Rivers House Park Oriental Bittersweet Workday with Transition Blue Ridge and Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture in Boone, NC

Join Transition Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and MountainTrue on November 7th for a day of invasive species removal and repurposing at Rivers House Park in downtown Boone.

From 10am-1pm you can expect to learn how to identify and harvest Oriental Bittersweet for weaving purposes, how to treat specific plants with herbicide, and possibly meet new plant friends!

If you’re interested in learning about basket weaving techniques with Angela Eastman from Flag Mountain Studio later that afternoon! The workshop with Angela will be from 1PM until 4pm. Lunch will be provided.

Parking is limited. You may need to park in one of the paid public parking spots in Downtown Boone*

Youth under the age of 18 are allowed as long as accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the event.

All volunteers of MountainTrue are eligible to receive a complimentary annual membership. Please email members@mountaintrue.org to activate yours!