Sundays, January 28 & February 25 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Nature Center Join Jo Rattiliff of GirlTrek Cleveland for our monthly Sunday evening hikes! These special Winter Wonderland Recenter and Reset hikes will highlight the beauty of nature and wildlife and encourages movement and community during the cold winter months. Be sure […]

Norma Storer makes stunning cards for every occasion- and she’s passing her wealth of knowledge to you! Stop in for this workshop to learn how to craft cards that you can gift to family and friends, or keep for yourself as a beautiful piece of art. $12 per person. $10 for members. Registration required: https://givebutter.com/normacards

Step back in time and experience the historic freeway fight in a unique and exciting way with the Nature Center and Shaker Historical Society. The tour will begin at the Nature Center with a presentation by local citizen scientist, passionate steward, with family ties to the freeway fight, John Barber. Barber will highlight the significance the […]

It’s time to start preparing your garden! Winter sowing is an easy and effective way to start seedlings outdoors and start looking forward to spring. No prior experience necessary. The workshop is great for all ages! Bring your own plastic milk or cider jugs to start your seedlings in. Registration required. $5.00 per person. Register:  https://givebutter.com/februarywintersowing

Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep our animal ambassadors here at the nature center happy and healthy? Join us the second Saturday of every month for a “behind the scenes” look at our animal care program. Each month will highlight a different species. Children 4 & up will be given the opportunity […]

Please join us for this in-person and virtual hybrid event! We'll be discussing Doug Tallamy's Nature's Best Hope, with guest Sarah Franklin Jayne, author of the upcoming book Nature's Action Guide.  Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they […]

Join New Era Cleveland for Self-Care Sundays at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes! Self-Care Sundays serve as a safe space for healing trauma, learning self-love, conflict resolution, yoga, and meditation. Enjoy beginner friendly meditation, yoga, and self-care activities. Registration optional. Classes are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Free to attend! Registration […]

Reading (or rereading) Walden by Henry David Thoreau. For some of us reading Walden, also known as Life in the Woods, maybe for the first time, for others a second or more times. It is a book you pick up at all ages. Reading about Thoreau's immersion in nature in part is a show of […]

Starting your garden in the winter can bring plenty of benefits, and an excellent way to kick off this green initiative is by sowing native seeds in January. Winter sowing offers the advantage of providing plants with a head start, winter sown plants will show growth and development far beyond plants sown in spring. By […]

Join the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and the The Heights of Greater Cleveland Rotary Club for a delicious homemade pancake breakfast with the birds! Learn about the habits and habitats of birds, enjoy a craft, take a guided nature hike and meet live birds. Stroller and wheelchair friendly! Hikes are first come first served- […]

Sundays, February 25 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Nature Center Join Jo Rattiliff of GirlTrek Cleveland for our monthly Sunday evening hikes! These special Winter Wonderland Recenter and Reset hikes will highlight the beauty of nature and wildlife and encourages movement and community during the cold winter months. Be sure to bundle up […]