Hominy Creek Greenway
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Plant Walk with Discover the many plants growing along the greeway trail. Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Experience the natural world around you in a new way. The plants are full of story, vitality, and gifts to share. Join Mary Morgaine Thames and gain practical and inspirational tools for building relations with our plant allies as we walk along the Hominy Creek Greenway in West Asheville. Broaden your perspectives and step into the abundance nature provides.
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About the Greenway.
The Hominy Creek Greenway is being created through approximately 12 acres of land along Hominy Creek in West Asheville. The land borders 2/3 mile of the northern side of Hominy Creek and Buttermilk Creek between Sand Hill Road and Hominy Creek Road. Its southern boundary is the creek and its northern boundary follows the back lot lines of the houses on Shelburne Road.
The land was logged by Edwin Carrier in the late 1880's. It became the route for the West Asheville and Sulphur Springs Railway, his trolley between Asheville and his Sulphur Springs Hotel, the first electric railroad and hydroelectric plant in WNC.
The Friends of Hominy Creek Greenway has been created to develop a master plan and oversee the park. We envision it as a wildlife habitat for water birds, birds of prey, raccoons, possums and other animals as well as being a stop for migratory birds.
It could also be used as a native plant demonstration area and an area for propagating various native species. The creek could offer excellent educational space for the students of Vance Elementary, the Asheville School, Sand Hill-Venable, Rainbow Mountain Children's School and others.
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Location
Access by car to the greenway: Park at the parking lot across from the old National Guard Armory on Shelburne. Walk 100 yards west on Shelburne (away from Brevard) and take the dirt road to the left down to Hominy Creek. The trail goes about 2/3 mile west along the creek.
By foot or bicycle, you can enter from Sand Hill. The entrance is across from Narbeth, just south of Manila Street. Walk or ride to the right of the MSD gate.
Click here for a map of the access points.
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