FENCE needs your help clearing invasive plants on the FENCE property. Join them for a fulfilling day of good work and companionship! Wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and gloves, and bring a pair of hand clippers if you have them. Workdays are scheduled on the second Thursday of each month from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00
Join us to learn about Privet, a non-native invasive species, its history in the south, and the need for control in alluvial forests. Then we will work together to remove these woody shrubs from the Community Green property along a trail that parallels the Green River in Polk County. We will be using hand saws,
Join us to learn about conservation research aimed to create safe wildlife passages along some of the major roads and highways in western NC.
Begin the New Year by coming back to center. Equilibrium. Homeostasis. Return to YOU. Soothe your nervous system after the busy holiday season. Find calmness and clarity in the peaceful forest. Affirm your intentions for 2024. Your certified guide, Kelly Bruce, will lead you on a journey through the forest, weaving mindfulness, breathwork, forest bathing
“People fish because they are searching for something. Often it is not for a fish.” Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing – Fennel’s Journal – No. 5 Join us as we approach fly fishing as a contemplative practice and a way to experience renewal beyond just “getting on the water.” Western North Carolina has some of the
Join the Rock Crushers in trail building and maintenance in the Hickory Nut Gorge!
Mattie is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. She is also a Zen practitioner, an Episcopal oblate, and a retired education professor, and she is certified in wilderness first aid. This event is one of our monthly forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a practice from Japan that has been gaining attention in the
Join the Rock Crushers in trail building and maintenance in the Hickory Nut Gorge!
We will be promoting the growth of craft-grade rivercane to be harvested by Cherokee artisans by removing non-native invasive plant species such as Chinese privet, Japanese honeysuckle, and multiflora rose, as well as clearing blackberry along the leading edge of the canebrakes. We will remove these plants through hand pulling or cutting them at their
Join us to learn about innovative strategies for balancing avian biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.
Creativity lives within all of us. Nature has a special way of nurturing the creative spirit, helping it blossom and grow. Learn to better connect with nature and yourself by spending the afternoon with your guide, John Thomas Whitfield, BFA Studio Fine Arts, Appalachian State, at the pristine Transfiguration Preserve in Hickory Nut Gorge. We