Red, White and BLOOM! - Rare Wildflowers at Couchville Cedar Glade SNA

* To sign up for this event, please go ahead and RSVP here on Meetup but you must also sign up on the Tennessee State Parks event page:
https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/long-hunter/#/?event=red-white-and-bloom-2025

Patriotic hues fill the July glades! Enjoy a stroll with Ranger Leslie to find summer blooms and be serenaded by summer insects, birds and frogs.

If we are lucky, we will find the elusive Limestone Fameflower which only blooms in the middle of the afternoon during the hottest part of the day. This trail also includes a large population of the famous Tennessee Coneflower. Couchville Cedar Glade is home to some of the most rare and unique wildflowers in all of Tennessee.

Don't forget bug spray, drinking water, and your camera and binoculars.

Note: This event is limited to the first 12 people who sign up on the park website. I'm posting here to give Meetup members an opportunity to join. Once the event is full, the park website will say "Sold Out" and will not allow anymore signups. Thank you!

Directions to Couchville Cedar Glade:
From I-40 exit on Highway 171 and go south on South Mount Juliet Rd. for about six miles then bear left onto South Mt Juliet Rd. The parking area is one half mile on the right. From I-24, exit at Old Hickory (southeast Nashville near Hickory Hollow Mall) and proceed east for approximately 12 miles. Turn right at South Mt Juliet Rd about one and one half miles past the Long Hunter State Park entrance. The parking area is one half mile on the right.