Today, with a new lease on life, I decided to head up to some of my favorite upstate Greenville County wildflower locations. The primary one is Persimmon Ridge Road and the couple of state Heritage Preserves which it transects. There is hardly any time of the year except the dead of winter (and winter is

No visit to McLean Savannah (Pender County, North Carolina) would be complete without describing all of the various carnivorous plants that grow there in abundance. the most prevalent genus is Sarracenia or Pitcher Plants. There are two main species that we saw and one hybrid. The main species are Sarracenia flava or Yellow Pitcher Plant

After my most recent book signing at Flytrap Brewing in Wilmington, North Carolina, I was fortunate to be able to join a small group of The Nature Conservancy folks on a field trip to a relatively new acquisition, McLean Savannah, in Pender County, North Carolina. My friend, Angie Carl, Coastal Stewardship & Fire Program Manager

Recently, I heard from a Flickr friend who lives in Georgia, telling me that she would be combing the Blue Ridge Parkway for wildflower photography opportunities on Wednesday, and that she would be interested in joining me on my annual trip to DuPont State Recreational Forest toward the end of her adventure. That worked out

I had made arrangements to meet some out-of-town photography friends later in the week at DuPont State Recreational Forest near Cedar Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina. But first, I needed to check out the status of the wildflowers to make sure my friends had something to photograph. I was not disappointed. On this trip,

It is becoming quite apparent to me that the climatic temperatures are increasing, at least in our area. I say this because almost all of the wildflowers I’ve photographed in the past couple of years or so have bloomed anywhere from one week to as many as three weeks earlier than “normal”. For example, Cypripedium