Featured Events
Knowing Native Plants: Meadow Magic
Join Naturalist Mary Anne Borge and discover the Preserve’s 4-acre...
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Join us to explore nature’s alphabet! We will read exciting...
Passport to Nature
We are teaming up with our friends at the Department...
Featured Events
Knowing Native Plants: Meadow Magic
Join Naturalist Mary Anne Borge and discover the Preserve’s 4-acre meadow. See native meadow plant species, including wildflowers and grasses, and learn about meadow successional stages as well as some of the animals that depend on this habitat. Find out why it is important to plant native species and avoid some popular non-native ornamentals that have escaped from cultivation. Presentation/discussion will be followed by outdoor tour. Mary Anne Borge is a naturalist, photographer, writer, and educator. She is a certified Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, a contributor to Butterfly Gardener magazine, and a volunteer at the Preserve for more than 10 years. She shares her fascination with nature through her writing and photography on her blog, www.the-natural-web.org. Advance registration suggested. Professional CEUs are available.
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Join us to explore nature’s alphabet! We will read exciting books about the outdoors, take hikes through the Preserve in search of the plants and critters in our stories, and make nature crafts to bring home. This program is appropriate for ages 3 through 8. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Each session is unique, so join us for as many as you like! Fees: Members: FREE; Non-members: $7 for one child with adult + $3 for each additional child Registration Information: This event is held every Thursday from June 20 through August 15; 10 -11:15 am. Advance registration required by the Tuesday prior to each program.
Passport to Nature
We are teaming up with our friends at the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to offer a day of adventure in nature. Stop by the Preserve's Visitor Center to pick up your passport and map. On the trails, you will explore the Preserve in new and different ways, including creek exploration, birding, an insect hunt, geocaching, and viewing miniature wonders up close. This program is a drop-in event; registration is requested but not required. It will be canceled in the event of thunderstorms. Please check our website, BHWP.org, for cancellation information on the day of the event. Registration fee is "per family."
Butterfly Walk with Mary Anne Borge
Join Naturalist Mary Anne Borge for a stroll through the Preserve and learn about the butterflies’ wonderful world. From tiger swallowtails to monarchs, discover which winged wonders live here, who is just passing through and the native plants that support them. Mary Anne Borge is a naturalist, photographer, writer, and educator. She is a certified Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, a contributor to Butterfly Gardener magazine, and a volunteer at the Preserve for more than 10 years. She shares her fascination with nature through her writing and photography on her blog, www.the-natural-web.org.
Featured Events
Knowing Native Plants: Meadow Magic
Join Naturalist Mary Anne Borge and discover the Preserve’s 4-acre...
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Join us to explore nature’s alphabet! We will read exciting...
Passport to Nature
We are teaming up with our friends at the Department...