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Candle Making
Candle Making
Not much of a butcher or a baker? You can still be a candlestick maker! Enjoy making your own candles with assistance from a naturalist.
Summit Metro Parks
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Creek Walk for Kids
Creek Walk for Kids
Kids and their adult companions can get hands-on in the creek to search for insects, amphibians, fish and even fossils! Dress to get wet. Closed-toe shoes are required.
Furnace Run Metro Park
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Good Garden Talks: Pest Management
Good Garden Talks: Pest Management
Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to learn how to encourage beneficial insects and manage pests in the vegetable garden. The program will be canceled in the event of inclement weather.
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Sturgeon Full Moon Hike
Sturgeon Full Moon Hike
See and learn about the full Sturgeon Moon during a hike along the 0.35-mile Meadow Loop Trail. Bring a flashlight along!
Munroe Falls Metro Park
Free
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Otter Open House
Otter Open House
Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate river otters in our waters! Learn about these playful creatures and where to find them through interactive displays, games, a craft and more. Throughout the day, a naturalist will lead short walks in search of otters along Buttonbush Trail.
Liberty Park
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Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Children 3 to 5 and their adult companions will explore the amazing, tiny world of seeds — how they grow and travel and who they feed. Activities include a short hike. Please make arrangements for younger children unable to remain in infant seats or strollers. Registration is required and begins 8/6.
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm
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Trees for Cool Breezes
Trees for Cool Breezes
Native trees planted strategically in your yard can provide shade and help cool your home — plus lots more! Learn about top tree choices to plant this fall.
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm
Free
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Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
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Summer Saunter
Summer Saunter
Take a leisurely hike on the 1.3-mile Rock Creek Trail to enjoy the summer morning and talk about seasonal changes.
Furnace Run Metro Park
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Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Children 3 to 5 and their adult companions will explore the amazing, tiny world of seeds — how they grow and travel and who they feed. Activities include a short hike. Please make arrangements for younger children unable to remain in infant seats or strollers. Registration is required and begins 8/6.
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Meet Me In The Garden: The Unusual World of Carnivorous Plants
Meet Me In The Garden: The Unusual World of Carnivorous Plants
Learn about the amazing adaptations of carnivorous plants from around the world and unique biomes in which they live. There will be a focus on the kettle bogs of Northeast Ohio and the carnivorous plants that can be found within them.
Candle Making
Not much of a butcher or a baker? You can still be a candlestick maker! Enjoy making your own candles with assistance from a naturalist.
Creek Walk for Kids
Kids and their adult companions can get hands-on in the creek to search for insects, amphibians, fish and even fossils! Dress to get wet. Closed-toe shoes are required.
Furnace Run Metro Park
Good Garden Talks: Pest Management
Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to learn how to encourage beneficial insects and manage pests in the vegetable garden. The program will be canceled in the event of inclement weather.
Sturgeon Full Moon Hike
See and learn about the full Sturgeon Moon during a hike along the 0.35-mile Meadow Loop Trail. Bring a flashlight along!
Munroe Falls Metro Park
Otter Open House
Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate river otters in our waters! Learn about these playful creatures and where to find them through interactive displays, games, a craft and more. Throughout the day, a naturalist will lead short walks in search of otters along Buttonbush Trail.
Liberty Park
Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Children 3 to 5 and their adult companions will explore the amazing, tiny world of seeds — how they grow and travel and who they feed. Activities include a short hike. Please make arrangements for younger children unable to remain in infant seats or strollers. Registration is required and begins 8/6.
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm
Trees for Cool Breezes
Native trees planted strategically in your yard can provide shade and help cool your home — plus lots more! Learn about top tree choices to plant this fall.
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm
Bat Night
Bats are some of the most fascinating and beneficial creatures of the night! Join us to learn about these fantastic flying insect controllers up close and personal as park biologists attempt to catch them with nets for observation and data collection.
Silver Creek Metro Park
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Summer Saunter
Take a leisurely hike on the 1.3-mile Rock Creek Trail to enjoy the summer morning and talk about seasonal changes.
Furnace Run Metro Park
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Kinderealm: Seeds-n-Such
Children 3 to 5 and their adult companions will explore the amazing, tiny world of seeds — how they grow and travel and who they feed. Activities include a short hike. Please make arrangements for younger children unable to remain in infant seats or strollers. Registration is required and begins 8/6.
Meet Me In The Garden: The Unusual World of Carnivorous Plants
Learn about the amazing adaptations of carnivorous plants from around the world and unique biomes in which they live. There will be a focus on the kettle bogs of Northeast Ohio and the carnivorous plants that can be found within them.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.
Self-Guided: Goodbye, Birds!
Fall flyers are gearing up to take off for migration! Walk the 1-mile Prather Trail to learn about the birds we’ll say goodbye to this fall.