Editing Eden, North Carolina (section)

==Culture==

===Festivals and events===
Each year in September Eden host its annual Fall Riverfest, which celebrates the city's art, history, and river heritage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edennc.us/360/pottery-festival|title=Pottery Festival|access-date=November 25, 2016|via=Www.edennc.us}}</ref> It is located in the "old" Leaksville shopping district on Washington Street, the oldest downtown street since 1917.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edennc.us/362/Riverfest|title=Riverfest|access-date=November 26, 2016|via=Www.edennc.us}}</ref> Others include: Charlie Poole Music festival, which features music legends such as, Mike Seeger and the Osbourne brothers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edennc.us/354/Charlie-Poole-Music-Festival|title=Chalie Poole Music Festival|access-date=November 26, 2016|via=Www.edennc.us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126130455/http://www.edennc.us/354/Charlie-Poole-Music-Festival|archive-date=November 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Eden chamber of commerce created the Eden Business Expo, as a venue for local businesses to present career opportunities, products, and services.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edennc.us/355/Eden-Business-Expo|title=Eden Business Expo|access-date=November 25, 2016|via=Www.edennc.us}}</ref>

===Eden Museum=== 
On September 19, 2009, the museum was officially opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsadvance.com/archives/eden-museum-gears-up-for-grand-opening/article_dfe17f24-d4af-59c4-a825-74ead72d3d57.html|title=Eden Museum gears up for grand opening|last=Payne|first=Latala|date=September 13, 2009|website=newsadvance.com|access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref> In 2010, the exhibits were completed. The museum is an initiative of the Eden Preservation Society. The museum reflects on the city's history from the consolidation of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper, Triassic period, Saura Indians, William Byrd, Civil War, World Wars, the Korean War and much more.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greensboro.com/news/telling-the-story-of-eden/article_b25fb64a-dde1-50b9-b761-4be36275147d.html|title=Telling the Story of Eden|last=Fernandez|first=Jennifer|date=August 19, 2009|website=[[Greensboro News & Record]]|access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref>

===Smith River Greenway=== 
The Smith River Greenway is a walking trail consisted with the [[Smith River (Virginia)|Smith River]] that is 1.5 miles long extending along the Eden Family [[YMCA]] located on Kennedy street and Island ford landing filled with plenty of interesting plants and wildlife found in the trail. From a circumference view the Greenway can cross the smith river on meadow road. Local parking, picnic shelters, and restroom facilities are offered at the trailhead for visiting tourist. The city's next plan for the Greenway is to extend the trail towards the Spray dam.

===On ''BoJack Horseman''===
Eden was featured in "[[BoJack Horseman season 5#ep54|The Amelia Earhart Story]]", the season 5 episode of the [[Netflix]] animated series ''[[BoJack Horseman]].'' One of the show's characters, [[Princess Carolyn]], is from Eden and returns to her hometown in seeking an adoption from a local girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/cinesuffragette/princess-carolyn-a-deconstructed-mary-sue-ef061af852fc|title=Princess Carolyn, a Deconstructed Mary Sue|last=Marshall-Harris|first=Sharonda|date=April 30, 2020|website=medium.com|access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref>