Songbirds in Your Garden + Bird Nesting Ball Make & Take
At Reems Creek Nursery during our Earth Day Saturday Celebration
Sat. April 25, 2026
10 am – 12 pm
With Chris Davenport & Erin Greene
Part 1 – Songbirds in Your Garden:
Consider humankind’s age-old love affair with birds.
Looking back and moving forward – we’ll discuss our relationship with birds – their allure, how the past choices have led to dramatic declines in bird populations, and most importantly, how our choices today can help bird populations rebound by our building vibrant, healthy, and ecologically functional environments; one garden at a time.
Part 2 – Bird Nesting Ball Make & Take
Following the Songbird Workshop, Erin Green will lead the group creating her wonderful Bird Nesting Balls. These grapevine balls are stuffed with soft alpaca fiber and hung in the yard to provide birds with luxurious natural nesting material for their eggs and baby birds. Bird Nesting Balls are a great alternative to bird feeders where bears are a problem – site your Nesting Balls where you can enjoy watching the visiting birds.
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$12 plus tax includes Songbird Workshop and all materials/instruction for the Bird Nesting Ball.
**Join us after the workshop for our Earth Day Saturday Celebration.
We are hosting Bee City-Asheville, Bailey Mountain Preserve, author/bee hotel builder – John Kotab, and Chuck Palmer with his Butterfly/Insect Collection.
Additionally, iSharpenIt will be sharpening tools from 9-11 am, and Mehfil Food Truck will be serving delicious Indian food from 9 am – 1 pm.
About Chris Davenport: Chris spent thirteen years with Head-Lee Nursery in Seneca, SC; six years with Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA; two years with the Atlanta Botanical Garden; and has been at Reems Creek Nursery for eleven years. Chris is an avid home gardener and bird watcher who loves to travel with his family to experience both cultivated gardens and the natural world.
About Erin Green: Erin is a long-time Weaverville resident, who stays busy raising her kids and alpacas, and is our Customer Service Manager. She has a lovely farm in town with 10 alpacas, 2 miniature donkeys, and 1 very dedicated livestock guardian dog. When Erin is not spending time tending to her animals she enjoys spending her days watching her son play baseball and her daughter ride horses. She enjoys playing with all things fiber, spending time outdoors, and loves our local food scene! You may recognize Erin from our Holiday Open House, where she brings two of her alpacas, Lizzy and Rosa, to visit for the day!