We plan to have a full season of field trips for 2019. Keep checking our Calendar and this News Blog for specific dates. As you know, bloom times can vary greatly; they could be earlier than normal this year. We will offer car pools whenever we can. Possible locations for trips include:
- Roswell Mill area, Fulton County, GA (April) [R. canescens, flammeum, calendulaceum]
- Lumpkin County, GA (April & May) [canescens, calendulaceum, arborescens]
- Dawson Forest, Dawson County, GA (April & May) [canescens + ??]
- Hall County, GA (April & May) [canescens, arborescens, calendulaceum, + ??]
- Sawnee Mountain, Forsyth County, GA (April-May) [minus]
- Vickery Creek Trail at the Roswell Mill Ruins (April-May)
- Hamilton Rhododendron Gardens (May) [rhododendron species and hybrids] location of our April/May combined Chapter meeting on May 5, 2019
- Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (May) [vaseyi]
- Red Hills section, AL (May) [colemanii]
- Santee River watershed, SC (May) [eastmanii]
- Mount Cheaha, AL (May) [cumberlandense, arborescens, periclymenoides]
- Tray Mountain, GA (April-May) [calendulaceum + ??]
- Vogel State Park, GA (May-June) [cumberlandense, calendulaceum, + ??]
- Hooper Bald, NC (June) [calendulaceum]
- Wine Spring and Wayah Balds (June) [arborescens, calendulaceum]
- Providence Canyon, GA (late July-early August) [prunifolium]
- Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (October) [fall foliage]
Let us know if you are interested in any of these trips and have any other ideas of places to explore.
