Outdoor Elements

This week Evie talks about Large-flowered Trillium at the end of Spring. You may find them underneath ...

Also known as Clematis virginiana, Virgin’s Bower is a native vine with fluffy seed heads in fal...

One of our earliest perennial flowering plants is the native Skunk Cabbage. Learn how this unique plan...

Spice bush is one of our earliest flowering native shrubs. It's easy to spot in the spring when the ye...

Purple Deadnettle is a non-native plant that spreads quickly in the spring and is and early bloomer. I...

Elderberry is something you might see growing along the side of the road or edge of a woods. It's whit...

It's a story of good and bad. But this story is being played out along a boardwalk at Lydick Bog. ...

While out exploring nature you can come across a lot of interesting things. Some of them are harder to...

Beavers have been busy along the Elkhart River. We'll look for signs of their activity at River Preser...

Some parks have taken a different approach to controlling the understory growth in their woods, Goats!...