National Public Lands Day

NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY
Saturday, September 26 | 10AM–1PM | Grow not Mow Site #2 – South Park Boulevard and Lee Road

Register at: https://dbwp.org/event/national-public-lands-day/

The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is teaming up with the City of Shaker Heights Tree Advisory Board and Sustainability Committees and Doan Brook Watershed Partnership in sponsoring a native planting and invasive plant control event at our Grow not Mow Site #2 (on the corner of South Park Boulevard and Lee Road) in honor of National Public Lands Day. This parcel is located in the floodplain of the Doan Brook, and we are working to restore and enhance biodiversity in this area to make it a better habitat for pollinators, wildlife, and people. Our plantings will also help to absorb and filter stormwater runoff and prevent soil erosion.
Please bring work gloves, and sturdy footwear for planting trees/pulling invasives and dress for the weather, rain or shine. Tools will be provided. Team leaders will show volunteers how to plant our native species of trees and shrubs as well as how to remove invasives. All ages welcome!

Event Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10:00-1:00, parking on South Park Blvd near Lee Rd, carpooling encouraged

About Grow Not Mow 

Grow Not Mow is a community program powered by volunteers like you and championed by the City of Shaker Heights. With this program, we hope to restore and enhance biodiversity in the floodplain of the Doan Brook to make it a better habitat for pollinators, wildlife, and people while also reducing the land area that is mowed. Our plantings will also help to absorb, filter stormwater runoff and prevent soil erosion, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with mowing.