Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight
🖤🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Big, black, and a little intimidating at first glance, the Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) is actually a fascinating native pollinator and
Nature
Native Plant Highlight
🌿 Native Plant Highlight: White-Tinged Sedge (Carex albicans) 🌿 Looking for a native plant that brings texture and year-round interest to a shady garden? White-tinged sedge (Carex albicans) is a
🌿 Neighbors for Nature 🌿
What if transforming just 50 square feet of your yard could help create a network of habitat for birds, butterflies, bees, and other wildlife? That’s the idea behind Nature Neighbors—a
📸 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Take One Nature Photo Every Day for a Week 🌿
Nature is full of incredible moments—you just have to pause long enough to notice them. This week’s challenge is simple:🌼 Take one nature photo every day for seven days. Your
🌿🧠 Test Your Nature Knowledge! 🧠🌿
Think you know your native plants and pollinators? Put your knowledge to the test! Drop your answers in the comments, and we’ll post the answers tomorrow. 1️⃣ Which native wildflower
🌿 Why Habitats Matter 🌿
Every bird, bee, butterfly, frog, and fox needs a place to call home. Habitats provide the food, water, shelter, and space wildlife needs to survive and thrive. When native habitats
Native Plant Heroes
🌸 Native Plant Spotlight: Wild Columbine 🌸 One of spring’s most enchanting native wildflowers is Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Its graceful red-and-yellow, nodding blooms seem to float above delicate blue-green
🌼 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Find 5 Native Flowers! 🌼
How many native wildflowers can you discover on your next walk? Your challenge is simple:🌿 Find 5 native flowering plants in your yard, neighborhood, local park, or nature preserve.📸 Take
Buzz & Bloom
🌾 Southeastern Grasslands Feature: America’s Most Overlooked Ecosystem Grasslands of the Southeast are some of the most diverse—and most threatened—ecosystems in North America. Once stretching across vast portions of the
Week of June 22nd – 28th
Unearth A Story – Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt Unearth A Story invites preschoolers to dig into the wonders beneath their feet through stories, sensory play, and
Week of June 15th – 20th
Little Chicks, Big Stories is a fun and engaging preschool program that introduces young children to the wonderful world of chickens through stories, songs, movement, and hands-on learning. Children will
Week of May 11th-15th
I don’t have any events this week. I am prepping for next week’s events and starting prep for June’s events. I am working up at Cherokee Veteran’s Park this week