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21AugPermaculture for Homeowners: Designing a Sustainable Perennial Garden with Brent Deisher (August 21, 2025)
Discover how permaculture principles can empower you in designing a beautiful, sustainable, and low-maintenance home garden centered around perennial plants. This accessible lecture breaks down the permaculture…
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16JunPollinators 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…
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29JunPollinators 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…
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27OctPollinators in Pop Culture with Codey Mathis (Oct. 27)
In recent years, insects of all kinds have been gaining attention in media and our pop culture, from video games to news articles about murder hornets. While this may…
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04AugProtecting Yourself from Tick Bites with Erika Machtinger, Ph.D. (Thursday Night Nature, August 4)
We can’t always be in control of our environment, but there are many things that we can do to help prevent tick bites! In 2019, state and local health…
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26MayRain Garden Design with Olivia Spildooren (Thursday Night Nature May 26)
Storms are happening more frequently and dumping more rain per event. This leads to the headache of flooding in your yard or home. Learn from Olivia Spildooren about the…
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12MayRegistration Closed: Carnivorous Plants with Brandon Huber, Ph.D. (Thursday Night Nature May 12)
Brandon Huber, Ph.D., has been growing carnivorous plants successfully for nearly 20 years and attributes some of his earliest passion for horticulture to them. In this lecture, he will…
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05MayRuthless Nature with Cian Brownlee (Thursday Night Nature May 5)
Every species has its “Goldilocks zone,” an area where it thrives best. Learn to recognize the natural forces that support and constrain native plant populations everywhere–and how you can…
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24JulSeeing the Forest for the Bees: habitat elements for native bees in deciduous forests with Kass Urban-Mead (July 24, 2025)
Did you know that there are over 4,000 different wild bee species in the United States? Most are solitary, don’t live in hives and don’t even make…
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16JulSOLD OUT: Tree ID Paddle with Delaware Canal State Park
Admission $20 (Members receive 20% off with their coupon code.)
Join naturalists from Delaware Canal State Park and Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve to learn kayaking basics on a paddle along…
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17JulSummer Intern Extravaganza with Kelly Shannon (July 17, 2025)
Every summer, the Preserve is proud to offer internship opportunities to some up-and-coming industry professionals. Each intern comes to the Preserve with a unique set of skills…