• Native Plant Container Workshop at NCSL

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

    Native Plant Container Workshop at NCSL  At NCSL- Thursday, July 16| 6:00-7:30 pm   Are you spending money every year on annual plants that don’t serve our pollinators? Bring nature to your porch, balcony or patio with native perennial containers. Amy from Avonlea Gardens will start us off with a great presentation on native containers. This workshop will teach you how to teach you how to pick […]

  • Canceled: Guided Bird Walk

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

    This event has been canceled due to dangerous air quality. 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 […]

  • GirlTrek Hikes

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

    GirlTREK Select Saturdays | 10-11 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/ Jarod Anderson Book and Loganberry Books 

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

    7.22 Author Talk w/ Jarod 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. Jarod is best known for his writing/podcast as @cryptonaturalist. We will hear Jarod read an excerpt from his book, […]

  • Native Plant Bingo, Pop-Up Plant Sale & Food Truck Night

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

    **Summer Wednesdays are each Wednesday Night from 5-8PM at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.** NATIVE PLANT BINGO IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. WALK-UPS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A CARD OR PLAY. Pop-Up Native Plant Sale, Game Night and Native Plant Bingo PLUS a Food Truck Wednesday, July 29 SCHEDULE:  5-8PM | Games and […]

  • 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.  This year's vendors include: Artifacets Jewelry   Bendi's Fine Designs, LLC   Brenna Claire Artistry   Clara Grace Illustrates   Dynamite Desserts / Jabrielle Russell   Eileen Ryan Ewen   From […]

  • 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 begin on our ADA-accessible boardwalk and move to dirt trails throughout the Parklands. Walks marked with an asterisk are fully accessible and include an ASL interpreter. For all hikes, meet in the Nature Center parking […]

  • 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 […]