Join Gina, Balsam Mountain Trust Naturalist, to meet some of our ambassador animals and learn all about amphibians and reptiles (Geared toward children but adults are welcome).
Let’s all head to Cherokee, NC to visit the Oconaluftee Indian Village to see what the world looked like for the indigenous nation. Pack a lunch and meet at the Nature Center at 12:20. $25 pp. RSVP required. Meet at the Nature Center! From their website: Oconaluftee Indian Village is an outdoor living history museum. […]
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.
Join Gina, Balsam Mountain Trust Naturalist, to meet some of our ambassador animals and learn all about amphibians and reptiles (Geared toward children but adults are welcome).
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.
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 […]
Friday, 7th– 2:00 pm – “Sustainabillies” food preservation class and farm tour Take a trip to Sustainabillies Farm in Canton, NC, a permaculture farm and homestead. We will learn the how-to basics of food preservation from drying and fermenting to freezing and canning. Followed by a tour of their permaculture farm. $55.00 Per person. RSVP Required. […]
Join Gina, Balsam Mountain Trust Naturalist, to meet some of our ambassador animals and learn all about amphibians and reptiles (Geared toward children but adults are welcome).
Join enthusiastic mushroom hunter and Balsm Mountain Naturalist, Gina Patton, for an introduction to Western North Carolina's summer mushrooms. This will be a casual, educational hike, NOT a forage, but feel free to bring a basket and mushroom knife to collect samples for identification or spore printing. Meet at 3pm in the parking lot. If […]
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 […]
Join Gina, Balsam Mountain Trust Naturalist, to meet some of our ambassador animals and learn all about amphibians and reptiles (Geared toward children but adults are welcome).
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.
Friday, 28th-- 1-2:30 pm – Salamander search and snarf – Head to the Nature Center and learn how to properly and kindly search for some of our native salamanders and learn a bit about some common sals found here. Afterward, we will feed our very own salamander, Ama, the adult morphed axolotl. RSVP is encouraged […]
Do you love native plants and wildflowers but find it hard to tell one from the other? Come learn some tips for how to draw and record the beautiful plants you meet in the woods from Balsam Mountain Trust Naturalist and art enthusiast, Gina Patton. Gina’s passion is finding the intersection between art and nature […]