Tag: parks at home

Try your hand at a different kind of nature craft! Follow along with Conservation & Parks Technician Ethan, who shows that all you need is fibrous plant material to learn this simple rope-making technique.

The summertime garden is like no other garden throughout the year. While we get two cool seasons and one season that requires a greenhouse, the summer garden is prime seasonal real estate. Nature Interpreter Allyson shares the secret gardening technique to have the optimal number of plants grow in a small garden space that Great Parks staff uses at Highfield Discovery Garden.

Nature Interpreter Allyson knows it’s still cold outside, but spring is on its way! Want to live like it’s spring? With a little ingenuity, and a window, spring can start inside long before winter’s end. Learn how you can begin your own inside garden with these gardening tips.

Did you know that pollinators like bees and butterflies are essential to our food supply? But sometimes these small creatures need help accessing their favorite foods. You can help by creating your own pollinator garden at home. Follow these gardening tips to help local pollinators and our natural environment.

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.

Need to get your heart pumping? Head over to Embshoff Woods for a challenge on the fitness trail. Equipment is currently closed, but take in the sights with this trail hunt.

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.

Today’s trail hunt has you adventuring in the forest of Woodland Mound. You’ll see many creatures right in their natural habitats – just be careful not to disturb them.