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Eco-friendly Home & Gardens

Eco-friendly Home & Gardens

Beginning January 2026, all program registration will be online. Registration will now open at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of the month prior to the program. If you have questions regarding this new process, please call Nature Realm Visitors Center at 330-865-8065 (Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 12 – 5 p.m.).

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Three tomatoes growing off of a tomato plant.

Good Garden Talks: Share the Harvest

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to enjoy a potluck from the harvest. Bring some of your garden’s harvest…

GYH/Main Entrance
Several people in a garden full of raised beds with grown plants.

Lil’ Sprouts

This biweekly program is designed to engage young children and accompanying adults in the wonderful world of gardening. Each class builds…

SLNC
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…and…

SLNC
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…and…

SLNC
painted gourd birdhouse with a spotted pattern hanging from a branch

Good Garden Talks: Bird House Gourds

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to make a bird house from a gourd! All supplies will be provided.

GYH/Goodyear Heights Lodge
A hand gently holding up a flower that has gone to seed.

Homegrown Habitat: Native Seed Starting

Calling all people with yards or green spaces big and small: Join us for this monthly series and learn how to re-wild your home landscape….

FASN/Nature Realm
bins line a waste station for sorting with signage

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink!

Join a naturalist for a presentation on the history of recycling, best practices for successful sorting and what the future holds in the world…

FASN/Visitors Center
A close-up of rugged tree bark.

Good Garden Talks: Plant Native Trees

Learn how and why adding native trees to your home landscape can transform it into a more welcoming, biodiverse and healthy green refuge benefiting…

SLNC

Back Yards Gone Wild: Woodpecker Feeder Workshop

Join a naturalist to learn about the fascinating lives of woodpeckers and how to attract them to your yard. After a short presentation, we’ll…

LP/Nature Center
A hand gently holding up a flower that has gone to seed.

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…

SLNC

Wintry Bling Tree Craft

Add zing to your holidays by creating a beautiful upcycled “bling” tree. We will use small mismatched/discarded pieces of silver and gold…

FASN/Nature Realm

Wintry Bling Tree Craft

Add zing to your holidays by creating a beautiful upcycled “bling” tree. We will use small mismatched/discarded pieces of silver and gold…

FASN/Nature Realm