Tag: plant

In honor of Pride Month, we’re highlighting local individuals who have a love for the outdoors. Julie Cole used her imagination in the outdoors as a kid. As she got older, she wanted to give back to help conserve and preserve outdoor spaces that brought her joy when she was younger.

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.

Great Parks staff and volunteers work diligently to protect the parks. So when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed running buffalo clover from the federal endangered species list this year, we were thrilled! Read on as Conservation team members share how this little plant went from thought to being extinct to growing in the wild.

Want to create a nature journal with your child? Grab some paper and a pencil, step out the front door and use this prompt.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Want to start your own fall garden? Now is the perfect time to start planting! Conservation & Parks Technician Dawn shares gardening tips in this video.

Want to create a nature journal with your child? Grab some paper and a pencil, step out the front door and use this prompt.

Around the same time every year — late summer through early fall — our fields, meadows, prairies and wetlands take on a golden-yellow hue. This color change is primarily caused by a priceless pollinator plant, goldenrod. Goldenrods are members of one of the largest plant families in the world, Asteraceae. There are about 60 different […]