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Yoga class with Kimber Beech
From 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

No session Christmas week

All are welcome.

Yoga class with Kimber Beech
From 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

All are welcome.

Earth Day Service. UFF will celebrate Earth Day this year on April 13. The theme of this year's program will be "Gardens That Give." The speaker will be Adam Bigelow. He serves on the boards of the WNC Gardens That Give and the statewide N.C.; Community Gardens Partners. The title of his talk will be "The Cullowhee Community Garden: A Garden That Gives." Adam will provide background on food insecurity in WNC and explain the goals of WNC Gardens That Give using the Cullowhee Community Garden as an example. The Cullowhee Garden, a project supported by the Jackson County Board of Health, requires gardeners to donate half of their produce to local food relief agencies.

Adam Bigelow. The forest floor comes alive in the springtime, with Flowers!

Have fun learning about the Spring Wildflowers of Southern Appalachia with Adam Bigelow.  We will discuss identifying wildflowers using ID Guides and keys, hear the stories of the plants; their many names, benefits, uses; and their relationship to each other, the forest, and to us. And, there will be many beautiful pictures of wildflowers

Adam Bigelow is the owner/operator of Bigelow's Botanical Excursions, an Eco-toursim business based in Cullowhee, NC. He holds an Associate’s Degree in Horticulture from Haywood Community College and a B.S. in Environmental Science from Western Carolina University. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, a board member of the North Carolina Community Garden Partners, and a member of the Gardens That Give of WNC organization. Adam has guided wildflower walks for the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, the Highlands Biological Station, the North American Rock Garden Society, the Great Smoky Mountains Association, and many other groups and individuals.  Adam has a passion for community gardening and organic gardening, sustainability and environmental education, and especially for the native wildflowers and plants of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.