• Birding Workshop
    Event

    Education Center 382 Townline Rd, Aurora,, OH, United States

    Get ready for Bird Quest with this comprehensive birding workshop! Designed for newer birders, but experienced birders might learn something too! Includes one hour of classroom instruction followed by a guided bird walk in the Novak Sanctuary to practice what you learned! Presented by Matt...

  • Reap What You Sow
    via Zoom

    Saving seeds is an economical and joyful way to renew the beauty of your backyard garden. Participants will learn how to identify various types of seeds, learn when seeds are ready for harvest, and how they can be stored for the following growing season. Join...

  • Chagrin River Bird Quest
    Event

    West Woods Nature Center 9465 Kinsman Road, Novelty, OH, United States

    Get your team together and join us for the 12th annual Chagrin River Bird Quest at West Woods Nature Center in Geauga County! 24-hours of birding followed by our famous Celebration! with fresh food, awards for the most birds seen, and prizes just for showing...

  • Fringed Gentian Walk
    Field Trip

    Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States

    gCome and visit our treasured fringed gentian patch. Fringed gentian are an uncommon native plant with delicately toothed petals showing an amazing hue of blue. Fringed Gentian are among the last flowers to bloom in our area. Mother Nature may add the more common closed...

  • Fall Color Saunter
    Field Trip

    Hach-Otis Sanctuary Skyline Drive, Willoughby Hills, OH, United States

    Join us for a spectacular and informative walk with long time member and naturalist, John Lillich, to view the scenic Chagrin River Valley put on its “grand finale” of the season. We are fortunate to have this gem of a wildlife sanctuary/state nature preserve to...

  • There’s a Fungus Among Us!
    via Zoom

    It’s been a wet summer and fall, and mushrooms seem to be popping up everywhere! But what are all these strange and colorful fungi doing in our yards and gardens? Let’s take a closer look at the mushrooms we’re seeing, discover why they appear when...

  • Autumn Leaf Crunch
    Field Trip

    Novak Sanctuary 382 Townline Road, Mantua, OH, United States

    Join us for a saunter through the less traveled section of the Novak Sanctuary on the east side of Townline Road. We will pass through fields in transition returning to native species then into the forest which has been undisturbed since the mid-1900s. We will...

  • Owls of Ohio
    Program

    Brookpark Library 6155 Engle Road, Brook Park, OH

    Twelve species of owls have been spotted in Ohio. Several are residents, some are migrants and a few are accidental visitors. Interesting owl trivia will be revealed. Some tips on how, when and where to spot owls will be shared. (This is a power point...

  • Meadows of NE Ohio
    via Zoom

    When European settlers first arrived in Ohio, they found a land that was 98% forested and rich in wetlands. Gardeners of today know, however, that a number of our native flowers and grasses prefer sunny, drier conditions. These include meadow species like little bluestem and...