Join the Blue Ridge 4-H Rabbit Project and learn how to raise, care for, and show rabbits while building responsibility, confidence, and hands-on animal care skills! This five-month project is designed for beginners, no prior experience required! In this project, youth will receive their own rabbit and attend workshops learning how to care for, raise, and show their animal. The program concludes with youth showing their rabbit at the program show and the NC Mountain State Fair. Youth get to keep their rabbit at the end of the project.
Who: youth ages 5-18 in Buncombe and Henderson counties!
Cost: $60
When: May - September 2026
Mandatory program dates:
Tuesday, May 12th: Registration Deadline
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:00-7:00 pm: Introduction Workshop @ Buncombe Extension Office
Tuesday, May 26th, 2:00-5:00 pm: Rabbit Pick-up at N.C. Cooperative Extension, Buncombe & Henderson County Centers (you will travel to your county location).
Week of June 1st: Individual Site Visits
Saturday, July 11th, 2:00-4:00 pm: Showmanship Clinic at N.C. Cooperative Extension, Henderson Extension Center
Saturday, August 22nd, 2:00-4:00 pm: Project Show at WNC Ag Center
Saturday, September 12th: Mountain State Fair at WNC Ag Center
All workshops and events (except program shows) will take place at either Buncombe County Center (49 Mount Carmel Rd, Asheville, NC) or Henderson County Center (100 Jackson Park Rd, Hendersonville, NC).
Questions?
Hannah Peeler, Henderson County 4-H Agent at hannah_peeler@ncsu.edu or (828) 553-4564
Or
Jordan English, Buncombe County 4-H Agent at Jordan_english@ncsu.edu or (828) 255-5522
Click here to register for the project!
