9:00 am - 5:00 pm Map & Compass Navigation April 13, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Map & Compass Navigation Learn the techniques and importance behind map and compass navigation. Course Overview Have you ever gone off-trail to relieve yourself and wondered what you would do if you got turned around? Maybe you need to get back to your vehicle before a thunderstorm rolls in but you aren’t sure you trust yourself to take an […]
7:45 pm - 9:45 pm Twilight Orchid Exploration April 26, 2024 @ 7:45 pm - 9:45 pm Twilight Orchid Exploration A guided walk through our orchid range will have you seeing this plant family in a whole new light—literally.We'll first take in the subtle changes that nightfall brings to Duke Farms during a twilight walk from the Orientation Center to the Orchid Range. There, we'll encounter a wide variety of orchids, some of which are […]
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Spring Dendrology Workshop May 4, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Spring Dendrology Workshop In this course, we will explore the trees of Duke Farms through the lens of biology, ecology, and biodiversity. Course Overview Lecture material on how trees fit into our local ecosystems—both today and into the future—will contextualize the strong focus on tree identification necessary to understand these complex organisms. Some background in basic tree identification […]
