Workshops & Events
Ecology & Conservation
May12
Weed Patrol
Join Grounds Manager Rick Fonda for a great way to learn and give back at the same time! Learn to identify native and non-native plants, the importance of biodiversity, and how to remove and dispose of invasive species properly. Your efforts will help to protect our native plant collections. Groups, individuals, and families are welcome. Dress for the weather and working in the woods. Gloves and tools will be supplied or bring your own. »
Jun09
Weed Patrol
Join Grounds Manager Rick Fonda for a great way to learn and give back at the same time! Learn to identify native and non-native plants, the importance of biodiversity, and how to remove and dispose of invasive species properly. Your efforts will help to protect our native plant collections. Groups, individuals, and families are welcome. Dress for the weather and working in the woods. Gloves and tools will be supplied or bring your own. »
Jun16
Pollinators and Pollination Strategies
Many plants depend on the assistance of a third party, usually an animal, to help them successfully achieve pollination. How do plants entice visitors to their flowers, and then manipulate them to carry pollen to another plant of the same species? Naturalist Mary Anne Borge will introduce you to some of the many potential pollinators of native plants, including bees, flies, wasps, beetles and birds, and to the strategies plants have evolved to achieve successful pollination by taking advantage of these flower visitors. Indoor presentation/discussion followed by an outdoor hunt for potential pollinators. Mary Anne Borge is a naturalist, photographer, writer and educator. She is a certified Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, a contributor to Butterfly Gardener magazine, and has been 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. »
Birding Programs
Apr28
Spring Birding Walk
The Preserve’s plant and habitat diversity provide nesting sites and food sources for many species of birds, including warblers, thrushes, chickadees, woodpeckers, towhees, nuthatches, goldfinches and more. Bird walks depart from the Visitor Center and are led by experienced, local guides. For ages 10 and up. Be sure to bring your binoculars if you have them. »
May05
Spring Birding Walk
The Preserve’s plant and habitat diversity provide nesting sites and food sources for many species of birds, including warblers, thrushes, chickadees, woodpeckers, towhees, nuthatches, goldfinches and more. Bird walks depart from the Visitor Center and are led by experienced, local guides. For ages 10 and up. Be sure to bring your binoculars if you have them. »
May06
Birding by Kayak on the Delaware Canal
We’re teaming up with Delaware Canal State Park for a gentle morning paddle on the Delaware Canal. We’ll learn about the history of the canal and look and listen for birds and other local wildlife during this relaxing paddle. We’ll put in at the canal near the Preserve. DCSP provides life vests, paddles, and kayaks. Details on meeting place will be provided upon registration. Space is limited; advance registration required by May 3, 2018. »
May12
Spring Birding Walk
The Preserve’s plant and habitat diversity provide nesting sites and food sources for many species of birds, including warblers, thrushes, chickadees, woodpeckers, towhees, nuthatches, goldfinches and more. Bird walks depart from the Visitor Center and are led by experienced, local guides. For ages 10 and up. Be sure to bring your binoculars if you have them. »
Art, Health & Nature
Jun10
Campfire Magic: Tuning in to Nature
Join us by our spectacular pond for a lovely summer evening of stories and songs around a blazing fire. Led by music specialist Susan Sacks, we’ll sing together about animals, birds, plants, insects and the many seasonal happenings in nature. A chorus of frogs may sing right along with us! Our evening will end with a festive marshmallow roast. Audience participation is a must. Please bring your enthusiasm, blankets and chairs. This campfire sing-along is weather-permitting and may be cancelled if it is actively raining. Since the age of 12, Susan Sacks has been playing the guitar and singing. For many years Susan has been teaching early childhood music classes and is also a religious school music specialist. Susan looks forward to our campfire event as she brings people of all ages together in song. »