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BARTRAM 250 Events
June 1
One event on June 6, 2025 at 12:00 am
One event on June 7, 2025 at 12:00 am
2025 marks the 250th anniversary of artist and botanist William Bartram’s journey through northeast Georgia and western North Carolina in May-June of 1775.
Join us June 5th, 6th, and 7th, to explore, learn, and celebrate!
Our events for June 5th and 6th will include exploratory walks, fun hikes, educational travels and artistic/spiritual experiences.
On our last day of Bartram 250, we will have panel discussions relating to the intersection of nature and art led by artists and authors.
VISIT https://blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/ to RSVP for individual events.
June 1st
2 – 4 P.M. Attention of a Traveller Art Exhibit Opening with guest speaker: photographer Rob Amberg
June 4th
6:30 – 8:30 P.M. Bartram 250 Beer Release & Bartram Trivia
June 5th
8 – 11 A.M. Birding the Little Tennessee River Greenway
8 A.M. – 12 P.M. Stream Biomonitoring on Tellico Creek
9 A.M. – 3 P.M. Chattooga to Foothills Trail
9 A.M. – 2 P.M. Warwoman Dell to Courthouse Gap
1 – 4 P.M. Wayah Bald Botany
4 – 8 P.M. Bartram Base Camp Happy Hour
7 – 9 P.M. Mander Meander Wallace Branch
June 6th
7:30 – 11 A.M. Birding Alarka Laurel
9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Interpreting Local Wildlife through Tracking and Signs
9 A.M. – 2 P.M. Standing Indian: Park Ridge & Park Creek Trail
10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Jones Gap to Whiterock Mountain on the Bartram Trail
10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Scaly Mountain Botany
1 P.M. – 4 P.M. Magnolia, Franklinia, & Stewartia Garden Tour
1 – 5 P.M. Little Tennessee River Trip with Alarka Expeditions
4 – 8 P.M. Bartram Base Camp Happy Hour: Grizzly Mammoth & Wooly Booger LIVE
June 7th
9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Watercolor Botanical Studies with Carol Conti
9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Tellico Valley – Ramsey Trail
10 – 11:30 A.M. Nature as Kin: Deepening our Relationship with the Natural World
12 – 1 P.M. B250 Luncheon
1 P.M. Art & Nature Symposium – Artist Panel – Nature & Art in the 21st Century
2:30 P.M. Art & Nature Symposium – Literary Panel – Nature Writing in the 21st Century
3:30 P.M. “Paradise” Screening dir. by Garrett Martin
5:30 – 8 P.M. Bartram Base Camp Happy Hour
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