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Replay: Composting 101

05/20/2020 11AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green, Videos, All About Food

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Will teaches you how to turn your food scraps into soil in this video.

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Replay: Grocery Store Gardening

05/18/2020 11AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Videos, All About Food

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Ellen shared how you can regrow some of the food you bought at the grocery store in today’s video.

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Create Your Own Rain Garden

05/5/2020 2PM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green, Nature Academy

Looking for a way to let more native plants flourish in your yard? A rain garden is a perfect way to plant natives, attract pollinators and keep pollutants out local streams, rivers and lakes.

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A monarch butterfly enjoys the nectar of common milkweed.

Replay: Making a Wildlife Friendly Yard

05/4/2020 11AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green, Videos, Nature Academy

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! We’re in Nature Interpreter Julie’s yard today learning how to make your own yard more friendly for local wildlife.

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Replay: Backyard Critters

04/24/2020 11AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Videos, Nature Academy

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Tom shows what wildlife may be hanging out in your backyard.

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Invasive Plants: What’s the Big Deal?

04/14/2020 2PM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Backyard Challenge, Nature Academy

We have identified six invasive species that you can see signs of this spring. Ohio has many different types of invasive plants, but these are ones most obvious and are certainly on the top of the list. Where have you seen these invasive plants before?

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Replay: Pollinators

04/14/2020 11AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, All About Food, Videos, Nature Academy

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Today, Nature Interpreter Stephanie shares more about pollinators and shows how you can make a Mason bee home from objects you have in your house.

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Do-It-Yourself Carton Garden

04/11/2020 10AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Do you have an extra milk carton sitting around? Instead of tossing it in the recycling bin, turn it into a new home for root veggies.

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