-
Preserve Challenge2023-09-11T00:00:00
Event LocationAnn ArborMI48107
More Details
-
Grist Mill Tour2023-10-05T16:00:00Open house style tour of historic grist mill.
Parker Mill County Park4650 Geddes RdAnn ArborMI48105 Open house style tour of historic grist mill.
More Details
-
Neighborhood Nature Restoration Days - County Farm Park2023-10-06T13:00:00On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Event LocationCounty Farm Park - Medford PavilionAnn ArborMI48104 On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Intro to Archery2023-10-07T10:00:00Introductory archery program for ages 8 and up. Adults and children can participate. Equipment provided.
Staebler Farm County Park7734 Plymouth Ann Arbor RdAnn ArborMI48105 Introductory archery program for ages 8 and up. Adults and children can participate. Equipment provided.
More Details
-
Intro to Archery2023-10-07T11:30:00Introductory archery program for ages 8 and up. Adults and children can participate. Equipment provided.
Staebler Farm County Park7734 Plymouth Ann Arbor RdAnn ArborMI48105 Introductory archery program for ages 8 and up. Adults and children can participate. Equipment provided.
More Details
-
7th Annual Fall Seed Share2023-10-07T13:00:00
County Farm ParkNelson Meade County Farm ParkAnn ArborMI48104
More Details
-
Explore & Restore Woods, Wetlands, & Prairies - Independence Lake2023-10-10T10:00:00Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Event LocationIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
More Details
-
Preschool Hike: Log Cabin Cozy2023-10-12T10:00:00Nature program for ages 2 - 5, caregiver must be present.
Parker Mill County Park4650 Geddes RdAnn ArborMI48105 Nature program for ages 2 - 5, caregiver must be present.
More Details
-
Bulldozing For The Bs (+Seed Collection)2023-10-12T13:00:00Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Pending weather and seasonality, this activity may also include a seed collection component, harvesting native seeds for use on future restoration projects.
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Rolling Hills County Park7660 Stony Creek RdYpsilantiMI48197 Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Pending weather and seasonality, this activity may also include a seed collection component, harvesting native seeds for use on future restoration projects.
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Park Program: Owl Prowl2023-10-13T19:00:00
Independence Lake County ParkIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189
More Details
-
Bird Migration Day2023-10-14T08:00:00
Draper-Houston Meadows Preserve569 Mooreville RoadMilanMI48160
More Details
-
Park Program: Fall Campfire Cooking2023-10-14T09:00:00
Independence Lake County ParkIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189
More Details
-
Junior Naturalist: Fire Building2023-10-14T14:30:00Nature program for ages 7 - 11.
Independence Lake County ParkIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Nature program for ages 7 - 11.
More Details
-
Rambling Readers Book Club2023-10-15T10:00:00Participants will discuss a nature focused book then hike together to continue discussion or simply enjoy nature.
Independence Lake County ParkIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Participants will discuss a nature focused book then hike together to continue discussion or simply enjoy nature.
More Details
-
Autumn Color Mindfulness Hike2023-10-15T14:00:00Mindful movement in nature for ages 18+
Whitmore Lake Preserve1551 7 Mile RoadWhitmore LakeMI48189 Mindful movement in nature for ages 18+
More Details
-
Sunrise Nature Hike2023-10-17T08:30:00
Miller-Smith Preserve8560 Dexter-Chelsea RdDexterMI48130
More Details
-
Explore & Restore Woods, Wetlands, & Prairies - Independence Lake2023-10-17T10:00:00Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Event LocationIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
More Details
-
Fall Community Gathering At County Farm Park2023-10-17T17:00:00Come for an all-ages evening of fun, nature, and community at the Fall Community Gathering with Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation. Join fellow park lovers celebrating fall, Preserve Challenge participants, & volunteers (past, present, & future) making our community a better place. Enjoy seasonal refreshments (like cider, donuts, s’mores), nature hikes, & lawn games.
RAIN DATE: Tuesday Oct. 24
RSVPs not required, but requested to ensure refreshment supply.
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
County Farm ParkNelson Meade County Farm ParkAnn ArborMI48104 Come for an all-ages evening of fun, nature, and community at the Fall Community Gathering with Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation. Join fellow park lovers celebrating fall, Preserve Challenge participants, & volunteers (past, present, & future) making our community a better place. Enjoy seasonal refreshments (like cider, donuts, s’mores), nature hikes, & lawn games.
