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Hammered Botanical Printing

Come join Gina Patton to hammer beautiful and artistic natural prints using only botanical material and a hammer. If you have flowers or leaves you want to try printing, please bring them along as well as a hammer if you have one. 

Littles Hour

Balsam Mountain Trust Nature Center 81 Preserve Rd, Sylva, NC

Bring your little ones (preschoolers up to age 6 accompanied by an adult) to the Nature Center for an hour of story time, songs, games, and activities around a fun animal theme.

Fireflies Field Trip

Lets load up all the kinfolk, put grannie in her rocking chair on top of the truck, and head on out for a synchronous firefly hunt. We'll meet at the Nature Center and carpool on over to a not-so-secret spot to see what we can see. You need to RSVP for this. We will only […]

Free

Balsam Stewards: Stream Monitoring

Join Amy and Michael in the cool, clear waters of Sugarloaf Creek to look for aquatic creatures and assess the health of one of our beloved creeks! We will be sampling for macroinvertebrates (such as dragonfly, mayfly, and caddisfly larvae) and taking other measurements of stream health. This is a chance to channel your inner […]

Free

Balsam Stewards: Stream Monitoring

Join Amy and Michael in the cool, clear waters of Dark Ridge Creek to look for aquatic creatures and assess the health of one of our beloved creeks! We will be sampling for macroinvertebrates (such as dragonfly, mayfly, and caddisfly larvae) and taking other measurements of stream health. This is a chance to channel your inner […]

Free

Balsam Naturalist Club

Calling all book and nature lovers, artists, scientists, poets… All are welcome! Bring your copy of The Forest Unseen, journal, and favorite tea mug, and join us at the Outpost, or drop in on Zoom if you’re away from the Mountain. Contact Amy for this month’s reading at aduggins@bmtrust.org.

Faerie Houses

Bring your big imagination for an adventure with the little folk of the forest. We will gather to hear a Faerie story and then go into the woods to build houses and playgrounds for the faeries out of all natural forest materials. Fun for children aged 5 and older, as well as grown-up kids-at-heart! Kids, please […]

Littles Hour

Balsam Mountain Trust Nature Center 81 Preserve Rd, Sylva, NC

Bring your little ones (preschoolers up to age 6 accompanied by an adult) to the Nature Center for an hour of story time, songs, games, and activities around a fun animal theme.