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  • Winter Build-a-Birdhouse Workshop

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    Winter Build-a-Birdhouse Workshop | Saturday, February 28 | 1-3 PM  Back by popular demand! Build your own birdhouse (and bring your own beverage!) Join us with your family and friends for a fun, winter craft - a gift that keeps on giving back to nature! We'll be creating sturdy birdhouses that provide safe havens for local bird species and learning the role they play in […]

  • Getting Started with Natives

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    Getting Started with Natives Wednesday, March 11 | 6-8 PM  Led by Nick Mikash (NCSL Natural Resources Manager)  Curious about how to start gardening with native plants? Nick Mikash, The Nature Center's Natural Resources manager, will share tips, terminology and recommendations for those getting started. We'll touch on trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses. We'll highlight some great starter plants, and how to give them […]

  • Spring Equinox Moonlight Walk 

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    Spring Equinox Moonlight Walk Friday, March 20 | 7:30-9 PM    Bring in the spring season by joining the Nature Center for a Spring Equinox Night Walk. Stroll through our trails under the moonlight on the first night of spring and learn about bats and other nocturnal animals, spring plants, and more. Joining us will be Cleveland Metroparks Naturalist Nicole Hindman, who will share her passion […]

  • Swap Meet

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    SHPL and NCSL Swap Meet  Saturday, March 21, | 10 AM-2 PM  The Shaker Heights Public Library and the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes are teaming up to host a Community Swap Meet in the spirit of reducing waste, building comradery and sharing with our neighbors. No money will be exchanged at the swap meet, and participants can trade books, records, gardening tools, […]

  • Junior Naturalist: Compost Conquest  

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    JUNIOR NATURALIST  COMPOST CONQUEST: in Partnership with RustBelt Riders  Saturday, April 11 | 10AM-12 PM  Join the Nature Center and our friends at RustBelt Riders for an informative session that introduces students to the core concepts of composting through discussion and hands-on activity. We will delve into the challenges of resource conservation and waste management by learning the science […]

  • Grow Not Mow Planting Event

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    Grow Not Mow Planting Event Saturday April 11, 2026, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Meet at Grow Not Mow Site 3 Shaker Blvd & Warrensville Center Rd Shaker Heights, OH We are calling for volunteers of all ages to join us in planting more native trees and plants and removing invasives at this site adjacent […]

  • Annual Stream Sweep

    Annual Stream Sweep  Saturday, April 18 |10AM-1PM | Cultural Gardens    Join the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership and the Nature Center as we clean up the winter’s accumulation of trash in the Doan Brook. We’ll meet in the Cultural Gardens Volunteer as an individual or as a group. Groups with school-age children are welcome.  Registration required. Free. All ages.   https://dbwp.org/event/earth-day-stream-sweep/   

  • Earth Day Tree Giveaway

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    Earth Day Tree Giveaway  Wednesday, April 22 | 10 AM-3 PM  This Earth Day, stop by and receive a free tree from the Nature Center! Participants can choose a red bud, blackhaw viburnum, or flowering dogwood.  

  • City Nature Challenge

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    City Nature Challenge Friday, April 24 – Monday, April 27   The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an annual international event to collaboratively record as many wildlife observations as possible using iNaturalist. This global event is organized by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and California Academy of Sciences. The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is […]

  • Annual Plant Sale

    Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 2600 South Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio

    SAVE THE DATE! More information coming soon. Saturday, May 9, 2026