[445] Cedar Glades Wildflower Festival Runs today, Saturday

Release date: April 29, 2011

News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU Cedar Glade contact: Dr. Kim C. Sadler, 615-904-8283 or ksadler@mtsu.edu

Cedar Glades Wildflower Festival Runs Today, Saturday

(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU faculty and alumni will play vital roles in the 34th annual Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Wildflower Festival today and Saturday at Cedars of Lebanon State Park.
Dr. Jeff Walck, professor in biology, is overseeing today’s Cedar Glad Studies fifth Research Roundtable, which is being held in the park’s Assembly Hall.
Tonight’s activities in the Huddleston Cedar Forest Lodge will include a program hosted by alumnus, park ranger and naturalist Wayne “Buddy” Ingram (’89) and Dr. Kim Cleary Sadler from MTSU’s Center for Environmental Education and MTSU Center for Cedar Glade Studies.
Also, longtime faculty member Dr. Tom Hemmerly will be speaking about “The Tennessee Coneflower: Its Ecology and Conservation.” Quarterman, Vanderbilt professor emerita, was Hemmerly’s research adviser for his dissertation and early work on the Tennessee coneflower.
Saturday events will include various walks and talks, exhibitions and displays in the Huddleston Cedar Forest Lodge.
Quarterman, who turns 100 this year, studied and directed scholarly work about the glades for more than 60 years. Her work brought worldwide attention to the glades and kept the public informed about the need for protection of cedar glade areas, Sadler said.
All programs are free and will be held rain or shine, Sadler said.
For more information about Middle Tennessee Cedar Glades, visit the Center for Cedar Glades Web site at http://frank.mtsu.edu/~mtsucee/Cedar_Glades.htm.
For park information, contact Ingram (wayne.ingram@tn.gov), 328 Cedar Forest Rd., Lebanon, TN 37090, or call 615-444-4565 or 443-2769. The state park is about 18 miles north of Murfreesboro and six miles south of Lebanon, just off U.S. Hwy. 231.

In Brief

The 34th annual Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Wildflower Festival will be held today and Saturday at Cedars of Lebanon State Park, about six miles south of Lebanon and 18 miles north of Murfreesboro on U.S. Hwy. 231. The event is free. Today’s events go from 1 through 9 p.m. Saturday’s events go from 7 a.m. to past 9 p.m.


Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. In September 2011, MTSU will celebrate its 100th year anniversary with special events and activities throughout the year — kicked off by a Blue-Tie Centennial Gala on Friday, Sept. 9.

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