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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
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Native Seed Collection

Join a naturalist and learn how to identify seedheads, then try your hand at collecting and processing native seeds to take home. Please bring…

CV/Valley View Area
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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

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
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Homegrown Habitat: Woody Plant Propagation

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/Visitors Center

Holiday Wreath Making

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

LP/Nature Center
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Building for Biodiversity

Monarch waystations and rain gardens make great additions to your Wild Back Yard! Discover their unique roles in supporting biodiversity and…

LP/Nature Center

MLK Day of Service — Seed Balls

Martin Luther King Jr. continues to inspire communities with the work he did over half a century ago. In his honor we will be making seed…

Summit Lake Nature Center

Back Yards Gone Wild: A Fresh Start

Want to start a new native planting but not sure where to begin? Join a naturalist gardener to discuss creating both small scale native garden…

LP/Nature Center

Lawnspiracy!

Fertilizer, gallons of water, hours of mowing all for a plant that can’t even support a fraction of the life of our native plants can. Why…

SLNC