Join us for drop-in volunteering at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve! No prior experience or training required: everyone is welcome to help us restore and beautify the preserve!
CANCELLED: Meadowbrook Monday: Invest in Our Planet Read More »
Adopt-A-Trail AND Preserve Steward Training Join our Adopt-A-Trail and Preserve Steward training session, held on February 15th from 4pm-5pm. Today, more than 3,000 acres across Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, and Marshall counties are permanently protected. With a total of 17 conservation areas in Northwest Indiana, Shirley Heinze is in search for volunteers that
Adopt-A-Trail & Preserve Steward Training Read More »
Get trained in leading hikes for Shirley Heinze Land Trust!
Become a Volunteer Naturalist Hike Leader Read More »
MLK National Day of Service This Meadowbrook Monday, Jan 16th., is Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service. Show your support in honoring Dr. Martin through volunteering within your community! Join us as we work on a variety of projects at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve to improve and beautify the preserve. January 16th between 9am-12pm
MLK National Day of Service Read More »
Seed Cleaning Social Indoor Volunteer Event On Monday December 12th we will be having a Seed Cleaning Social from 9pm-12pm. Volunteers will be INDOORS with our staff as we clean native seeds that will be distributed at a Shirley Heinze Preserve! As you can imagine, native plants are vital to the health and long-term viability
Seed Cleaning Social Read More »
Bittersweet Berries Removal Join us as we remove bittersweet berries on the first and third Monday of every month as we work on a variety of projects at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve to improve and beautify the preserve. December 5th between 9am-12pm we will be focusing on removing invasive species, which crowd out our native
Meadowbrook Monday: Bittersweet Berries Read More »
Volunteer! Seed Cleaning On November 15 from 3pm-5pm, volunteer INDOORS with our staff as we clean native seeds! As you can imagine, native plants are vital to the health and long-term viability of an ecosystem. That’s why our stewardship team takes great care to cultivate native species and remove invasive ones (to allow the natives
Indoor Seed Cleaning Read More »
Plant Identifying in Peg’s Native Garden: Last month we were able to clean up Peg’s garden! The first Monday of October we are interested in Plant Identifying in Peg’s Native Garden. This photo of Biodiversity in Peg’s Native Garden, was taken in 2014! Fast forward to 2022 and this garden is thriving with biodiversity! Over
Volunteer! Plant Identifying in Garden Read More »
Help us “Cleanup” our preserves, parking lots, trails, and borders with 15 minutes of litter pickup to celebrate World Cleanup Day!
Volunteer! World Cleanup Day Read More »
Learn about our Adopt-A-Trail volunteer opportunities and how one visit a month can help improve the preserves for all our visitors!
Adopt-a-Trail Volunteer Training Read More »
