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What’s Blooming This Spring in the Smokies

As snow melts, waterfalls awaken, bear cubs play, herds graze, birds soar, and tree groves put on their spring best, enchanting wildflowers bloom in the Great Smoky Mountains. Sometimes referred to as the “Wildflower National Park,” the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts 1,500+ kinds of flowering plants, which is more than any other national park in the country! Spring is a fantastic (and gorgeous) time to visit the Smokies. Come see spring beauties, a variety of trilliums, geraniums, azaleas, wild strawberries, irises, phacelias…there are too many to list! Better yet, join the 2020 Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage for a deeper

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