Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

Great Parks Nature Interpreter Lisa shows us the creatures and fossils you can find in the creek at Sharon Woods.

Is that rock you found just a rock or is it a fossil in disguise? Next time you hit the trail, use this guide to help you find fossils from the Ordovician Period.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Lisa dives into the lives of creatures past and present at Buckeye Creek.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Today, nature interpreter Tom asks what you want to see in his next program.

On a cool, brisk morning in November, three busloads of second graders pull up in front of Sharon Centre ready to begin their day. As they unload, the teachers rush to count heads and split them into groups. I take the opportunity to observe the group in preparation for the program ahead. “Um . . […]