Closing Week - 24th Annual Cashiers Designer Showhouse

Charity & Volunteer Events
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Venue: Cashiers Historical Society

Let's Go Glamping!

 Join the Cashiers Historical Society for our largest annual fundraiser, held us on the CHS grounds in 2021.

Six glamping tents, designed by renowned designers, will represent the 2021 Showhouse!

CHS has created a narrative of design since 1998. However, the recent real estate boom on the plateau left us in a unique situation this year; no homes were available for a fall Showhouse event. This required a fresh look at what “home” is for 2021. Always ready to jump at the opportunity to think outside of the box, we decided to capitalize on one of the most popular installments in the 2020 Showhouse and go glamping! With a theme of “Home is where the heart is,” we’re using the 2021 Showhouse to highlight not just what makes Cashiers luxurious in a house but our natural resources as well.

In addition to an exciting collection of luxurious glamping tents, the two-week event will also include a curated selection of shopping vendors, workshops, panel discussions, single-day events, an artist residency by Brevard visual artist and musician Shannon Whitworth, tours of the protected buildings on the CHS campus, and so much more! We are also working with stewardship partners including the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy, Duke Energy, Highlands Audubon Society, Highlands Biological Foundation, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, The Ruffed Grouse Society, Trout Unlimited, and Witherspoon Platt + Associates. Cashiers is our home, and where our heart is, we want to provide a platform to talk about how to prepare it for future generations, both luxuriously and responsibly.

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Special Events August 31 - September 4

 

Artist Residency, Exhibition, and Tours

Run-of-Showhouse

Shannon Whitworth joins us as the 2021 Showhouse resident artist with work featured at Col. John’s Cabin. Also at Col. John’s Cabin, visit Roots of Wisdom, the exhibition from the Cashiers Historical Society’s 17th annual Jan Wyatt Symposium on the environmental, cultural, and material importance of the restoration of river cane. Visit our Naturalists’ Trail to learn more about the historical and modern themes of biodiversity and conservation on the plateau, our Vendor Village for a curated shopping experience, and our Fieldsmen’s Retreat to explore outdoor products! From 10 a.m.–12 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 2–4 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, join CHS staff for a detailed guided tour of the historical buildings on the CHS campus.

 Cocktails & Comments

Tuesday, August 31, 1 p.m.

CHS: Elvira’s Kitchen Garden

Ticketed Event: $35 - BUY NOW

CHS board member and volunteer Bette Hines and Teed Poe invite you for a tour of the CHS Heirloom Vegetable Garden, which honors native plants and uses only naturally pollinated seeds harvested over 50–100 years, just like the pioneers that settled Cashiers did. Guests will receive a specialty “Don’t Tell Elvira” cocktail infused with elements of the garden. Advance ticket purchase is required and is $35 per person. All attending guests will receive a complimentary ticket to the Showhouse.

Harmony Yoga

Wednesday, September 1, 3–4 p.m.

CHS: Dowden Pavilion

Ticketed Event: $50 - BUY NOW

Noelle Holland, wellness director of the Cullasaja Club, teaches how to feel at home in your own skin with this hour-long yoga session. Noelle is a highly sought-after fitness instructor, with past experience teaching at Old Edwards Inn, Highlands Falls Country Club, Chattooga Club, and others. Now at the Cullasaja Club, she also maintains a private clientele list across the plateau and often books well in advance. This is a must-attend event for all seeking health and wellness. Please plan to bring your own yoga matAdvance ticket purchase is required and is $50 per person. All attending guests will receive a complimentary ticket to the Showhouse.

Tending Nature’s Bar

Thursday, September 2, 3 p.m. until…

CHS: The Dependency

Ticketed Event: $35 - BUY NOW

The use of botanicals, flowers, and herbs have long been a part of the historical development of great cocktails, shrubs, and bitters. Carlton Chamblin, founder of Farm2Cocktail, takes you along the cocktail garden path to tend nature’s bar, examining the aromatics, taste, and usage of key plants in cocktail making. Farm2Cocktail is a cocktail mixer and freelance bartending company whose flagship product is a shrub, a fusion of fresh fruits, herbs, sugar, and vinegars combined to create unique and flavorful syrups for cocktails, mocktails, and even dressings. Advance ticket purchase is required and is $35 per person. All attending guests will receive a complimentary ticket to the Showhouse.

Panel: Benefitting Biodiversity

Friday, September 3, 11 a.m. until...

CHS: Dowden Pavilion

The southern Appalachian Mountains are one of the most biologically diverse regions in the temperate world. Nearly 10,000 species are already known to exist here, with more discovered each year—some of which are new to science! Additionally, the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau sits at the headwaters of six different watersheds; what we do on the plateau is felt throughout the Southeast. Moderated by Katherine Ford Richardson, CDS co-chair and managing editor of Plateau Magazine with audio by Dutch & Dutch, hear from local leaders about best practices in protecting habitat and benefitting biodiversity. Brent Martin of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy and Highlands Plateau Audubon Society,Paige Engelbrektsson of Highlands Biological Foundation, and Dr. Gary Wein of Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust will form this educational panel discussion.

Roots of Wisdom: Basket Weaving Demonstration

Saturday, September 4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

CHS: Hampton School

Mary Thompson is an award-winning second-generation basket weaver, potter, and member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. In June, Mary participated in the CHS 17th annual Jan Wyatt Symposium on the environmental, cultural, and material importance of the restoration of river cane. Thompson’s award-winning work is in university, museum, and private collections, including those of Senator. Kay Hagan and country music star Merle Haggard. She created river cane double woven baskets with lids by commission which are on display at the University of South Alabama, Mobile. Her work is published in the National Basketry Organization’s Tradition & Innovation in Basketry Today, the invitational exhibition All Things Considered and in WNC Mountain Living Magazine. Mary demonstrates and teaches basketry in craft centers including Arrowmont, Sequoyah Museum in Vonore, Tennessee, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, North Carolina, and the Georgia Art Museum in Athens, Georgia. Work will be available to purchase.

 

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Ticket Price(s)
$35 online, $40 at the door
Address
1940 HWY 107 South Cashiers

 

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  • From Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:00 AM to Saturday, September 04, 2021 04:00 PM
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