16th Annual Trails and Trilliums Festival, April 12-13-14
Celebrating the Natural Wonder of South Cumberland – Tennessee’s Largest State Park!
Expertly-guided hikes, to locations in & around the Park, leave from the DuBose Conference Center
Native Plant Sale, Programs, Workshops, Food & Music are at the DuBose Conference Center
Friday evening’s Wine & Wildflowers reception and fundraiser is at the Monteagle Inn
Saturday Children’s Activities (10a-3p) are at the South Cumberland State Park Visitor Center
Saturday evening’s Trail Weekend Hootenanny fund-raiser is at Baggenstoss Farms
Trails and Trilliums is a multi-day celebration of Spring, featuring expertly-guided hikes on some of the most scenic trails in and around South Cumberland State Park. The festival offers a full slate of nature-themed speakers and workshops, an expanded native plant sale, and family-oriented activities for the kids, plus evening events on both Friday and Saturday.
26 unique guided hikes (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) featuring amazing outdoor treks, both long and short, from easy to strenuous, led by some of the region's most expert guides. Hikes will be offered all weekend -- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The hike lineup includes topical adventures focusing on wildflowers, salamanders & snakes, Civilian Conservation Corps history, birds, nature photography, geology, and more. Hikes will take you to many amazing and beautiful places, including Denny Cove, Foster Falls, Fiery Gizzard, Grundy Forest, Sherwood Forest, Sewanee Natural Bridge, Shakerag Hollow, Collins Gulf, Deer Lick Falls, Greeter Falls, Stone Door, and more.
16 informative talks and workshops (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) on nature journaling, birding, edible plants, watercolor, fairy houses, and more. Highlights include:
• Keynote Address: Stephen Bales, author and naturalist -- Saturday, 12:00 pm
• Cumberland Wild Forum: “Free Play/Nature Play Panel” -- Free admission, Saturday, 1:00 pm
• Tennessee Naturalist Forum: "Would you like to be a Tennessee Naturalist?" -- Free admission, Saturday, 2:00 pm
• Mary Priestley introduces her newest book, “Sewanee Wildflowers in Watercolor” with a talk and book signing at 11 am Saturday and noon on Sunday.
A greatly expanded Native Plant Sale (Saturday and Sunday) featuring an extensive and beautiful inventory of wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs from Overhill Gardens native plant nursery in Vonore, Tennessee. On both days, there will also be garden-related vendors offering outdoor sculpture, worm castings, produce, garden accessories, botanical prints, nature books and cards.
A wide array of FREE Children’s Activities (Saturday 10 am to 3 pm) at the South Cumberland State Park Visitor Center
Family Fun activities are made possible through the generosity of Doug Ferris and John D. Canale.
Trails and Trilliums 2019 also celebrates the grand opening of two new areas of the park:
• The new Nature Play area, on the Meadow Trail at the park's Visitor Center
• The new Interpretive Trail at the site of the 1930s-era Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Grundy Forest
The always-popular Wine & Wildflowers celebration and Friends' fund-raiser is on Friday evening, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Monteagle Inn.
Also happening on Trails & Trilliums weekend is the Trail Weekend Hootenanny, presented by the Friends of South Cumberland and the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, starting at 4:00 pm Saturday at nearby Baggenstoss Farms.
26 unique guided hikes (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) featuring amazing outdoor treks, both long and short, from easy to strenuous, led by some of the region's most expert guides. Hikes will be offered all weekend -- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The hike lineup includes topical adventures focusing on wildflowers, salamanders & snakes, Civilian Conservation Corps history, birds, nature photography, geology, and more. Hikes will take you to many amazing and beautiful places, including Denny Cove, Foster Falls, Fiery Gizzard, Grundy Forest, Sherwood Forest, Sewanee Natural Bridge, Shakerag Hollow, Collins Gulf, Deer Lick Falls, Greeter Falls, Stone Door, and more.
16 informative talks and workshops (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) on nature journaling, birding, edible plants, watercolor, fairy houses, and more. Highlights include:
• Keynote Address: Stephen Bales, author and naturalist -- Saturday, 12:00 pm
• Cumberland Wild Forum: “Free Play/Nature Play Panel” -- Free admission, Saturday, 1:00 pm
• Tennessee Naturalist Forum: "Would you like to be a Tennessee Naturalist?" -- Free admission, Saturday, 2:00 pm
• Mary Priestley introduces her newest book, “Sewanee Wildflowers in Watercolor” with a talk and book signing at 11 am Saturday and noon on Sunday.
A greatly expanded Native Plant Sale (Saturday and Sunday) featuring an extensive and beautiful inventory of wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs from Overhill Gardens native plant nursery in Vonore, Tennessee. On both days, there will also be garden-related vendors offering outdoor sculpture, worm castings, produce, garden accessories, botanical prints, nature books and cards.
A wide array of FREE Children’s Activities (Saturday 10 am to 3 pm) at the South Cumberland State Park Visitor Center
Family Fun activities are made possible through the generosity of Doug Ferris and John D. Canale.
Trails and Trilliums 2019 also celebrates the grand opening of two new areas of the park:
• The new Nature Play area, on the Meadow Trail at the park's Visitor Center
• The new Interpretive Trail at the site of the 1930s-era Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Grundy Forest
The always-popular Wine & Wildflowers celebration and Friends' fund-raiser is on Friday evening, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Monteagle Inn.
Also happening on Trails & Trilliums weekend is the Trail Weekend Hootenanny, presented by the Friends of South Cumberland and the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, starting at 4:00 pm Saturday at nearby Baggenstoss Farms.
Wine and Wildflowers is proudly presented by
All proceeds from ticket, food, plant and merchandise sales benefit the Friends of South Cumberland State Park,
a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization, working in support of the Park.
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a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization, working in support of the Park.
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