Join us for a Hike at Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Saturday May 11th - 9:00 AM at Trailhead or 8:30 at carpooling location
On Saturday May 11th, Steve Root, Bartram Group certified outing volunteer, will lead a group hike at Ashmore Heritage Preserve and Lake Wattacoo. If you wish to join us, meet at the trail head on Civitan Camp Rd off Highway 11. On the trail we will see the rare pitcher plants that digest insects.
• Mileage 4.5 • Elevation Gain 400 ft. • Moderate hike level • Hike length 3 hours •
Bring water, snacks or picnic lunch and hiking boots.
• Carpool from Ingles at Cherrydale. We will meet in the parking lot furthest from the store at 8:30.
Please RSVP by text indicating if you are carpooling, Steve Root 864-346-3081.
We hope you join us. 
Upcoming May Events
• Discover Your Watershed • Saturday, May 18th - Lake Cooley Spartanburg, SC •
Join the Sierra Club Bartram Group along with many local environmentally minded organizations for a FREE day of family fun on Lake Cooley as we paddle, play and learn about the Tyger River Watershed! The “Discover Your Watershed” event runs from 10-3 on Saturday, May 18 at the Lake Cooley Park, 100 Cooley Dock Road, Inman, SC 29349. You do not need to register to attend the event. For a FREE lunch and a canoe/kayak pass giveaway register with Spartanburg County Parks here. For more information on the event see Discover Your Watershed flyer here.
• Adopt-A-Hwy Program • Saturday, May 18th, 9 -11 AM - Mitchell Rd Elementary •
The Bartram Group of Sierra Club sponsors a two-mile stretch on East North St. between Mitchell Road and Brushy Creek. We provide bags, work gloves and orange safety vests. (the 2-mile stretch has sidewalks on both directions, in which we are thankful for the safety of our volunteers)
Meeting Point: Mitchell Rd Elementary School (on the corner of Mitchell Road and Old Spartanburg Road).
Questions or to RSVP contact: Trish Cartwright at patcart1206@gmail.com
PS: If it is pouring rain, we will not meet, and the clean-up will be rescheduled for the following Saturday.
Last Month's Events
• Earth Day USC Upstate Campus • Susan Jacobs Arboretum, USC Spartanburg •
The Bartram Group along with other environmental and governmental organizations in the Spartanburg area participated in the annual Spartanburg Earth Day Festival on the USC Upstate Campus in the Susan Jacobs Arboretum on Tuesday, April 16 2 -6. The event was attended by the USC Upstate and Spartanburg community. The Sierra Club table was a popular destination attracting enthusiastic attendees who had lots of great questions about climate and environmental issues. Conversations often continued as newcomers to our table joined in. After talking with students throughout the festival many of us left more optimistic and encouraged about the future of our planet.
• Earth Day Litter Clean-Up & Festival • Unity Park, Greenville •
Unity Park in downtown Greenville on Saturday, April 20, 2024 was a perfectly beautiful day for the Earth Day Litter Clean-up and Festival. The morning was focused on litter clean-up along the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The afternoon included an Earth Day Festival with environmentally focused vendors and several environmental organizations including the Sierra Club Bartram Group and Citizens Climate Lobby. Our area attracted many attendees, parents and children concerned about the environment and climate issues. After amazing conversations visitors were very excited to be given a Happy Earth Day gift from the Bartram Group containing a wildflower seed ball, wildflower seed card and Milkweed seeds to plant for Monarch butterflies.
• Picnic Lunch in Memory of Jack Seitz • Hatcher Garden, Spartanburg •
(left to right-Ron Sobczak, Kathleen Kempe, Merike Tamm (Jack's widow), Mim Shelden and Lou Kinsey)
On Tuesday April 16, we gathered at the Hatcher Garden in Spartanburg to honor the memory of Jack Seitz, a long time Sierra Club Bartram Group member who passed away months ago. We honored his contribution to local environmental causes with a monetary donation to the Hatcher Garden. In celebration of his life, we enjoyed the beauty of the gardens, and visited with members of the Sierra Club.