Vol. 1 — No. 21Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Nov 5–8, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 21 · Nov 5–8★ soknoear.com
The South Knoxville Ear — We Hear Things.
Wanna party in the Dirty South?
★ Tonight's plan: happy hours → music → karaoke →
Ijams Nature CenterSat

Moss Meander walks Mead's Quarry with a naturalist and a hand lens Saturday afternoon

Moss holds the story of the forest.

Moss, the park says, is where children learned to look for fairies, and it is also an organism that holds the story of the forest in its structure. Moss Meander is two hours at Mead's Quarry with an Ijams Nature Center naturalist, learning to tell the species apart and what each one says about the ground it grows on, at the one time of year the moss is the greenest thing in the woods. Meet at the picnic tables by the quarry lot at two; it is fifteen dollars, for ages sixteen and up, and the walk is on uneven trail. Saturday is mostly sunny and 66.

When
Sat Nov 7 · 2 – 4 PM
Where
Mead's Quarry · 3526 Island Home Ave · meet at the picnic tables
Cost
$15, plus the site's ticket fee
Ages
16+
Original Dirty South Map Found

Click to see the original map of Knoxville’s Dirty South that was recently unearthed for the public to see.

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