Come show our native garden some love! The native plants growing out in front of the conservation center at Meadowbrook are an inspiring and hardy testament to our region's original botanical diversity. They also represent an essential stop on the daily journeys of our local pollinators. It takes work and dedication, though, to keep invasives …
Take a hike with your hound and learn the history of the "dog days of summer!"
Rattlesnake mannagrass panicle, Great Marsh. You can play a significant role in the restoration efforts of Shirley Heinze Land Trust by collecting seeds from native plants at our Beverly Shores Project Area. Meet at the corner of Wells Road and Beverly Drive at 2 pm Central Time. Shirley Heinze team members will help you identify …
Join us for a yoga session led by Sandy Pause Yoga at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve! Anyone aged 18+ with a yoga mat can participate. Go to the Sandy Pause Yoga website to register.
Make and take your own pollinator and native plant craft with the Art Barn School of Art and Chesterton Art Center!
The campaign to beautify Meadowbrook's Trails continues! The nature preserve has some of the prettiest views in the Region, but some areas along the trails have become overgrown and brush needs to be cut back. We've started work at the front of the preserve, but there are still plenty of pathways to cover, and plenty …
Join local moth enthusiast, Chris Joll, and Shirley Heinze staff at Meadowbrook for a nighttime program dedicated to nocturnal critters. Bring a headlight or a flashlight for one hoot of a good time!
Great Blue Heron feeding in the wetlands at Lydick Bog Nature Preserve. Explore Lydick Bog, one of Indiana's few "true bogs," with Staff Ecologist Doug Botka. Established as a Shirley Heinze Land Trust nature preserve in 2016, this property tells a compelling story of how conservationists and community members came together to protect one of …
Get hooked on fishing with Brown Faces Green Spaces and Shirley Heinze Land Trust Fishing Clinic at our New Chicago community preserve.
Join us for a workshop on simple practices that each of us can do to help improve the health of our local waterways. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. RSVP by August 25th.
