Cradle of Forestry
Pisgah National Forest
11250 Pisgah Highway
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
$15 regular admission – Ages 13 and up
$8 children – Ages 4-12
$7.50 Cradle season pass holders
No events are scheduled at this time.
Celebrate the forest heritage of Western North Carolina during the annual Forest Festival Day and John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodmen’s Meet. This event brings the Cradle of Forestry campus and Pink Beds Picnic Area to life, showcasing forestry and traditional craft.
The festival is an activity-filled, family event that commemorates the traditions of mountain living and craft in a unique and beautiful setting.
Festival-goers will cheer as college forestry students compete during the John G. Palmer Woodsmen’s Meet that has the flavor of an old-time lumberjack competition. Competitors representing forestry schools throughout the country test their skills in a number of events including archery, axe throwing, crosscut sawing and pole felling.
This year’s event will feature competitions between students from Haywood Community College, NC State, West Virginia University, Penn State–Mont Alto, Western Carolina University, Montgomery Community College, Penn State–University Park, and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
Tickets are available for purchase on site only. You may buy admission at either Pink Beds or the Cradle of Forestry Discovery Center. Please note that Pink Beds accepts cash only, while both cash and card payments are accepted at the Discovery Center.
