TLC Events and Outings - 2010

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Events

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March 20, 9 a.m.

Birding with the Beardens at Neuse River Forest

Greet spring with a birding excursion along the Neuse River in Johnston County. Grab your binoculars and join birders Karen and Joe Bearden as they explore land placed under a TLC conservation easement last year by Nancy and Monty White. This easement protects a portion of the Neuse-Clayton Forest significant natural heritage area and provides clean water and habitats for native plants and animals. We'll look for returning spring migrants and possibly a few lingering winter species.

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March 28, 2 p.m.

NC Native Plant Society: Signs of Spring

Join Carol Ann McCormick, Asst. Curator of the University of North Carolina Herbarium, for a walk at TLC’s Horton Grove Preserve in northern Durham County. Slated to become the newest TLC preserve, this outing, organized and hosted by the NC Native Plant Society, is a great opportunity to see the land before it is made accessible to the general public. Find out more.

April 18, 2-4 p.m.

Irvin Learning Farm Open House

Come learn about Irvin Learning Farm and its spring and summer programs as well as meet some of the Irvin Learning Farm staff. Explore the Irvin Farm Preserve, have fun with an environmental scavenger hunt, engage in art and science activities in the learning garden and at the pond, and hop on board for a hay ride scheduled for 3:00! Visit www.learn-outside.com for more information about Irvin Learning Farm. 

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April 24, 9 a.m.

Are you ready to tiptoe through the tulips? Or perhaps hike though the wildflowers at Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve in Wake County? Join TLC and Tom Wentworth for a tour of this fragment of historical Piedmont forest known for its spring flower display.

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April 24, 1-5 p.m.

Conservation Gardens Tour

TLC’s field trip to local gardens, hosted jointly by TLC and the Reid Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society, celebrates how private gardens and residential properties contribute to the health and beauty of the Triangle’s environment. The gardens on the tour illustrate ways to steward home gardens that enrich our lives with birdsong, flowers, shade, and homegrown food, while enhancing the environmental health of the community. In addition to showcasing the beauty of native woodland wildflowers, these “conservation gardens” provide wildlife habitat and demonstrate environmentally friendly practices such as water conservation, rainwater harvesting, composting, mulching, and alternatives to lawns. This year’s tour will include the Reid Garden, Joslin Garden, Yarger Garden and the Prairie Ridge Nature Neighborhood Garden.

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May 1, 10 a.m.

Flower Hill Rhodo Ramble

Join us for our traditional early May visit to Flower Hill to see the magnificent Catawba rhododendron and other wildflowers. Truly a Johnston County jewel, thousands of visitors have flocked to Flower Hill since the mid-1930s to behold the bountiful blooms. B.W. Wells, the prominent early 20th century naturalist, called Flower Hill a “freak of nature” for its natural stands of Catawba rhododendron, a mountain species out of its element amid the flat farmland of the Coastal Plain.

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May 15, 9:30 a.m.

Poetry, Prose and Paddle

From Joyful Noise:

“We’re mayflies

            just emerging

                        rising from the river,

born this day in May

            birthday

                        and dying day

this particle of time

            this single sip of living

                        all that we’re allowed.”

Join TLC and John Connors, naturalist at the NC Musuem of Natural Sciences, for a leisurely breakfast paddle while we trade prose and poetry. Bring breakfast and poetry to share.

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Trail Workdays

Go to the TrailCrew page for more information about TLC workdays.

Reid Garden Activities

Reid Garden Workdays take place the second Saturday of each month. Help keep this beautiful native wildflower garden in Raleigh in good shape through the seasons while learning new gardening techniques. Contact Amy Mackintosh (781-6067 or trkagan@aol.com) or Julia Mackintosh (571-3542) for more information.

Volunteers reap more than they sow at Reid Garden

Friends of the Reid Garden meet the first Sunday of each month, except in January, July, and August, for field trips and talks related to native plants and conservation gardening. To find out more about the Friends of the Reid Garden, please contact Amy Mackintosh at 781-6067 or trkagan@aol.com.