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Welcome to Parks@Home!

03/15/2020 9AM All, Parks at Home for Kids

Welcome to Parks@Home, our hub for nature activities you can do in your own home!

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Native Spring Wildflowers: Wild Columbine

05/19/2022 10AM Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

There’s no time like spring to see the beauty of wildflowers. Director of Programming Amy shares the facts on this fascinating flower that blooms when the weather begins to heat up, wild columbine.

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Strands of blue, green, orange, red, and yellow holiday lights sit in a large pile.

Great Parks Recycles Over 11,000 Pounds of Holiday Lights

04/21/2022 3PM 2022, All, Great Parks News

This past holiday season, Great Parks of Hamilton County’s holiday lights recycling program collected 11,840 pounds of lights, the second largest amount in the history of the annual program.

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The bloom of a wild ginger plant. It is maroon in color, hidden under the green leaves of the plant, closed to rocks and soil.

Wild About Ginger!

04/21/2022 10AM Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

One spring wildflower that blossoms without much fanfare is wild ginger. Director of Programming Amy shares how wild ginger’s differences are actually what makes it bloom.

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Hamilton County City Nature Challenge 2022, hosted by Cincinnati Parks and Great Parks of Hamilton County.

Cincinnati Challenges Cleveland, Columbus in Biodiversity Blitz

04/20/2022 8AM 2022, All, Great Parks News

Great Parks of Hamilton County and the Cincinnati Parks will team up to challenge Cleveland and Columbus in the City Nature Challenge 2022, a worldwide biodiversity blitz competition.

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A bright yellow Prothonotary Warbler sits on a twig. It has black eyes and a beak. There is black on its wings.

Welcome, Warblers! Identifying Birds & Their Songs

04/14/2022 3PM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Do you hear some bird calls in spring that sound unfamiliar? These are small songbirds called Warblers. Warblers hail from the tropics and are visiting Ohio for a short time. Nature Interpreter Lisa lists common warbler species and how you can identify them during their layover in Ohio.

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A blue recycling bin and a brown trash can sit next to each other in a park parking lot.

Think Outside the Trash: Join Great Parks’ Initiative to Increase Recycling Rates

04/12/2022 3PM All, Stories

After conducting an audit waste in 2021, Great Parks has launched an educational recycling campaign to engage park guests. Join us as we Think Outside the Trash and divert recyclable waste from landfills.

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