Get your forks ready, because we're introducing the newest way to enjoy The River Room, explore exciting cuisines, AND support your local lakes, rivers, and streams! Join us for our South Fork Supper Club, a monthly dining experience in the heart of McAdenville, NC. Enjoy our beautiful event space while diving into a specially curated dinner prepared with care by local chefs. Ticket price includes your meal, a cocktail of your choice and live music by local musicians.  Space is limited, so reserve your ticket today!

Join us on Saturday, May 17 for a free event at the Anchor's Landing Clubhouse in Granite Falls, NC to learn more about the important efforts underway to protect and preserve Lake Hickory.

Enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres, connect with community members, and enter our raffle for a chance to win exciting prizes.

Proceeds from the evening will support Catawba Riverkeeper's efforts to ensure Lake Hickory remains a clean and healthy resource for all to enjoy, both now and for generations to come. Click the blue button below to learn more and register to join us today!

Lily Fest is back to celebrate the peak bloom of the rare rocky shoals spider lilies!

Landsford Canal State Park and the Katawba Valley Land Trust invite you to experience these breathtakingly beautiful flowers that only bloom for a very short, but predictable, window of time. Take a short walk (3/4 mile one way) down our historic Canal Trail to the viewing platform where you will behold a true wonder of nature. Growing between the rocks of the riverbed in front of you is the largest population of spider lilies in the world, so dense that they cover the Catawba River in a blanket of white flowers!

Join us on Wednesday, May 7th to exploring the historic landmark designation process with Tommy Warlick, Historic Preservation Specialist with the Mecklenburg County Historic Landmarks Commission. Engage in meaningful conversation and get your questions about historic designation answered by the experts.

Celebrate the Catawba River with live music, local craft beer, food trucks, kids' activities, artisan vendors, a Floating Concert, and more at RiverFest!

Enjoy a day on the banks of the South Fork of the Catawba River! Head to downtown McAdenville (outside The River Room) on Saturday, May 3, for a jam-packed day filled with a great line-up of live music, a plein air art competition, local artisans, vendors, craft beer, and food trucks.

Join the Charlotte Couincil of Gardening Clubs for their semi-annual home and garden fund-raiser. Peruse all kinds of native plants and perennials divided from Club member's gardens, as well as a large assortment of home goods such as kitchen gadgets, utensils, Mason jars, linens, serving dishes, glassware, vintage, books, games, costume jewelry, and a plethora of one-of-a-kind finds.

The annual Twilight Among the Azaleas Art Social and Auction benefitting the fine arts program at Pioneer Springs Community School will take place at the Charlotte Council of Garden Clubs’ Betty Little House, and they’d love for you to join the fun!

Mark your calendars for HEARTS Irish Connections ‘25: Jane’s Famous Ride. Featuring the incredible story of Jane Parks McDowell, her Irish connections, music, dance, and more!

Scouts and volunteers of all ages are welcome to our Community Service Day at the Hugh Torance House and Store.  We'll be focusing on invasive species removal, clearing around historic areas, and removing undergrowth and debris. Volunteers should bring work gloves and label personal tools. Tools needed are pruners, hand saws, hand spades, rakes, and wheelbarrows. 10:00 AM - Noon. Tickets are required for participation. Lunch is provided at noon for registered volunteers. 

Davidson Lands Conservancy will host their February Wilderness Calling event, which is all about LOVE!

The first part of the event is a hike and highlighting all the things to love about Beaty Park and then an optional work day to help show Beaty Park our appreciation. The event will kick-off with a hike that is good for all levels. Guides will talk about the history of the park and the amazing way Beaty was saved from development and then lead us through the property, highlighting a native tree project, wildlife habitats, pollinator garden, native plant beds and the pond restoration that is underway. This hike is approximately 1.5 miles and on wide packed paths.

After we complete the hike, all who are able are invited to stay for a Beaty Park work day. If you love something, then you care for it and we really love Beaty! We will join the Friends of Beaty Park and work on trails, debris, invasive species removal, and education activities, among other things. If you’re only able to come for the hike, that’s fine. If you have already explored Beaty and only want to come for the work day, that’s great too.

Come decorate the house for the Holidays. Welcome the New Year with a touch of Scottish tradition of Hogmanay at First Footin' at Rural Hill. Walk part of the perimeter of the land and then celebrate the New Year with shared food and desserts.