Description: This is sponsored by TNPS and TCWP. We will start at Peavine Rd. and hike along Daddy’s Creek staying mostly up on the bluffs. At the halfway point the trail drops to the creek. We will eat lunch there. You will see many rock formations and a wide array of flowers along this section […]

Speaker Rita Venable is a writer, photographer, and speaker whose much-loved subject is nature, especially butterflies. She is author of Butterflies of Tennessee (2014, Maywood Publishing). Rita has published numerous articles and photographs in literary publications, newspapers, and magazines including American Butterflies, American Gardener, Backpacker, Discover the Outdoors, and National Wildlife Online.  She has won […]

Conservation Days at Wilderness Station in Barfield Crescent Park in Murfreesboro is a free event. Come learn about Central Basin ecology, take part in naturalist-led hikes and hands-on activities, hear first-hand from natural resource professionals about the work that they do, explore local environmental issues, shop for native plants for your garden, and discover citizen […]

Wild Ones Middle Tennessee Chapter and Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary will hold their joint native plant sale in person on May 20 from 10 - 12:30 CDT at Owl's Hill. Online ordering for pickup on Friday, May 19, will be available during the week of May 8. Go to: https://middletennessee.wildones.org/events/?wo_event_id=4985

Friends of Cedars of Lebanon State Park and Wilson County Master Gardeners will host a native plant sale in Assembly Hall at the Cedars of Lebanon State Park from 10-3 CDT. Entrance is free. Also check out the native plant gardens behind the Nature Center and walk some of the trails in the park to […]

Description: It has been about 15 years since TNPS visited the rich hillsides along the Caney Fork River below Center Hill Dam in DeKalb County, TN. Since then the Corp of Engineers has completed 3 major construction projects to stabilize the dam and eliminate safety hazards from water leakage and erosion. I hope the 12 […]

Description: This is sponsored by TNPS and TCWP. We will emphasize tree and shrub identification along the paved greenway. Meeting Place: At the end of Old Edgemoor Rd. in Haw Ridge Park in Oak Ridge at 9:00 AM EDT (36.01034, -84.16753). Near the former Life Development Center (299 Old Edgemoor Rd. Oak Ridge).Difficulty: This should […]