It's time to come home to the High Rocks! (for the 1st or 100th time...)
Join us on Sunday, August 3rd for a lovely afternoon and evening of good music, good food, and good company in the High Rocks campground. Catch up with girls from your year, hang out with staff from way back, and get to know some of the new faces in the High Rocks family.
There will be tours of the campground (so you can see the new shower house, the hiking trail to the cave, and the renovated picnic shelter), local art for sale, a silent auction, chicken dinner, nettle cook off and other great ways to pass the afternoon. So be sure to bring a blanket and your whole brood- it's going to be a blast!
Nettle Cook-off
There’s more to a nettle plant than its sting. Did you know that cooked stinging nettles are not only tasty, but rich in iron, calcium and folic acid? Have you heard that nettles can cure anemia, eczema, baldness, malcontent, boredom, and hunger? Well, it’s probably mostly true!
To celebrate the hidden wonders of the stinging nettle, we invite you to pull on some gloves, snip a bagful of the youngest leaves, cook up an original delicacy and bring it to Nettle Fest. Brave and hungry judges will award fame and prizes to the chef with the best nettle recipe! Read the Nettle Cook-off guidelines below for more details.
Get your tickets NOW and save $$$!
Adult tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. 18 and under tickets are $5 in advance, and $8 at the door.
Please call or email us for advance tickets, or pick them up locally at the following locations:
- Edith's Health Food, Lewisburg
- Taylor's Service Station, Mill Point
- Dirt Bean Hale, Marlinton
- Wolf Creek Gallery, Lewisburg
- The Wild Bean, Lewisburg
- McCoy's Service Station, Hillsboro
Check out the artists that will be playing Nettle Fest:
- Adrienne Young- http://www.myspace.com/adrienneyoung
- Judith Avers- http://www.myspace.com/judithaversmusic
- Sweety- http://www.myspace.com/sweetyband
Nettle Cook-off guidelines
- See poem below or wear gloves for safe handling.
- Gather nettles in an inconspicuous, sustainable manner. (No more than 10% of the plants in an area)
- Cook up something at home with nettle as a significant ingredient.
- Bring it in a covered dish with your name taped to the bottom to Nettle Fest by 2pm.
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man [or woman] of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains." -Aaron Hill, early 18th century, Scotland
Click here for directions to the High Rocks Lodge and Campground.
2- HC 64 Box 438
Hillsboro, WV 24946
telephone (304) 653-4891 fax (304) 653-4335
email info@highrocks.org