CWA's EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
CWA holds free monthly meetings with an educational speaker on the second Tuesday of the month from September through May each year. Social time starts at 6:15 pm and the meeting starts at 6:30 pm with a short business meeting followed by the speaker.
ADDRESS: McGill Baptist Church 5300 Poplar Tent Rd, Concord, NC 28027
Either a tour, event, outing or meeting is planned monthly. Tours vary and have included greenhouses, gardens, and wildlife sanctuaries.
Outings have included movies, planting pollinator gardens, hikes, participation in the City of Concord's Earth Day event and participation in the Master Gardener's annual Plant and Herb Festival.
Learn more about our major events here
COVID-19 has caused us to have to cancel many events this year. However, we have found ways to meet anyway by using Zoom and having events that are participated in on an individual level and sharing photos of our accomplishments
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We are currently encouraging families to get outdoors and and visit these Hidden Gems. This event is going on through the end of Aug. 2020
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Due to COVID 19 our last meeting was held on Zoom and Sarina D. gave a presentation on Hurley Park in Salisbury, NC and showed us some of the lovely plantings there.
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We recently participated in the NC Wildlife Federation's Trees For Trash program and collected
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The talk on Hemp Production and Regulation in North Carolina was followed by a tour at a hemp production greenhouse the following week.
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Madison Tesh presenting on the Research and History of the St. Francis Satyr Butterfly
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"Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it."
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau