Trails & Trilliums 2024 - Sign Up & Show Up
Come out and support the Friends of the Parks. There is still time to register for our Trails & Trilliums Naturalist Rally, April 19-21. Come for the weekend or spend a full day in beautiful Beersheba Springs on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. One-day passes are available each day. Many presentations will take place in a large auditorium, so space is not an issue. A native plant sale and Family Adventure Days for children will be on Saturday and Sunday. Registration and information:
https://www.trailsandtrilliums.org
On Friday, register for:
Nature Journaling workshops
Plein Air Painting at Stone Door
Friday night Welcome Cookout with old time fiddlin’
On Saturday, sign up for:
Bran Potter’s AV talk on the geology of Stone Door and Greeter Falls
Trails & Trilliums’ Welcome Session “Conserving Great Spaces” with Greer Tidwell, who has oversight of all TN State Parks
Mary Priestley’s author talk on her new book, “The Essential Mack Prichard: Writings of a Conservation Hero” (with a book signing to follow)
Tennessee Wildflowers – by State Naturalist Emeritus Randy Hedgepath
“An Introduction to the Fireflies of Tennessee,” by Holly Taylor, Asst. State Naturalist
Programs on Bats, Making a Moss Lawn, Tennessee Bees, How to Treat Hemlocks, and more.
Saturday evening ends with the Wine & Wildflowers BBQ at The Big Red Barn, a night hike at Stone Door, a Star Party and a bonfire.
Sunday highlights with room for registrants include:
Guided hikes to Stone Door, Laurel Falls, Foster Falls, Fiery Gizzard, and the Savage Day Loop
A morning bird walk, a history walk around Beersheba Springs and a Mushroom foraging walk
An outdoor morning service at Vesper Point overlooking the Stone Door valley.
An author talk on Birding in the Southern Cumberland Region
An AV presentation on “Nature Photography–The Art of Seeing,” by Robin Connover, Photography Editor of Tennessee Magazine
Jon Evans talk on “Old Growth Forests on the Cumberland Plateau”
“Edible, Medicinal, and Poisonous Plants of Tennessee” with expert John Ford
Patrick Dean’s author talk on “Nature’s Messenger: Mark Catesby’s Adventures in a New World”