Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
UPDATED 2/6: This hike is now full, RSVPs closed. This is a second opportunity to joins us for Section 4 of the Walking With Bartram hiking series. In an effort to make these hikes more enjoyable and accessible to everyone that is interested, we're offering a second date to join us. We'll try to limit […]
Photos from the Bartram Trail are on display in the library this winter; tonight we'll celebrate and learn more about their work. Listening to the Land: is a nine-month community celebration of the Bartram Trail, launching with the project-shaping photography exhibition With Rapture & Astonishment that highlights how eleven photographers inspired by William Bartram reimagined […]
This Saturday, February 11, we will be working the Buckeye Creek approach trail to the Bartram Trail. If we have a big enough group, we will have one group work from Hickory Knoll trailhead. We will meet at 9am at the Buckeye Creek trailhead and plan on wrapping up around 3. Buckeye Creek Trailhead Location […]
Location and more details to follow. We will likely focus this workday on a North Carolina section of the Bartram Trail. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. If you’re new to trail maintenance or just want to learn more, you can find […]
UPDATED 2/10: RSVP for this event is now closed. Thank you all for your enthusiastic interest in this hike! We'll do more of these in the future. We've been wanting to mix things up a bit and this one still resonates with our inner-Bartram, as this is a special place in Western North Carolina, representing […]
UPDATE 2/15/2023: RSVP for this hiking event has been closed. We are working to schedule a second hike for this section. Join us for this Walking With Bartram section hike from Jones Gap to Hale Ridge Road. This is section 5, in North Carolina, of the Bartram Trail and does have quite a bit of […]
This is a program for those looking to get involved but with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. We’re looking for folks to visit a set of selected trail heads to re-stock Bartram Trail information cards, complete a trail head […]
Please join Erin Hadjidakis for a hike and discussion at Warwoman Dell to celebrate International Women's Day. Erin is a board member with the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy and works as a Park Ranger at Tallulah Gorge State Park. We will talk about the history of International Women's Day, the women of Warwoman Dell, […]
We will be working between Osage Overlook and Hale Ridge Road this Saturday. The plan is to meet at Osage Overlook at 9am to organize the group and get started. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We’ll meet at 9AM and wrap […]
RSVP for this event is now closed (3/13). We're excited to be able to visit with Dr. Dan Pittillo at his Family's Nature Preserve and Nodding Trillium Garden to see some early spring flowers. Dr. Pittillo will lead us on a short walk along the Nodding Trillium Garden Loop trail, which is relatively short in […]
We're excited to offer another installment of the Bartram Writers Series! Please join us for this book release discussion and Q&A with John Lane, hosted by Brent Martin. This event will be held at the historic Rickman Store in Cowee Valley on March 15th, from 6-8pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Copies of this book […]
Many of us yearn to create photographs full of feeling and emotion. Contemplative photography offers us a path. By learning to listen to the land and centering our practice in humility and wonder, we deepen our connection with the natural world and our photographs come alive with meaning and beauty. This one-hour awe walk* will […]
