WNC Nature Center

WNC Nature Center Asheville's Wildlife Park
Plan your next visit at wildwnc.org! The WNC Nature Center is Asheville's premier wildlife park!
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This page is managed by the Friends of the WNC Nature Center, a 501c3 whose mission is to support and grow the facilities and programming of the WNC Nature Center through fundraising, events, membership and other outreach initiatives.

Looking for the purr-fect present? Here are a few wild-ly good ideas:🐾 A Nature Center Membership (the gift that keeps o...
11/30/2025

Looking for the purr-fect present? Here are a few wild-ly good ideas:
🐾 A Nature Center Membership (the gift that keeps on giving…visits!)
🐾 Adopt an animal and share the love
🐾 Dedicate a personalized brick to someone special
🐾 Track a real wild animal with a Fahlo bracelet from our Gift Shop
🐾 Give our critters a treat from their Wishlist

🎁Go check our full Annual Gift Guide now! www.wildwnc.org/gift-guide

Stop by the Nature Center POP-UP SHOP November 28-30 for some extra-special deals! ✨HOT GIFT ALERT: When you purchase tw...
11/28/2025

Stop by the Nature Center POP-UP SHOP November 28-30 for some extra-special deals!

✨HOT GIFT ALERT: When you purchase two Fahlo products, you'll get a scratch-off card with a surprise bonus animal to track (while supplies last!).
✨Tell us your favorite animal at checkout and get 20% off one item!

Hoof it to the Nature Center POP-UP SHOP, because these deals won't last!

🐘Remember: Look for our POP-UP SHOP. It's just behind Appalachian Station. Follow the signs.

🦃Happy Thanksgiving! What are you most excited about eating today? Tufts, seen here enjoying a trout slurry in a pumpkin...
11/27/2025

🦃Happy Thanksgiving! What are you most excited about eating today? Tufts, seen here enjoying a trout slurry in a pumpkin "pie shell," has feasted and is ready to enjoy some quiet time. The Nature Center is CLOSED TODAY. We'll be back to greet you tomorrow, Friday, November 28!

🦃 We don’t want to gobble up all your time with turkey facts, but how turkeys got their name is a little confusing - s...
11/25/2025

🦃 We don’t want to gobble up all your time with turkey facts, but how turkeys got their name is a little confusing - so here we go!

Our feathered friends didn’t actually travel through Istanbul (was Constantinople) from Mexico to Europe - but the African guinea fowl did. Europeans were already familiar with guinea fowl passing through Turkey, and when the Mexican birds arrived, they got mixed up with the “Turkish” birds. And just like that, the Mexican birds became known as “turkeys.”

11/24/2025

Thanks to our volunteers for all the hours of chopping they put in every day! Ruth, here, shows how Uno & Ursa’s healthy snacks are prepared.

Make a paws-itive impact before year's end. We invite you to support the Friends of the Nature Center and help keep our ...
11/22/2025

Make a paws-itive impact before year's end. We invite you to support the Friends of the Nature Center and help keep our community inspired by nature.

If you’re required to take minimum annual disbursements from your retirement account, consider directing part of that “nest egg” to the Friends. It’s a smart, tax-friendly way to show your love for the animals and programs that make our Nature Center truly un-fur-gettable.

Email Cindy Smith for more info at [email protected]

Celebrate 100 years of the WNC Nature Center with a very special adoption! Henrietta, our beloved Asian elephant who ...
11/20/2025

Celebrate 100 years of the WNC Nature Center with a very special adoption! Henrietta, our beloved Asian elephant who called the Nature Center home from 1959 to 1984, is the star of this limited-edition Centennial Adopt. Each adoption includes a vintage-style certificate honoring Henrietta’s legacy. ✨CENTENNIAL ADOPTS ARE 50% OFF✨Use code: ADOPTME

🐘www.wildwnc.org/adopt/

Pop in to our Pop Up Shop, and grab some gifts to squirrel away until the holidays! Over the next few weeks, in preparat...
11/19/2025

Pop in to our Pop Up Shop, and grab some gifts to squirrel away until the holidays! Over the next few weeks, in preparation for our NEW Gift Shop, we'll be located just behind Appalachian Station - follow the signs! Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more than twenty years, Eli Strull has been helping visitors see wildlife in a whole new light. He still finds wonde...
11/19/2025

For more than twenty years, Eli Strull has been helping visitors see wildlife in a whole new light. He still finds wonder in every day at the Nature Center… and helps others discover it too!
✨ Read his story and see how education can spark conservation: www.wildwnc.org/2025/10/mtaz-strull/

No kidding, we've got a great November perk that expires soon! Take $10 off any Membership Gift Certificate!Get a head...
11/17/2025

No kidding, we've got a great November perk that expires soon! Take $10 off any Membership Gift Certificate!

Get a head start on your holiday shopping or just get one for yourself to use later! Membership Gift Certificates provide the most flexibility for your gift recipient since the Membership begins when the certificate is redeemed. Certificates are valid only for Membership, have no expiration date, and can be redeemed online, in person, or by mail.

Email [email protected] for the Promo Code

⚠Offer expires Nov. 30, 2025.

It looked like any other day at the WNC Nature Center… until—wait, what’s that? A tiny surprise tucked at the base of ou...
11/16/2025

It looked like any other day at the WNC Nature Center… until—wait, what’s that? A tiny surprise tucked at the base of our front sign. Someone left us a hand-painted “gratitude” rock, and it made our whole morning brighter.

To whoever placed it there: thank you. We’re grateful for you, too!

Where are Uno & Ursa? It’s den season! Our black bears can now move into their winter bedrooms whenever they choose, whi...
11/15/2025

Where are Uno & Ursa? It’s den season! Our black bears can now move into their winter bedrooms whenever they choose, which means you may see them… or you may find they’ve already started their snooze cruise.

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75 Gashes Creek Road
Asheville, NC
28805

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