairy as well as Brucie Abella while you stroll through the gardens to music by Mary Greene and others,  or find a new perspective with intuitive guide, Catherine Walters. 

Enhance your fairy flare with Fake a Face painting, Fairy hair, and jewelry by Upcycled Everything, Incredible Toy Company, Faeriefoots’ Doors and Gifts, printmaking by Andi Dandelion and Peace of Green Succulents.  Enjoy Stickboy cookies, Lou Lou’s Cotton Candy, Big Brose Family BBQ  and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. More vendors tbd with a portion of their proceeds donated directly to the gardens.