Living history demonstrators and crafters will bring the historic Pink Beds community along the Cradle’s Biltmore Campus Trail to life by recreating an early 1900s community busy at work and play. Visitors will experience open-hearth cooking, observe blacksmithing and enjoy traditional music and dancing. Haywood County residents David and Diane Burnette will demonstrate how their Percheron draft horses work the land the old way and, weather permitting, they will plow the Cradle’s heritage garden and teach a skill that was once familiar to many. 

A full schedule of events is planned at the Cradle this year and is available at www.cradleofforestry.com. It is open daily through Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $6, $3 for youth 4 to 12 and free for children under 4 and holders of America the Beautiful and Golden Age passes. 

The Cradle is located along U.S. 276 near Brevard. 828.877.3130 or www.cradleofforestry.com.