Meet the bright lights of summer nights
A lightning bug perches on a blade of grass. Donated photo
Learn about lightning bugs — and how your yard care choices can help reverse their decline — during a program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 17, at Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center near Franklin.
Macon County native, naturalist, artist and stay-at-home mother Sarah Johnson will give the talk. She spent her life on her ancestral farm, roaming fields and woods and learning about its glowing treasures: lightning bugs, glow worms and foxfire. She’ll discuss these natural wonders few get to see, why they’re in decline and how your yard can become a sanctuary for them.
The program, located at 51 Cowee School Road, is part of a lecture series that takes place on the third Monday of each month and is designed to give people a chance to learn about the local area from many different angles.
