Good Things to Know

Accommodations:

We have reserved blocks of rooms at several Asheville hotels for the weekend of the 29th and 30th. To receive a group rate and ensure that a space is reserved for you, please contact these hotels by April 29 and request a room in the White-Wooldridge wedding block:

Doubletree Biltmore Hotel
115 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
828-274-1800
www.doubletree.com

Country Inn & Suites
199 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805
828-254-4311
www.countryinns.com/ashevillenc_tunnel

Days Inn
201 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805
828-252-4000
(Blocked reservations may not be made online)

These hotels are located on the east side of Asheville and have the most direct access to the farm. Downtown Asheville has some beautiful bed and breakfasts and great hotels, however, and if you prefer to stay in one we recemmend visiting these websites:
http://www.ashevillebba.com/

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/asheville-north-carolina.html

A few other downtown hotels...
The Renaissance
31 Woodfin Street
Asheville, NC 28801
800-359-7951
www.marriott.com

Haywood Park Hotel
1 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
www.haywoodpark.com

Cabins, lofts, and mountain houses are all available in and around Asheville as well. Just google the type of place you're looking for and you're sure to find a large assortment for your family or group of friends.
Whatever you do, we recommend that you take advantage a few of the wonderful things Asheville has to offer while you're in town. We're so very proud to call it our home and will be posting a few of our favorite things shortly...til then, take care and we'll see you soon!

The Farm

Our wedding will take place on a fifth-generation family farm in Fairview, North Carolina, located approximately 12 miles outside of Asheville. The Ager family owns 90 acres of farmland that has produced apples, dairy cows, corn, tobacco, hens, raspberries, and more. We know the Agers through a few connections; several friends have interned and lived on their produce farm, Flying Cloud, and Emily has spent a few afternoons in the dirt picking vegetables and riding horses. Flying Cloud Farm is 11 acres of organically grown vegetables, fruit, and flowers, most of which are sold to local markets and through CSA (Community Supported Agriculture- a wonderful way to support local farmers and have fresh local produce delivered to your house...well worth checking out!). Hickory Nut Gap Farm, just down the road and also maintained by the Agers, raises most of the local free-range meat that you'll find in many of Asheville's amazing restaurants.

Our ceremony will be on the front lawn of what's known informally as "the big house" and officially as Sherrill's Inn. This beautiful house was built in 1834 and was used as a stopover for stagecoach travelers and hog drivers who were taking their livestock to markets. Today it is no longer an inn but is home to the family of John and Annie Ager, who have so graciously allowed us to celebrate our wedding there. The Agers have 24 horses, 600 laying hens, and 10 acres of apples, and host summer camps and riding lessons as well.
The farm is a beautiful maze of boxwoods, apple trees, and winding stone walkways. We encourage you to wander, to explore, to get a little lost, and to make yourselves at home.
Sherrill's Inn is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For the whole story and some beautiful pictures of all the properties, click on the links below:

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/asheville/she.htm
http://www.hickorynutgapfarm.com/Farm_Family.html
http://www.flyingcloudfarm.net/