Fall Native Seed Collection Workshops

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

Fall Native Seed Collection Workshops Saturday, November 9 | 3:00PM-4:30PM | Nature Center Fall is a great time to start collecting mature native seeds! This workshop will cover the steps needed to identify, find, collect, clean, and store seeds for future planting. Help contribute to our native seed library! Join Nick Mikash and Nick Fletcher […]

Fall Mommy* & Me Art Class

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

Spend an artsy Saturday at the Nature Center with talented artist Brenna Rudary as she leads a special hands-on fall craft: potato stamp tea towels! Make them for your own kitchen, just in time for Thanksgiving, or give them as a thoughtful gift to friends and family. $13 per ticket includes all materials for a […]

Naturalist Notebook: The Living Mountain & You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

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

Naturalist Notebook: The Living Mountain & You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World Sunday, November 17 | 1:00PM-3:00PM | Nature Center We close out our year by reading memoirs and poetry. The Living Mountain is a memoir that is more a prose poem to nature. This amazing piece of nature writing by Scottish author, […]

Invasive Plants in Your Backyard: An OIPC Workshop

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

Invasive Plants in Your Backyard: An OIPC Workshop Tuesday, December 3 | 9:30AM-3PM | Nature Center The Ohio Invasive Plants Council (OIPC) is partnering with the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes to offer a one-day workshop entitled Invasive Plants in Your Backyard. This workshop will focus on invasive plants in Ohio, control methods, research efforts, […]

Volunteer Crafty Hour

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

Tuesday, December 3 | 5-7PM Join us for an evening of volunteer crafting to create decorations for Luminary Walk. We will be making zero-waste decorations while enjoying some snacks and beverages. Drop in between 5pm and 7pm to help turn the Nature Center into a winter wonderland. Currently seeking donations of any crafting/scrapbook/construction paper to be […]

Winter Warmups: A Night at the Brew-vies: Documentary Film Night

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

Winter Warmups: A Night at the Brew-vies: Documentary Film Night Friday, December 6 | 6:00pm-8:00pm| Nature Center Embrace the warmth of the Nature Center and settle in with an inviting evening of mini ecological-focused documentary films and discussion led by the Natural Resources team! This documentary runs for one hour and one hour for discussion. […]

Winter Solstice Luminary Walk & Holiday Market

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

Winter Solstice Luminary Walk & Holiday Market Friday, December 13 | 5:30–8:30PM | Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Celebrate nature and the beginning of winter! All are invited to take a stroll on the illuminated All Peoples’ Trail boardwalk, which is ADA-accessible. Keep warm at a bonfire, or in the heated pavilion where there will […]

Christmas Bird Count

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

Christmas Bird Count Saturday, December 21 | Nature Center The Christmas Bird Count is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of citizen science involvement. Come join us for a bird walk to locate and identify our resident winter birds. Count and tally the number of birds you can see […]

Trekking Together: Winter Hikes with GirlTrek Cleveland

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

Join Jo Ratiliff of GirlTrek Cleveland for our monthly Sunday evening hikes! These special winter hikes will highlight the beauty of nature and wildlife and encourages movement and community during the cold winter months. Be sure to bundle up and dress for the weather! In the case of inclement weather, the hike will be cancelled […]