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The B.W. Wells Association will again
open Rock Cliff Farm off Stony Hill Road
for a full day of tours, games and
exhibits at the retirement home of North
Carolina’s pioneer ecologist and early
botanist.
The B.W. Wells Heritage Day
event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 25.
There will be a hike to
Zeagle’s Rock overlooking Falls Lake
about every hour, an early-morning hike
to observe birds, wildflower walks at 9
and 11 a.m. as well as 1 and 3 p.m.,
geology walks at 10 a.m., noon, 2 and 4
p.m., and canoe tours of the shoreline
at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Visitors are
required to sign up for the canoe tours
and bird hike, and they can do so by
calling 919-676-1027.
Members of the association
are exploring the possibilities of
pontoon boat tours to allow more people
to see the shoreline and the rugged
geology, and they may also be able to
offer a shuttle bus from the parking
area to the farm house and buildings.
Rock Cliff Farm is part of
the state’s recreation area around Falls
Lake, but it is not staffed except for
this event and guided tours available
through the association.
To learn more about the
association, the man and his retirement
farm, you can go to
http://www.bwwells.org.
You can also find some
information about him at the web site
for the North Carolina Land Trust, which
purchased about 12 acres of savannah
land in Pender County near Burgaw in
2002 and dedicated it to Dr. Wells. One
of his defining moments, described in
his book “The Natural Gardens of North
Carolina” was seeing for the first time
an untouched savannah covered with
wildflowers. |
