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11AprThursday Night Nature: Native Fruits with Lee Reich, Ph.D. (April 11, 2024)
People often plant apples, peaches, pears, cherries and other familiar market fruits that reflect traditionally European heritage. Consider, however, native American fruits—being native, they are better adapted to withstand…
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18AprThursday Night Nature: Gardening with an Eye towards Climate Change with Dylan Finley (April 18, 2024)
Learn how installing diverse native plant communities and smart stormwater features can improve your garden’s climate resilience and our ecosystem as a whole. Smart gardeners want to ensure the…
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25AprThursday Night Nature: Connecting Science, Art, and Community – the Nurture Nature Center with Kathryn Semmens, Ph.D. (April 25, 2024)
The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) is a non-profit organization in Easton, PA created in 2007 in response to the repetitive flooding in our community on the Delaware River in…
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02MayThursday Night Nature: Microplastics: the Invisible Pollutant with Mike Weilbacher (May 2, 2024)
REGISTRATION CLOSED
A new environmental issue has quickly grabbed public attention: microplastics, found everywhere from the bottom of the ocean to our bloodstreams. Amazingly, each of us ingests a credit…
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09MayThursday Night Nature: Pennsylvania Bat Rescue: Conservation and Rehabilitation with Stephanie Stronsick (May 9, 2024)
Join Pennsylvania Bat Rescue to learn more about bats, their habits and how they are important to the health of our ecosystem. We will also learn how to protect…
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16MayThursday Night Nature: Wildlife Futures Program: protecting wildlife, pets and the public with Ian Gereg (May 16, 2024)
Beyond illnesses like Lyme’s or rabies, most people rarely think about wildlife diseases. Ian Gereg will provide an overview of some of the wildlife diseases of concern in Pennsylvania…
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23MayThursday Night Nature: The Craighead House, a Historic Gem of the Yellow Breeches Creek with Heather Andrews (May 23, 2024)
Craighead House, located on the banks of the Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County, PA is one of the few native plant gardens that provide various immersive educational programs…
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11JulThursday Night Nature: Climbers and Creepers: Vines with Ethan Kauffman (July 11, 2024)
Give your garden more dimension by adding native vines. These climbing, creeping or trailing plants can become a textural backdrop for other plants and can be used in a…
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18JulThursday Night Nature: Soils and Natives 101 What is the nature of their relationship? with Mark Brownlee (July 18, 2024)
Soil and native plants are an inseparable pair supporting each other literally and metaphorically. How does this relationship work? Join ecologist and botanist Mark Brownlee for an up-close look…
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25JulProtected: Thursday Night Nature: Transforming a Suburban Yard into Native Habitat with Kirsi Bhasin (July 25, 2024)
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05SepThursday Night Nature: Honoring our Past, Protecting Our Future with Melissa Davis (August 01, 2024)
THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The Davis Croft Farm, aka Faraway Farm, has a long history dating back to the 1700s. Neighboring the Preserve’s land, much…
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22AugThursday Night Nature: Scent-sational Connections with Rowan University (August 22, 2024)
OUR PRESENTER ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING A FRAGRANT NATIVE PLANT WITH YOU TO THIS PROGRAM
With direct links to emotion and memory, our sense of smell establishes evocative relationships between…