4th Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll

On September 8, the Fourth Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll will showcase gardens adjacent to Haywood Road in East/West Asheville, an area bounded by Haywood Road, Michigan, Riverview, and State Street. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and kicks off at the Hall Fletcher Elementary School, located at 60 Ridgelawn Avenue, at 10:30 a.m. The West Asheville Garden Stroll is free and open to the public.

Afternoon Tea with Llamas

September 15, programs begin at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Talk by Challenge Adventures, followed by a two-mile walk. Llamas carry your lunch or snacks. Take turns leading a llama. Iced tea provided. Learn about special adaptations llamas have for the trail. $5 for adults, under age 16 free; America the Beautiful and Golden Age senior passes honored. The Cradle of Forestry in America, Pisgah National Forest near Brevard. Phone (828) 877-3130 or visit www.cradleofforestry.org for more information.

2 Days, 35 Farms

On September 22 and 23, the gates and barns of 35 area farms will open to the public for ASAP’s annual Farm Tour. The self-guided tour offers a chance to learn how food grows, taste farm-fresh products, interact with farm animals, and meet the community’s food producers. The tour runs 1-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tour guides are available from pass vendors and ASAP’s website and include a map and directions. More details at www.asapconnections.org.

TEDxAsheville

Tickets for the 2012 TEDxAsheville Conference “The Edge” are on sale now for $37. This special price will only be available until October 4. After October 5 tickets will be $47.

This year’s event will be held at the Diana Wortham Theater on November 4. The first three speakers have been selected.

Grammy nominee Casey Driessen, an Asheville-based fiddle virtuoso, takes the audience to the edge of musical possibility, mixing traditional sounds with modern technology to create a new sound all his own.

Interfaith minister and healer Anne Heck brings the audience to the edge of one woman’s body and soul with her personal story of healing, redemption, and transformation, after surviving a brutal assault that made national headlines.

TIME Magazinescience editor Jeffrey Kluger, returns to take us to the edge of human aspiration—and to the new edge of our species’ future—as he addresses space travel as the next step in human destiny.

Attendees are encouraged to purchase tickets early as seats are limited and the event is expected to sell out.