WNC Sierra Club presents Scott Dean and Spring Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians

On Wednesday May 7 at 7 PM at UNCA’s OLLI Reuter Center and on Zoom, join naturalist Scott Dean for a discussion and photos of our region’s native spring wildflowers. As we emerge from winter, so do many of our most beautiful flowers. Dean will discuss natural history, adaptations for life in the mountains, and the folklore of these wondrous things. He will also talk about some of the animals that make the region their home.

A biologist, Scott Dean has called Western North Carolina home since 1992. He was a walk leader and featured speaker for the UNC-Asheville Wildflower Pilgrimage from 1995 until 2015. Dean has led wildlife and wildflower walks at the Western North Carolina Nature Center, where he worked for a year building the cougar and bobcat habitats. He served as First Vice President of the Friends of the Nature Center as well as serving on the Town of Weaverville Tree Board. With his photography, he was a featured speaker at the 2011 Great Smoky Mountains Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage.

He developed the original curricula and still teaches field classes for the Blue Ridge Naturalist program now offered at the NC Arboretum.

This free program is open to the public. The Zoom link is on WNCSierraClub.org