South Central Chapter Events & Activities 2020

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 4
Hike Burkhart Creek Park with David Mow
Meet at 1:00 p,m. at Pierce Shelter House (on Warthen Road if you are a local; if using Google, it is called Gray Road but signage is Warthen). This will be a combined wildflower walk and Weed Wrangle. We will hike out looking at what is flowering, then pull Garlic Mustard and admire the creek side flowers, on the way back to the parking lot.

On the Horizon

April 17th-19th, McCormick’s Creek State Park is having their Owen County Wildflower Weekend. Please take advantage of the many hosted hikes that will happen that weekend. Friday the 17th will be a hike at one of our members property, Fish Creek Preserve, at 6pm. For more information go to McCormick’s Creek State Park web-site.

April 24th-26th, Brown County State Park will have their 35th Wildflower Foray. They have hikes in both Brown and Monroe Counties, many are led by members of SC-INPS. You can get more information on Brown County State Park and T. C. Steele Historic Site web-sites.

May 16th, 1pm Burkhart Creek Park, led by David Mow. At this point I will see what is flowering. We may go acrossthe road to Rivina Woods, part of Morgan-Monroe State Forest.

September 12, 10 am. Hike at Buena Vista Glade in Harrison County led by Mike Everidge of The Nature Conservancy. Meet at St. Peter’s Catholic Church at 7780 Buena Vista Rd. SE, Elizabeth, Indiana 47117.

Past Events

Saturday, March 21
Maple Syrup Day at Bradford Woods
SC-INPS member Tim Street, Associate Director of Bradford Woods in Morgan County, has invited South Central Chapter members to Maple Syrup Day on March 21 with an open invitation to explore the trails there for wildflowers. This is an open house, with the public invited. https://bradwoods.org/Events/maplesyrupcamp/index.html 

Saturday, March 21
Hike Burkhart Creek Park with David Mow
Meet at 1:00 p,m. at Pierce Shelter House (on Warthen Road if you are a local; if using Google, it is called Gray Road but signage is Warthen).