Spring Wildflower Hike
March 29, 2008
11:00 am
Come and join the Sequatchie Valley Institute staff and friends… and the ragwort, dwarf buckeye, phlox, bloodroot, trout lily, trilliums, wild geranium, dogwoods, redbuds, etc! in the beautiful Sequatchie Valley for our spring wildflower hike, on Saturday, March 29.
The hike will be accompanied by two expert naturalists, john johnson of UT and Christine Bock, horticulturist at TN Aquarium.
We will begin hiking at 11 am Central time, 12 noon Chattanooga time. Early birds (10:00) may enjoy a biodiesel tractor-pulled hayride up the hill to the start of the hike. There will be a choice of a long, strenuous hike deep into the Gulf, or a shorter, more relaxed walk.
Plan to take lots of picture! You are welcome to come early to visit our gardens, hand-crafted homes, and crafts gallery, which will be open for purchases of fine nature-based crafts produced by our staff, and specialty books. If you wish, you may bring a picnic lunch to eat at one of our beautiful picnic areas in the woods.
A donation of $5 will be used for our non-profit educational programs. For directions to SVI, which is located in the Cartwright community half-way between Dunlap and Whitwell, 45 minutes from Chattanooga, or for more information, contact us at 423-949-5922, or email Carol-kimmons [at] utc [dot] edu.
Download the event flyer (PDF format):
on February 21st, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Be sure to check out the pictures from the 2007 Hike:
http://svionline.org/what-we-do/
on April 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Photos contributed by attendees have been added to the slideshow at:
http://svionline.org/what-we-do/