Nalley Brown Nature Park Field Trip is April 21

The Board of Trustees of the Nalley Brown Nature Park will be hosting a special field trip to the site of a future Environmental Education Center in Easley on Sunday, April 21. 

Rick Huffman, naturalist and owner of Earth Design, a Landscape Architecture firm, will lead the tour on the City of Easley owned property on Adger Road.

This special piece of property, with its low ravines and creeks, features a fern dominated habitat with flowering perennials such as Wild Ginger, Turtlehead and several different species of Trillium. 

Having served as a farm for many years, this pastoral setting has several stages of succession from early habitats featuring pines and native grasses to late succession areas with American Beech, Oak and Hickories.

Members of the Board will also be on hand to introduce the proposed Environmental Education Center to participants.

The field trip, free and open to the public, begins at 2pm Sunday, April 21 and will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Participants should wear comfortable shoes and clothing bring water and bug spray, if you feel the need.

City Administrator Fox Simons, a Nalley Brown Nature Park board member, says the purpose of the field trip is to generate interested in the park and education center.

The first field trip, held last year, was well-attended, he said.

Directions to the Nalley Brown Nature Park site

From I-85 take exit 40 toward Easley Hwy 153, merge onto Hwy 123 South to Easley, stay left on Hwy 123 at Hwy 93 split at Walgreens (5^th traffic light), exit to South Pendleton Street (Hwy 135) just past Silver Bay Seafood Restaurant, turn left at bottom of ramp, turn right at 4^th light on Highway 135 South (Anderson Hwy), go approximately ½ mile and turn right on Adger Road. The site is about a ¼ mile on left. Look for parking signs.

To register for the field trip, call Easley City Hall at 855-7900.