Patricia Nash Designs, creator of luxury leather accessories, is offering a limited edition handbag created to support Zoo Knoxville’s new Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) Campus. “ARC by Patricia Nash” is limited to 500 individually numbered bags and features the rare and beautiful Boelen’s python.  

100% of proceeds from sales will help save animals from extinction by funding one of the largest and most important projects in the zoo’s history, the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Campus (ARCC).  The ARCC will be home to the zoo’s internationally-recognized work with critically endangered amphibians and reptiles. Zoo Knoxville’s herpetology team is globally known for their expertise with a number of species and are one of the founders of the Radiated Tortoise SAFE program, which is working in collaboration with conservationists in Madagascar to return rehabilitated tortoises to the wild.  
 
Based in Knoxville, Patricia Nash Designs is one of the top five handbag brands in department stores.  Like all Patricia Nash Designs, the “ARC by Patricia Nash” bag is made of vegetable tanned leather and high-quality hardware.  The limited edition of 500 numbered bags will be available beginning June 17, 2019, exclusively at the Patricia Nash Designs flagship store at 1132 N. 6th Ave. in Knoxville, online at patricianashdesigns.com or the Zoo Shop at Zoo Knoxville.  Bags may be preordered at https://patricianashdesigns.com/products/viana-tote-python-spot-print .