Walks and Events

We will be visiting a special Public Garden, the Corneille Bryan Native Plant Garden in Haywood County, NC. This hidden gem of a garden is located in a neighborhood within Lake Junaluska.

Here is a link to a beautiful writeup about the garden:
https://www.ourstate.com/corneille-bryan-native-garden/

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

We will be visiting a special Public Garden, the Corneille Bryan Native Plant Garden in Haywood County, NC. This hidden gem of a garden is located in a neighborhood within Lake Junaluska.

Here is a link to a beautiful writeup about the garden:
https://www.ourstate.com/corneille-bryan-native-garden/

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

https://www.ncmuseums.org/conference

We will be visiting the Nodding Trillium Garden at Dr Dan Pitillo's house at 601 Cane Creek Rd Sylva, NC. This amazing Public Garden is filled with an impressive diversity of naturally occurring and planted Native Wildflowers. Dr Pitillo has lived on this land and has been planting and tending this garden for over 40 years.

Here is a link to an article about the Garden:
https://smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/26809-flowers-with-stories-nodding-trillium-garden-opens-in-cullowhee#:~:text=The%20Nodding%20Trillium%20Garden%20is,sunrise%20to%20sunset%20year%2Dround.

Here is a link to Google Map Directions to Dr Pitillo's House
https://goo.gl/maps/fK5LRjPaJ6hnpLqMA

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

https://scnps.org/event/april-upstate-chapter-meeting-adam-bigelow

https://mastergardenergroupofgastoncounty.weebly.com/#:~:text=Members%20of%20the%20public%20can,contact%20you%20will%20a%20response.

We will be meeting at the Standing Rock Overlook to go walk the beautiful Rich Cove Woods along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. We will park at the overlook, and then take a short and briefly steep trail, where we will be surrounded by beautiful Spring wildflowers on all sides. The trail takes us past Old Growth Trees, and along a creek.

Here is a link to google map directions:
https://goo.gl/maps/mG36XZbwC2NxtQsS7

And, while there are not any write-ups about the trail, I guarantee that this is not a spring walk to be missed.

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

We will be meeting at the Standing Rock Overlook to go walk the beautiful Rich Cove Woods along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. We will park at the overlook, and then take a short and briefly steep trail, where we will be surrounded by beautiful Spring wildflowers on all sides. The trail takes us past Old Growth Trees, and along a creek.

Here is a link to google map directions:
https://goo.gl/maps/mG36XZbwC2NxtQsS7

And, while there are not any write-ups about the trail, I guarantee that this is not a spring walk to be missed.

All of the Friday Wildflower Walks are offered on a sliding scale of $15-$50 per person, and are capped at 15 people per session. This allows for more people to be able to attend the walks. I ask that attendees pay based on their ability, and on how they value the experience. Please confirm your attendance at each week's walk by sendinig an email to bigelownc@gmail.com or by cliking the link on my website. Payment can be cash, check, or online through Venmo

Weekly Wildflower Walks will be meeting on Fridays throughout the season, with a morning session from 9am to 12pm, and an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm. We will meet at a different location each week, following and chasing the best blooms and locations. Remember that on  our walks The Wildflowers Are the Destination!

https://www.uufranklin.org/wpz/

We will be visiting one of the most special places in all of Southern Appalachia, Panthertown Valley. Called the "Yosemite of the East" Panthertown is an incredible hiking, camping, fishing destination located near Cashiers, NC. It is also filled with beautiful waterfalls, scenic views, and of course wonderful wildflowers.

We will be meeting at the Salt Rock Trailhead and Parking area, and will walk from there to the Salt Rock Overlook. If you have hiked here in the past, then you know that this is about a 20 minute walk, at hiking speed. In typical Wildflower walk fashion, we will spend our time walking slowly and meeting all kinds of beautiful Plants and Flowers along the way.

Here is a link to google map directions to the parking area.
https://goo.gl/maps/1NzT1fQpc1GtpRnL9

Here is a link to information about Panthertown Valley, including how you can help preserve it through monetary donations, and volunteering.
https://panthertown.org/

We will be visiting one of the most special places in all of Southern Appalachia, Panthertown Valley. Called the "Yosemite of the East" Panthertown is an incredible hiking, camping, fishing destination located near Cashiers, NC. It is also filled with beautiful waterfalls, scenic views, and of course wonderful wildflowers.

We will be meeting at the Salt Rock Trailhead and Parking area, and will walk from there to the Salt Rock Overlook. If you have hiked here in the past, then you know that this is about a 20 minute walk, at hiking speed. In typical Wildflower walk fashion, we will spend our time walking slowly and meeting all kinds of beautiful Plants and Flowers along the way.

Here is a link to google map directions to the parking area.
https://goo.gl/maps/1NzT1fQpc1GtpRnL9

Here is a link to information about Panthertown Valley, including how you can help preserve it through monetary donations, and volunteering.
https://panthertown.org/