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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
