Product Description
THE STORY OF WILDFLOWERS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS shows beautiful spring, summer and fall wildflowers, and what makes the southern Appalachians such an ideal habitat for them. See why Great Smoky Mountains National Park is called The Wildflower Park. In the making of this program, our wildflower odyssey led us into many types of terrain, into all kinds of weather, and spanned over 6 years of searching and researching. It is not over yet this is part one of a series about these beauties! The last section includes a powerfully beautiful scene of wildflowers with large black bears, leaping deer and buck clashing antlers!
Even though these wildflowers were found in the southern Appalachian mountains, many of them grow in other parts of North America as well. Here, we have identified over 160 woodland & prairie wildflowers, including plants, shrubs, trees & vines!
WILDFLOWER HOTSPOTS VISITED:
-North Georgia s Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail, Woody Gap, Sosebee Cove, Vogel State Park and Tesnatee Gap
- Western North Carolina s roadsides and the southern Blue Ridge Parkway
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina and east Tennessee, including Heintooga Round Bottom (Balsam Mountain) Road, Clingman s Dome Road (& Spruce-Fir Nature Trail), Alum Bluffs Cave Trail, Chimneys Picnic Area, Chestnut Top Trail, Tremont Road and Cades Cove
DESCRIPTION:
- The formation of the Appalachian mountains and what makes them such a wonderful wildflower paradise
- Wildflowers and their uses, how to identify them, their pollinators, diversity and conservation
- How climate and habitat may impact wildflowers
- An introduction to the Institute at Tremont at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and hands-on learning
- Beautiful wildflowers found on 14 trails in 3 states
- Wild orchids found in the southern Appalachians
- The relationships between wildflowers and their neighbors, such as trees, animals and especially their pollinators
GUESTS: Ken Voorhis (Institute at Tremont, Great Smoky Mountains National Park); Dr. Thomas E. Hemmerly (Professor of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro); Ila Hatter (Wildcrafter and Interpretive Naturalist); Jim Fowler (Orchid Expert); Dr. Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. (Distinguished Scientist, Professor of Geology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville); and Theresa Schrum (Certified Arborist and Horticulturist).
Our DVDs are also available at all Great Smoky Mountains National Park Visitors Centers and at Amazon.com, Black Bear Solar Institute (bears), Riverstone Lodge and Restaurant, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mountain Crossings, our website CoveBear.com and more! (Our prices may vary in different locations)
OTHER DVDS BY KATE MARSHALL GRAPHICS: Season of the Bear, Volume 1: American Black Bear; Season of the Bear, Volume 2: Black Bear Cubs; Season of the Bear, Volume 3: True Bear Stories; Mountain Music with Carl and Betty Ross of Tymes Past.
REVIEWS: With regard to the dissatisfied review listed on Amazon, we are not sure how this was arrived at, since this program is beautifully professionally done and critically acclaimed. The hundreds of positive comments we have received about this double DVD set far outweigh this, as do write-ups in newspapers and three international film awards. Previews will be on Youtube soon. Pricing of DVDs on Amazon is determined by Amazon s fees to the distributor and not by any desire to get rich quick! This double DVD set sells anywhere from $19.95 to $24.95 at other locations. Recent public showings of this wildflower DVD at Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and at Georgia Native Plant Societys May meeting at Atlanta Botanical Garden were met with rave reviews and thunderous applause.
