Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
Join us for the third discussion in the Bartram Environmental Writer's Series, Ecopoetry from the Great Smokies - A Discussion with Loss Glazier on his book "Transparent Mountain". This Friday, September 2nd at 2pm, local author and poet Loss Glazier and Brent Martin of Alarka Expeditions and Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy will hold a […]
Historian Lamar Marshall's talk will focus on the earliest history of the Old Campground and its evolution as a public meeting place for early church meetings and its eventual location as a prison camp. It is very likely, though not proven yet, that Cherokees transported from Fort Lindsay to Camp Dudley in or very near […]
UPDATE as of 10/25 - Due to overwhelming interest in this hike, the event is now full and RSVP is closed. Join us for a new round of our Walking with Bartram series hike. We're starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We'll work our […]
Join us for the second section of our Walking With Bartram hike series. On Monday, November 28th, we'll start at the Sandy Ford trailhead and wind our way to Warwoman Dell. This section is just over 9 miles with some moderate ups and downs. This is your golden opportunity to burn off the rest of […]
***RSVP for this hike is closed as of 12/20. We've had great interest in these hikes, which is wonderful! But, logistics and planning for this can only support so many folks. We are working on how we can expand these hiking opportunities. One more time to get out of the house and add a great […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Join us for William Bartram's birthday celebration and franklinia planting at plant whisperer Jack Johnston's nursery in Otto, NC for this very special event. Jack is a propagator extraordinaire of Franklinia, Mountain Camellias, and much, much more. Not only we will learn about the natural history of these species, but plant some in Bartram's honor! […]
