Spring Wildflower Walk at Haw Ridge Park with Kris Light
Saturday, April 26th, 10am
This will be a joint outing for TCWP with the UT Arboretum Society, exploring beautiful areas at Haw Ridge. This walk will offer a chance to see numerous wildflowers, possibly including Dwarf Larkspur, Dwarf Crested Iris, Blue Star, Trilliums, Perfoliate and Large-flowered Bellwort, Hoary Puccoon, Squawroot, Wild Geranium, and many more.
We will meet at 10:00 am in the parking area on Edgemoor Rd. (near the Haw Ridge kiosk) and we will hike a total of about 2 miles on the peninsula on the west side of the park. The moderate trail is rocky in a few sections and could be muddy if there were recent rains. The trail goes through a hardwood forest, a cedar barren, and open areas under the powerlines. Participants may want to bring a wildflower book and water. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
The hike will be led by the well-known environmental education instructor Kris Light, who is also the author of the website easttennesseewildflowers.com, where you can download a printable brochure that contains 80 wildflowers from the Haw Ridge Greenway. An email to Hans Christen (hans_christen@yahoo.com) saying you are likely to come would be appreciated. This helps with planning and allows participants to be contacted with any change of plans.
Cicada-a-Raida Encore Performance with Stephen Lyn Bales
Register for Zoom Link and Recording
Thursday, May 1st, 7pm EDT on ZOOM
Periodical cicadas are rare. Of the roughly 3,400 cicada species on Earth, only seven of these live underground as nymphs for enormously long periods of time and all are found in eastern North America. As adults, these true bugs are colorful and loud yet as bland nymphs they live underground for 13 or 17 years, only to emerge from their burrows to grow golden wings and fly into the trees to reproduce. So, even though this only happens periodically, it seems to be happening regularly in Tennessee. Fact is there are 15 different populations called broods. In 2021, it was Brood X that thrilled us. Last year it was Brood XIX and this year it’s Brood XIV and each year it’s in slightly different locations.
Join the UT Arboretum Society via Zoom on Thursday, May 1, 7pm EDT as Michelle Campanis, education coordinator at the University of Tennessee Arboretum, and naturalist/author Stephen Lyn Bales give us an overview of these bodacious bugs. The May First Thursday Nature Supper Club presentation is hosted by the UT Arboretum Society. Watch the virtual presentation from the comfort of your own home and learn if this cicada-a-raida is coming to your hometown! The program will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. Closed captions are available.
Please contact Michelle at mcampani@utk.edu for any questions or registration issues.
