Tag: outdoors

  • Flour Head Bakery’s Appalachian Trail Mix Cookies

    Each week in Metro Pulse, contributor Benjamin Pounds explores often overlooked trails located outside of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Quite a few are around an hour’s drive from Knoxville making sure you spend more time on foot exploring abandoned farmlands or admiring mountain views than being trapped in the gridlock that sometimes overwhelms…

  • June Loving Spoonful Fundraisers for Ijams Nature Center

    The Tomato Head celebrates one of Knoxville’s oldest and largest parks. We invite you to join us throughout June as we fundraise for Knoxville’s most beloved park, Ijams Nature Center. Ijams offers over 300 acres of protected wildlife habitat and natural areas with over 12 miles of trails as well as convenient access to Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness.…