RAIN DATE: Tuesday Oct. 24
RSVPs not required, but requested to ensure refreshment supply.
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Bulldozing For The Bs2023-10-19T13:00:00Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
West Lake Preserve14980 Waterloo RdChelseaMI48118 Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Grist Mill Tour2023-10-19T16:00:00Open house style tour of historic grist mill.
Parker Mill County Park4650 Geddes RdAnn ArborMI48105 Open house style tour of historic grist mill.
More Details
-
Prairie Restoration Days2023-10-21T10:00:00Sign-up for a trip back in time to protect two of Washtenaw County’s last remaining remnant prairies, Woodcock Prairie and Independence Prairie. You’ll bust down the shrubs and vines threatening these rare ecosystems. Though mostly now gone, prairies once sprawled across almost one-third of the United States. Discover and protect Independence Lake’s extraordinary fragments of history, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Event LocationIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Sign-up for a trip back in time to protect two of Washtenaw County’s last remaining remnant prairies, Woodcock Prairie and Independence Prairie. You’ll bust down the shrubs and vines threatening these rare ecosystems. Though mostly now gone, prairies once sprawled across almost one-third of the United States. Discover and protect Independence Lake’s extraordinary fragments of history, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
More Details
-
Restoration Day At The Parker Mill Historic Teaching Landscapes2023-10-21T10:00:00Join a team breaking down invasive shrubs to restore the teaching landscapes at the historic Parker Mill. You’ll get to learn more about the practical uses of native plants for fiber, medicine, and food, while also improving a landscape used by hundreds of elementary school students each year to learn how Native Americans and pioneers lived off the land. Led by Parks Naturalist Shawn Severance. Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Parker Mill County Park4650 Geddes RdAnn ArborMI48105 Join a team breaking down invasive shrubs to restore the teaching landscapes at the historic Parker Mill. You’ll get to learn more about the practical uses of native plants for fiber, medicine, and food, while also improving a landscape used by hundreds of elementary school students each year to learn how Native Americans and pioneers lived off the land. Led by Parks Naturalist Shawn Severance. Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Neighborhood Nature Restoration Days - County Farm Park2023-10-21T13:00:00On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Event LocationCounty Farm Park - Medford PavilionAnn ArborMI48104 On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Neighborhood Nature Restoration Days - County Farm Park2023-10-23T13:00:00On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Event LocationCounty Farm Park - Medford PavilionAnn ArborMI48104 On select Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays each month, learn, explore, and give back to nature in a friendly community setting. In fall, we’ll continue working to protect the spectacular spring wildflower displays of Britton Woods, removing invasive plants like honeysuckle. Through this hands-on service-learning activity, you’ll get off-trail outdoor exercise and develop a sense of well-being in nature, all while building community with like-minded people. Led by Jonathan Parker. Snacks, gloves, and water provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Explore & Restore Woods, Wetlands, & Prairies - Independence Lake2023-10-24T10:00:00Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Event LocationIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
More Details
-
Bulldozing For The Bs2023-10-28T13:00:00Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
Park Lyndon18801 N Territorial RdChelseaMI48118 Join a team "bulldozing" invasive shrubs to help the Bs—the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, that is! You’ll use loppers and saws to clear the way for B habitat and get ideas for how to turn your own backyard into a B haven. Come for the nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting—or just to demolish something for a good cause. Led by Matthew Bertrand, Volunteer Coordinator (also a landscape designer). Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
For questions or cancellations, please contact Matthew Bertrand, [email protected].
More Details
-
Explore & Restore Woods, Wetlands, & Prairies - Independence Lake2023-10-31T10:00:00Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
Event LocationIndependence Lake County ParkWhitmore LakeMI48189 Join naturalist Faye Stoner to protect Independence Lake’s remarkable natural areas. As the season progresses, we’ll traverse prairie, woods, and a variety of wetlands, including sedge meadows, prairie fen, cattail marshes, and a buttonbush swamp. You’ll use loppers and saws to bust down shrubs and vines to protect these amazing natural spaces, while enjoying nature, fresh air, and exercise in a friendly community setting.
Snacks, tools, and gloves provided (bring your own water bottle).
More Details