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Past Events, Plants

The Natural History and Ecology of Fungi: From Parasitism to SymbiosisFeatured

Watch the talk here!

Todd Elliott, PhD, will speak about mushrooms in our region and their significance. He grew up in the Southern Appalachians, but has worked as a naturalist, biologist, and photographer on six continents. He is the author of Mushrooms of the Southeast and many other publications. Learn more about him here: https://toddelliott.weebly.com and watch for more information in future emails.

We are changing our location for programs in the fall because of a new UNCA parking policy that would require all of our attendees to pay for parking during the program. We will not be able to stream the program on Zoom but hope to record it and to post it on our YouTube channel. The program is free and open to the public.

Past Events, Plants

Native Plant Swap/Sale on Sunday, May 12

9 AM – 2 PM

Where: 39 Courtland Avenue

Parking: On the street, or at the North Star Academy corner of Montford & Courtland

On May 12, we’ll hold our annual Native Plant Swap at Charlotte Caplan’s house on Courtland Avenue, in the Montford neighborhood of Asheville. This is our main fundraiser for the year, so come out to have fun choosing plants for your garden and support BRNN.

Our emphasis is on plants that are native to the Southern Appalachians. We’ll have foamflower, wild ginger, bloodroot, green and gold, bee-balm, mountain mint, joe-pye weed, sweetshrub, pawpaw, and many others. But we’ll accept non-natives too, even houseplants and vegetable starts, as long as they are not considered invasive in NC – see list on https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/2455 . Just a note—vegetable starts can only be swapped for vegetable starts.

No pots? Just save plastic containers from the recycling bin. Medium-sized yoghurt, cottage cheese, and sour cream pots are ideal. Poke a few holes in the bottom and voila! You can cut up a pot up to make labels, too. 

No plants to contribute? No problem. We’ll have a large stock for sale at a modest $4 each.

QUESTIONS? Contact Charlotte at ccaplannc1@juno.com

Past Events, Plants

MOSS AND LICHEN WALK ALONG THE LAUREL RIVER TRAIL

MAY 1, 2024.

Leader: Sue Studlar

On May 1, Susan Studler led 11 BRNN members on a moss, liverwort and lichen discovery walk along the beautiful Laurel River near Hot Springs, NC.  Susan had identified over 100 species in the first half mile of the trail, we saw a limited number.  She graciously provided a handout to the group which explained the characteristics of the organisms which is attached.  Randy Richardson did his usual great photography, the link to the photos in Amazon is https://www.amazon.de/photos/share/Y2sKB3ElqubuWOqq5AR34RUqHtHQ6w8yKP7AGpC88hV. 

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