Ila’s 2012 SCHEDULE
JANUARY
Jan. 13, Wilderness Wildlife Week “Hiker’s Guide to Wild Food & Medicine” 1:30 pm
Jan 14, “:“Weather Signs” 10:00 am
Location: Music Road Hotel, Pigeon Forge, TN
For more information call: 865/429-7396
www.mypigeonforge.com
MARCH
March 4 - 9, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
“Appalachian Women’s Work” An Appalachian Sampler of days when
“women’s work was never done”, but discover how she made it fun!
(Folklore, Hearth Cooking, Quilting, Toys)
For registration call: 1-800/365-5724
www.folkschool.org
APRIL
April 15, Chieftain’s Museum, Rome, GA “Traditional Cherokee Plants”
Illustrated talk followed by field identification
For more information call: 706/291-9494
www.chieftainsmuseum.org
April 21, Georgia Master Gardeners’ Conference, Canton, GA
“Cherokee Plants for Food & Medicine”
For more information contact Suzie Thomas, 770/517-4504
April 25-28, Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gatlinburg, TN Indoor Programs and Guided Hikes.
To register call: 865/436-7318 ext 222
www.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org
MAY
May 5, De Soto State Park , Ft. Payne, ALWildflower Saturday
For more information contact Brittney Hughes at 256/997-5025 or brittney.hughes@dcnr.alabama.gov.
JUNE
June 2, Foothills Conservancy of NC, Morganton, NC Tom’s Creek Waterfall Hike
Foraging and Folklore walk identifying native plants used by Cherokee & early settlers
For more information contact: Lynn Allen 828/437-9930
www.foothillsconservancy.org
June 9, Smoky Mountain Field School – Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gatlinburg, TN “Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals” To register call: 865/974-0150
www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky June 16, “Women’s Work” Demonstration Day at the Mountain Farm Museum in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cherokee, NC entrance) Home Remedies, Hearth Cooking, Soap Making, Hominy, Corn shuck Dolls, etc.
828-497-1904
JULY
July 27-30, Cullowhee Native Plant Conference Field Trips, Indoor Sessions, and Plant Sales based at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
( Field Trip through Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest -Wed. July 27)
Hensley@email.wcu.edu
AUGUST
August 25, Smoky Mountain Field School Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cherokee, NC “Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals”
865/974-0150 www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 15, Mountain Life Festival - Mountain Farm at Oconaluftee Visitors Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee, NC
1880’s Homestead comes alive with demonstrations of Hominy, Apple Cider, Home Remedies, Hearth Cookin’ and making Sorghum Syrup.
828/497-1904
Sept. 22, Smoky Mountain Field School Gatlinburg, TN
“Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals ”
865/974-0150 www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky
OCTOBER
Oct. 6 – Smoky Mountain Field School Cherokee, NC
“Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals of the Cherokee”
865/974-0150 www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky
October 19-20, DeSoto State Park, Ft. Payne, AL
Friday Campfire Talk - "Weather Signs" Saturday - Morning Hike, Evening Campfire - "Wild Flavors"
For more information call: Brittney Hughes 256/997-5025
www.AlaPark.com/DeSotoResort
NOVEMBER
Nov. 1-4 – Indian Festival and Pow-Wow Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA
Multi-Tribal Fair and Native Skills Demonstrations
For more information call: 770/498-5690 or 800/401-2407
www.stonemountainpark.com
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