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Our mission is to maintain gardens that are enjoyable, inspirational and used to educate people about gardening and its health and environmental benefits.

April 2023

A Gateway to Somewhere Beautiful

Cheers to 10 Years!

2013 - 2023

Awesome April!

In this month's newsletter:

There's still time to See Our Daffy Ducks

Save the Date for our Not Your Typical Garden Party!

Windows on the Bridge

We've Added a New Stone Book to our Collection

Meet L.L. Elf

Mr. McGregor Had a Visitor

There's Still Time to See Our Daffy Ducks

Daffy Ducks

Now Through April 10

Spring is here and the gardens on the Bridge are waking up. Visit us soon to see some beautiful spring blooms, and don't forget to look for all our Ducks hiding among the flowers!

Next Up: Starting in mid-April, we'll be featuring A Bridge Full of Butterflies and Baskets.

Not Your Typical Garden Party!

You may have heard we're planning a big party to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. We promise you lots of fun and hope you'll join us. Here's what you need to know now:

Save the Date: June 2, 2023, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Riverside Event Center in Lake Lure.
Tickets go on sale April 6 on our website. They are $80/per person and only a limited amount will be sold due to the capacity of the venue. Get yours soon!
Silent Auction and Raffles!
Cash bar
Three-course buffet dinner provided by Green River Catering and dessert bar
Local musician Johnnie Blackwell will play for the event, generously sponsored in honor of Charlene Efird, a founding board member of the LLFB.

All proceeds from this FUNDraising and FUNraising event will go toward our Education Center. Watch our website and our Facebook and Instagram pages for up-to-date information on this event. Make plans to join the fun!

Celebrating Our Beautiful Earth

April 22, 2023

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Bring the family and join us for our Earth Day Celebration. We will have children's art activities, games, educational materials, story tellers, puppetry, scavenger hunts, plant sales and guest speakers.

Join retired County Extension Agent John Vining as he talks Soil 101 at 11:00 am. John is a favorite speaker and will answer all your questions about soil.

Have a gardening question? Stop by our Ask a Master Gardener table.

Windows on the Bridge

Did you know that we have a "window" in the Overlook Garden that you can peer through and see a view of Chimney Rock? The 315 foot spire stands in Chimney Rock State Park, just named the Best State Park in North Carolina by Southern Living magazine in their The South's Best for 2023 issue. From the top of Chimney Rock, one can see our beautiful Hickory Nut Gorge.

We have a new "window" in the Sun Country Garden commemorating our 10th Anniversary. It provides an excellent photo op for visitors. Recently these two sisters, one from Hendersonville and the other from Atlanta, visited us to see our early spring blooms and took this photo to celebrate a birthday.

My Name Is Charlie

A special children's book is now part of our stone book collection.

Just like real books, the stone books found throughout our gardens help tell stories. Recently, Ike Keener revisited the Bridge, and after seeing the Clifford, The Big Red Dog stone book, he had an idea. He asked if we could create a stone book with the cover of a children's book his daughter, Elizabeth Keener, wrote about dog adoption from the dog's perspective. Always an animal lover, Elizabeth was inspired to write this book when she was 13, and part of the proceeds from the book have always been donated to no-kill animal shelters.

We were thrilled to add a stone book of this story, created by volunteer Becky Melton, to our collection, and you'll find it in the River's Edge Dog Garden. Read more about A.E. Keener here.

Receive a Letter from Our Elf

Help us welcome L.L. Elf to his new home! When L.L. visited last summer, he declared that the LLFB was the "most magical place." He met several faeries and bunnies, and decided to build himself a home here. With the help of local artist and volunteer Michelle Kreitman and her husband, Eric, L.L. moved into his new home at Christmas.

L.L. is employed by Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus and during the winter, he forwards letters to the North Pole from his mailbox under the stump of his house. During summer he helps our volunteers and answers general questions that are left in his mailbox.

You will find L.L.'s house in the stump on the west end of the Bridge next to the Kiosk.

Mr. McGregor Says...

Hey kids, look who spent some time in my garden recently! It's Daisy, the traveling duck. Daisy is part of our Daffy Ducks feature and she likes to hide out in different parts of our gardens. See if you can find her when you visit.

Daisy plans to continue hanging out in our gardens even after all her other daffy friends leave for the season!

Friends of the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge is a volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to help preserve and maintain the Bridge gardens and to support our new Education Center are always appreciated – and tax-deductible.

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