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Meet the Great Parks Team: Samantha Center

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July is Parks and Recreation Month! While we can’t celebrate with you in person right now, we want you to meet the faces behind Great Parks of Hamilton County. Meet Samantha, Animal Care Coordinator. It’s no wonder Samantha loves working at Parky’s Farm – she enjoys the great outdoors and caring for animals.

Replay: Zesty Zucchini Fries

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Nature Interpreter Ellen is sharing fun facts about zucchinis and vegetables from the garden at Parky’s Farm. Tune in for a delicious (and nutritious) zucchini fry recipe.

Four green pawpaw fruits growing on a branch with long, bright green leaves.

Replay: Pickin’ Up Pawpaws

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Nature Interpreter Eric is at Parky’s Farm pickin’ up pawpaws and putting them in his pocket. Learn more about Ohio’s state fruit in this fun video.

Guinea fowl

Replay: Show Off Your Tail Feathers

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Meet our newest residents at Parky’s Farm, a group of peafowl. Learn more about these fascinating birds with Nature Interpreter Eric.

Replay: The G.O.A.T.

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re back at Parky’s Farm with the G.O.A.T. of videos – meeting the goats and farm animals that live here, of course!

Replay: Beehives

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Ellen suits up in her beekeeping gear to open the beehives at Parky’s Farm.

Replay: Hoofin’ It

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Eric is hoofin’ it at Parky’s Farm to tell us all about horses, mules and donkeys.

A bee lands on a wild bergamot flower.

Replay: Honey Extraction

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Honey comes from bee hives. But have you ever wondered how to get honey out of tiny honeycombs? Nature Interpreter Ellen is at Parky’s Farm to show you how honey is extracted.