Our native seed cleaning efforts are really kicking into high gear. We have a backlog of seeds to prep for winter and spring sowing. Seed cleaning is a fun way to get an intimate look at the quiet but fascinating life cycle of our native plants while directly supporting our Stewardship staff, and an excellent chance to get to know your fellow volunteers better.
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Ambler Flatwoods Nature Preserve is getting a lot of love lately! Along with our current boardwalk project, we’re rejoining our campaign against invasive species that volunteers started last year. On Tuesday, November 26th, we’ll resume the removal of invasive species along the trail, enhancing the quality of the native habitat even further. Ambler will be looking better than ever!
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While not officially open to the public, volunteers can get a glimpse of what Bourbon Woods has to offer the hiker and leisure ecologist while helping to restore the woodland habitat. In the course of our workday, we’ll remove unwelcome invasive plants, freeing stretches of rich soil for more native species to grow. We hope you’ll join us for what will be only the second volunteer workday at this captivating preserve.
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Our native seed collection efforts are really kicking into high gear, and we now have a backlog of seeds to prep for fall, winter, and spring sowing. Seed cleaning is a fun way to get an intimate look at the quiet but fascinating life cycle of our native plants while directly supporting our Stewardship staff, and an excellent chance to get to know your fellow volunteers better.
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Our volunteer restoration project continues. We’re managing unwelcome plants that crowd our ADA Accessible Trail and the area within the loop.We could use your help!
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Lydick Bog is truly a place like no other. The rare bog habitat is home to many delicate and unique plant species, and all manner of wildlife and fungi thrive on the floating mat of peat- and the forest and field around it. Propagating native plants in an ecosystem like this one is crucial to preserving the species diversity and quality of habitat in the preserve.
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Our native seed collection efforts have intensified in the past few weeks, and we now have a backlog of seeds to prep for fall, winter, and spring sowing. Our first order of business will be to clean the spiky seed heads of vervain that we collected from the Great Marsh. We’ll be sowing these particular
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The Great Marsh is an ecologically unique habitat that helps filter surface water as it travels on its journey to eventually drain into Lake Michigan. Be a significant part of the marsh restoration efforts of Shirley Heinze Land Trust by collecting seeds from native plants at our Beverly Shores Project Area.
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The Great Marsh is an ecologically unique habitat that helps filter surface water as it travels on its journey to eventually drain into Lake Michigan. Be a significant part of the marsh restoration efforts of Shirley Heinze Land Trust by collecting seeds from native plants at our Beverly Shores Project Area. This volunteer workday will focus on gathering seeds from one or more of several species that will be ready for collection.
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Help us bring this year’s amazing Grow One Keep One program full circle! Join us October 28th as we plant the plugs remaining from the program. We’ll be planting the milkweed, bee balm, coneflower, and other native species out in the meadow adjacent to the old Girl Scouts campground.
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