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Birdfeeder Buffet

As winter approaches, let’s welcome our winter migrants with information about bird feeders you can buy or make yourself this season to…

FR/Brushwood Area

Ginger”bird” House Feeders

Join us to create a gingerbread-inspired bird feeder out of seeds, nuts, festive foliage and more. We will learn about healthy backyard bird…

FASN/Visitors Center

Good Garden Talks: Winter Sowing

Some call it the lazy way to start your seeds — we call this method smart and fun! Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU…

Summit Lake Nature Center

Holiday Wreath Making

Join a naturalist to make holiday wreaths! Learn which evergreens make the best wreaths and which of those are native to Ohio. You’ll also…

LP/Nature Center

Holiday Wreath Making

Join a naturalist to make holiday wreaths! Learn which evergreens make the best wreaths and which of those are native to Ohio. You’ll also…

LP/Nature Center

Meet Me In The Garden: Growing Lavender

Jim and Amy Duxbury will share their gardening secrets for growing a variety of lavender on a former concrete dumpsite, all while realizing…

FASN/Visitors Center

Bird Feeders 101

Join a naturalist at our bird-feeding window to examine the many types of food and feeders you can use to attract birds right to your back…

FASN/Visitors Center

Back Yards Gone Wild: Mason Bee Houses

Join a naturalist for this bimonthly series on welcoming nature into our yards. This month, we will learn about mason bees, essential early-season…

LP/Nature Center

Planning Your 2025 Wild Back Yard

Planning on updating your landscape in the coming year? Join a naturalist to discuss how to create a beautiful and biodiverse Wild Back Yard….

LP/Nature Center

Meet Me In The Garden: Creating Iris Envy

Discover the best plan for success to growing fabulous irises in your garden, including best choices for Ohio’s climate, iris types, bloom…

FASN/Visitors Center

Kids in the Garden

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron for weekly hands-on gardening activities for children of all ages. Seed, sow, water, harvest…

Summit Lake Nature Center
Several people in a garden full of raised beds with grown plants.

Kids in the Garden

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron for weekly hands-on gardening activities for children of all ages. Seed, sow, water, harvest…

Summit Lake Nature Center