Come celebrate the First Day of Spring with our Spring Awakening 2025. Saturday & Sunday, March 22nd & 23rd. It's a FREE open house event. We need your help to warm up our trails, meadows, ridges, and streams. Invite fellow nature lovers, outdoor adventurers, and forest bathers at our sanctuary in the woods.
Family-friendly event
**Sorry, no dogs allowed at this time**
SATURDAY 3/22
9:30am Guided Hike* - Farm Trail Loop, 2.6 miles
11:30am Guided Bike ride along Big East Fork, BYOB
—- Sustainable University hosts CSS Walk & Talk sessions —-
1pm “Strolling along East Fork Creek: What affects its water quality?"
Professor John Ayers, geochemist with Vanderbilt University's Earth and Environment Science Department. This talk & walk session will cover stream chemistry, rocks, differences between lakes and streams, and soil and nutrient runoff.
3pm "Natural medicine”
Pediatrician Lee Anne Obrien. This talk & walk session will highlight the interaction between our inner environment and our outer environment.
ALL Day Kid’s Nature and Art Table
Create fairy houses and nature-friendly birdseed spirals and Owl rice cake snacks
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SUNDAY 3/23
5pm Sunset Reception and Celebration of intention with founder Jonathan Oppenheimer
** PLEASE RSVP for more details, access to our event and trails , and to review CSS waiver **
Contact CSS at 6154265654 or visit the website and "contact us" www.cssfamily.org
*Expect the same risks and take the same precautions you would take if you were hiking alone. You are solely responsible for your own safety and well-being.
By signing up for and/or attending this event, you acknowledge, understand, accept, and agree that hiking and other outdoor activities can be dangerous and can cause serious bodily injury and possibly death. The organizers of this group and current and former members can not be held responsible or liable in any way for the actions of any participant - including you - at any event. All attendees participate at an event at their own risk and are solely responsible for any damage to their property, and/or any injury to themselves or their guests. By signing up for this event, you affirm that you understand this disclaimer, and that you knowingly and voluntarily agree not to bring any type of claim arising out of or related to this event against the organizers of CSS.