For 5 days each year the Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgamage consisting of nature walks, history walks, photographic tours of wildlife, flora and history in the Great Smoky Mountains. This years pilgramage will be from April 22-26.
The 4 day event is filled with classes, programs, interactive activities and outdoor field trips. The First days agenda:
| 7:00 | 11:00 | Birding for the Experienced |
| 7:00 | 11:00 | Birding for the Novice |
| 8:00 | 11:00 | Terrestrial Insect Walk |
| 8:00 | 11:00 | Wildflower Walk: Ash Hopper Branch |
| 8:00 | 11:00 | Wildflowers of the Cove Hardwood Nature Trail |
| 8:00 | 11:00 | Fern Walk: The Sinks |
| 8:00 | 11:00 | Wildflower Walk: Porters Creek Trail |
| 8:30 | 11:00 | Civilian Conservation Corp in the Great Smokies |
| 8:45 | 11:00 | Wildflower Hike: Chestnut Top Trail |
| 8:45 | 11:00 | Trees of the Smokies near Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont |
| 11:30 | 13:00 | Welcoming Luncheon |
| 13:15 | 14:45 | Woodland Spring – Carol Liguori Wolfe, Ecologist, Science Writer, Photographer |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Going Natural in the Garden |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Wildflower Walk: Noah “Bud” Ogle Trail |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Black Bear and Wild Hog Hike |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Moss Walk along Injun Creek Trail in Greenbrier |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Salamander Foray from Low to High Elevation |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Tree and Shrub Identification Walk |
| 13:30 | 16:30 | Beginner’s Photographic Workshop |
| 13:45 | 17:15 | The Walker Sisters’ Cabin and Little Greenbrier School |
| 13:45 | 17:15 | History Walk: Porters Creek Trail |
| 13:45 | 16:15 | Cascades and Wildflower Walk along Lynn Camp Prong |
| 13:45 | 17:15 | Wildflowers of West Prong Trail |
| 14:00 | 17:00 | Wildflower Walk: Oconaluftee River Trail |
| 15:00 | 16:30 | Wildflower Folklore Ila Hatter, 21 years as Pilgrimage hike leader, Interpretive Naturalist & Wildcrafter |
| 7:30 | 18:00 | Backcountry Wildflower Hike: Benton MacKaye and Mountains-to-the-Sea loop |
| 8:30 | 16:30 | Wildflower Hike: Road Prong Trail |
| 17:30 | 19:00 | Featured Wildflower Artist Reception |
| 19:30 | 20:30 | Climate Change and Global Warming |
for a full calendar of scheduled events, visit: http://www.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org/wildflower/registration/schedule.cfm