SAVE THE DATE! 2025 Fall ONLINE Native Tree & Shrub Sale with pick-up in MURPHY, NC

MountainTrue Western Regional Office 90 Tennessee Street, Murphy, NC, United States

Save the Date for the ONLINE 2025 Western Region Native Tree & Shrub Sale with pickup in Murphy, NC! In order to raise awareness about the beautiful, resilient plants that are native to our Southern Appalachian Mountains and to provide a little funding for our ongoing invasive plant eradication efforts, we are again holding a Native Tree and Shrub Sale this fall. Choose from multiple species of native trees and shrubs, ranging from large shade trees, native ornamentals, pollinator species, and those particularly beneficial to wildlife.

$12 – $25

SAVE THE DATE: MountainTrue ONLINE Fall Native Plant & Shrub Sale with pick up in ASHEVILLE, NC 10-1-10/31

SAVE THE DATE! Is your yard ready for a fresh start after the storm? Or maybe it just needs a little love?🌿 Save the date for our 2025 Fall Native Plant Sale! 🌿
Whether you're rebuilding or reimagining, we've got the plants to help your yard thrive. Proceeds benefit MountainTrue. All plants are sourced from Carolina Native Nursery. 

The ONLINE sale will run from Oct. 1st at 10 am through Oct. 31st at 11:59 pm (or until supplies last). Don't miss your chance to spruce up your yard all while supporting MountainTrue and a local nursery.

$12 – $40

MountainTrue French Broad River Section 10 Clean-Up #2 in Tennessee 10/9

Volunteers are invited to help clean up Helene-deposited trash from the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee with MountainTrue’s French Broad Riverkeeper team and outfitters associated with the Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association. This clean-up will be boat-based and focus on the river between the North Carolina / Tennessee state line at Paint Rock and Wolf Creek Boat Launch in Del Rio. This stretch of river is often referred to as “Section 10” and contains numerous class II rapids.

Green Drinks: Blue Ridge Rising in Hendersonville, NC 10/9

The Grove at Trailside Brewing 873 Lenox Park Dr, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Join George Ivy, Director of Blue Ridge Rising, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s initiative to unite and serve the gateway communities of the Parkway’s 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina. While the Blue Ridge Rising Action Plan includes dozens of community-led strategies to enhance tourism and economic development, natural resource protection emerged as a key component of this work. Join us to learn more about Blue Ridge Rising, with a particular emphasis on viewshed protection, dark skies, and related strategies, and how they can benefit our local environment, economy, and communities.

Invasive Plant Removal Workday near Cullowhee, NC at Jackson Greenway 10/10

342 Old Cullowhee Road Cullowhee, NC 28723 342 Old Cullowhee Rd., Cullowhee, NC

Join Mountaintrue for a volunteer workday to remove nonnative invasive plants along the Jackson Greenway, in Partnership with Jackson County Parks and Recreation and Mainspring. We will primarily be pulling up roots and using hand tools to remove invasive plants like Chinese privet, autumn olive, and multiflora rose. 

A River Runs Through it Movie Screening at Iron Key Brewing in Columbus, NC benefiting MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper Program 10/10

Iron Key Brewing Co. 135 Locust St., Columbus, NC

Get your tickets for a night of fun under the beautiful starry sky at Iron Key Brewing in Columbus, NC. We will be screening an old crowd favorite (more details on the movie to be announced soon but think fly fishing and rivers!) Proceeds from the screening will benefit MountainTrue's Green Riverkeeper Program.

$10

Monday Pint Nights at Iron Key Brewing in Columbus, NC through the end of 2025

Iron Key Brewing Co. 135 Locust St., Columbus, NC

From September 1 through the end of 2025, every Monday at Iron Key Brewing Co. is dedicated to the Green River. They will donate $2 from every pint sold to MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper program. Sip your favorite brew, support clean water, and help protect the Green River — one pint at a time.

MountainTrue French Broad River Section 10 Clean-Up #3 in Tennessee 10/16

Volunteers are invited to help clean up Helene-deposited trash from the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee with MountainTrue’s French Broad Riverkeeper team and outfitters associated with the Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association. This clean-up will be boat-based and focus on the river between the North Carolina / Tennessee state line at Paint Rock and Wolf Creek Boat Launch in Del Rio. This stretch of river is often referred to as “Section 10” and contains numerous class II rapids.

Meet the ‘Keep’ at The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room in Boone, NC 10/16

The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room (Boone) 140 Depot St #1, Boone, NC

You are invited to join MountainTrue in welcoming the Upper New Riverkeeper to their role at The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room in Downtown Boone! This is an opportunity to meet Hannah Woodburn, ask questions, share water quality concerns, or swap river stories about the New River. Guests who sign up in advance or walk in to visit the MountainTrue table will be entered in a prize raffle.

“Sew” in Love with Mama Green in Saluda, NC 10/16

Green Riverkeeper Office 7347 Ozone Dr, Suite 4, Saluda, NC

Join MountainTrue and SewAVL for a fun evening of creative expression as you create a custom fabric patch (one-of-kind appliqué) to adorn a shirt or jacket from your closet! Breathe some new life into your wardrobe by embellishing your top while upcycling fabrics that have been curated and pulled from the piles that could have wound up in the landfill. You will get to select up to 3-4 elements of your choosing from the fabric options at the event. Once you have designed your patch, instructor Karmen will sew it onto your garment so you can take it with you when you leave. Light refreshments will be available!