• Clothing Swap with Fashion Talks 

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

    7.15 Clothing Swap with Fashion Talks  Connect with your community and update your wardrobe at the Nature Center's first ever clothing swap in partnership with Fashion Talks. Bring your gently used clothes, shoes, purses and accessories to find a new home while enjoying delicious mocktails from Verbena Free Spirited and discovering your own new favorite pieces.   $10 […]

  • Guided Bird Walks 

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

    Guided Bird Walks  Select Thursdays 6:30 - 8 PM July 16, August 13, August 20*  Join a guided walk through the Shaker Parklands looking and listening for birds. Walks marked with an asterisk begin on our ADA accessible boardwalk and move to dirt trails throughout the Parklands. For all hikes, meet in the Nature Center parking lot. Binoculars are available to borrow. Rain […]

  • GirlTrek Hikes

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

    GirlTREK Select Saturdays | 9:30-10:30 AM |  July 18, August 29  Join Jo Rattiliff of GirlTrek Cleveland for our monthly hikes. In the case of inclement weather, the hike will be cancelled, and an email will be sent out. The trail will be of natural surfaces (paved and dirt trails) and sidewalk. Registration required.  Free. Donations welcome. Learn more at GirlTrek.org.  REGISTRATION LINKS:  https://givebutter.com/girltrek-7-18-26   […]

  • Author Talk w/ Jared Anderson Book and Loganberry Books 

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

    7.22 Author Talk w/ Jared Anderson Book and Loganberry Books  The Nature Center is partnering with Loganberry Books to host an enlightening evening with Jarod Anderson, author of the newly released memoir SOMETHING IN THE WOODS LOVES YOU. We will hear Jarod read an excerpt from his book, lead a discussion on nature’s impact on mental health, and […]

  • Game Night starring Native Plant Bingo 

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

    7.29 Game Night starring Native Plant Bingo  Play 8 rounds of BINGO for $12 ($10 for members) with a chance to take home a native pollinator-friendly plant. Grab a beer or mocktail, eat at the food truck, or play with some of the free games around our grounds. Bingo starts at 6 PM.  $12 for 8 rounds.  $10 […]

  • Art in the Park

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

    Co-hosted with studio Chartreuse Stroll through this summer favorite pop-up shopping experience with local artisans and makers, music, Grateful Grub food truck, and cocktails. Free to attend. All ages. No registration required.   

  • Waxing Moon Sound Bath & Restoration Hike

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

    Experience a relaxing sound bath and guided meditation with Liz from Waxing Moon Sound OR join NCSL Natural Resources Manager Nick Mikash for a free restoration hike to learn about the restoration work recently completed. Sound Bath $35 non-members, $30 members. REGISTRATION LINKS:  Hike: https://givebutter.com/restoration-hike-8-12-26   Sound bath: https://givebutter.com/sound-bath-8-12-26  

  • Restoration Hike

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

    Restoration Hike Celebrating 60 Years of Conservation & Restoration August 12 | 6-7:30 pm Join our Natural Resources team as we hike the property and discuss the progress we’ve made since 2019 in removing invasives and restoring our 22 acres. We’ll talk about how we’ve done it, the invasive plants we’ve removed, and what natives […]

  • Guided Bird Walks 

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

    Guided Bird Walks  Select Thursdays 6:30 - 8 PM August 13, August 20*  Join a guided walk through the Shaker Parklands looking and listening for birds. Walks marked with an asterisk begin on our ADA accessible boardwalk and move to dirt trails throughout the Parklands. For all hikes, meet in the Nature Center parking lot. Binoculars are available to borrow. Rain or shine. […]

  • Naturalist Notebook: The Overstory by Richard Powers

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

    Naturalist Notebook: The Overstory by Richard Powers Sunday, August 16 | 1-3 PM Join Loganberry Books and the Nature Center for our quarterly book club where we’ll be reading Richard Power's Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Overstory - a passionate work of activism told as a fable with trees and humans as the main characters. The […]