CANCELLED – Hampton Park and Charles Towne Landing
CANCELLED Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and out of an abundance of caution, these walks have been CANCELLED. Both of these locations are in the Charleston, South Carolina area. The entrance fee for Charles Towne Landing is $7.50 for adults and $3.75 for SC senior citizens ages 65+. The location to meet and additional information […]
Carolina Sandhills NWR, Cheraw SP and Horseshoe Mountain
Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United StatesThe first walk for the CBS Midlands Chapter will be on April 3. We will visit Cheraw State Park and Horseshoe Mountain. Due to a recent controlled burn and lack of nectar, we will NOT explore Carolina Sandhills NWR; we will only meet there in the parking lot at 10:00 (which, due to the expected […]
Francis Marion National Forest
Francis Marion NF I'on Swamp Road 32.972848, -79.673653Our first field trip of the year will be on Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, to the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina. Proposed times for both days will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. On Saturday, we will meet on I'on Swamp Road which is directly off Highway 17 N. […]
Lowcountry – Francis Marion NF
Francis Marion NF Dog Swamp Road 33.074667, -79.736444On Saturday, May 15, there will be a walk in the Francis Marion National Forest near Huger, South Carolina. The walk will start at 10:00 AM and everyone should meet at the intersection of Dog Swamp Road (dirt road) and 3047 Steed Creek Road. The GPS coordinates of the meeting place are 33.074667, -79.736444 (or […]
Edisto Memorial Gardens
Edisto Memorial Gardens 218 Riverside Drive, SW, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesThe Edisto Memorial Gardens is owned and operated by the City of Orangeburg. There is No Admission Fee. Come see this South Carolina treasure and hopefully we will spot some butterflies too! Suggestion: Park in the Upper Parking Lot and park toward the far end. Restrooms are located to the far-right upper corner of the […]
Carolina Sandhills NWR
Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United StatesThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on FRIDAY, June 11 to Carolina Sandhills NWR (National Wildlife Refuge) in South Carolina. This is the walk that was rescheduled due to an unfavorable weather forecast on June 5. Please meet in the parking lot at the visitor center of Carolina Sandhills NWR. […]
POSTPONED – Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head, SC
Coastal Discovery Museum 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head, SC, United StatesTHIS WALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED - Check back for the reschedule date. The walk will be led by Carlos Chacon who is a butterfly expert, both for our native butterflies as well as those in his native country of Costa Rica. In addition, he is knowledgeable about host and nectaring plants. Members have the option […]
Greensboro Arboretum
Greensboro Arboretum 401 Ashland Drive, Greensboro, NC, United StatesJoin us on June 26, Sat., at 9:30 for our CBS Triad butterfly walk in the Greensboro Arboretum. It should be very comfortable for us. The long range forecast is that it will be mostly cloudy and around 74 degrees with the chance of a passing shower when we get started and a temperature of […]
Harriet McCarthy Home Butterfly Garden
Harriet McCarthy has invited the Triad CBS Chapter to visit her home butterfly garden on Saturday, July 3, beginning at 9:30. She lives at 704 Surrey Path Trail, Winston-Salem, NC 27104. Some of you will recall that we visited there several years ago and had a great time in her beautiful garden. Regarding restrictions due […]
CANCELLED – Pat Holder’s Garden Walk
Pat Holder's Garden 1895 Lake Country Dr. Ext., Asheboro, NC, United StatesThis is to let you know that the butterfly garden visit this coming Saturday is CANCELLED for the time being. We hope to postpone it to a later date. We have been keeping an eye on the status of COVID-19 in the Triad. New cases are rising dramatically. If we are going to ere, we […]