December 7^th 10:00 – 2:00 “Writing in Nature”

Where:  Walnut Creek Preserve, 179 Wood Thrush Lane, Mill Spring, NC 28756

What:  “Writing in Nature” includes an experience of Shinrin Yoku, known as “Forest Bathing” with Mattie Decker, ANFT certified guide and mindfulness teacher.  We gather in a circle, with mindfulness meditation before embarking into the forest to “find our spot”, our tree, or place we are drawn to sit and write. Afterward there are refreshments shared, as we tell about our experiences, often reading what we’ve written. Participants are also encouraged to bring writing they are working on, or journals to continue projects they are midst. There are always surprises, and amazement in how the medicine of the forest provides us what is uniquely needed for each of us. For new writers, or those who are writers, this experience offers a dimension of awakening to the deep relationship we each have in Nature.

Directions: How to Get to Walnut Creek Preserve

Please note that the preserve is open to the public only by invitation for educational events. There is not public access outside of these events.  

Go to the Anne Elizabeth Surratt Nature Center on the preserve.

All are welcome here.

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You will be redirected to Transfiguration Spirituality Center to register.

Address:179 Wood Thrush Lane, Mill Spring, NC 28756

Directions from the Tryon and Columbus Area

To get to Walnut Creek Preserve’s Nature Center from the Tryon and Columbus area, take Hwy 108 E and turn left on Hwy 9 toward Lake Lure. Follow Hwy 9 N for 5 miles and turn right onto McGuinn Road (at the Exxon Station). Go 1 mile to the intersection with Big Level Road; turn left, go 0.2 miles and take the first right onto Aden Green Road. Follow Aden Green for 0.4 mile and turn left on Wood Thrush Lane and into Walnut Creek Preserve. Take the first left onto Conservatory Lane, which takes you to the parking area for the nature center on the right.

Directions from Hendersonville

Go east on I-26 for 18 miles. Take exit 67 from I-26 (exit for Rutherfordton, Columbus, Tryon, etc.), and then take the left fork of the exit (Highway 74) toward Forest City and Charlotte. Take the first exit off of Highway 74 (Exit 163) to Mill Spring. Turn left at the bottom of the ramp (you are on Highway 108). Go 3 miles to blinking light at Highway 9. Turn left (north) toward Lake Lure.

Go 5 miles on Highway 9 to McGuinn Road (McGuinn’s store/Exxon on the right corner). Turn right and go 1 mile to intersection with Big Level Road (dead end). Turn left. Go .3 miles to Aden Green Road on the right. Turn right and go .4 miles to Walnut Creek Preserve drive entrance on the left at Herbarium Lane. (There is a gate at the driveway, which will be open for events). Turn left onto the drive, through the black gate and then left onto Conservatory Lane. Come up the drive to the Nature Center parking lot on the right.