Guided Nature Walk: Extremophile Plants

Guided Nature Walk: Extremophile Plants

Did you know that Bog Labrador Tea, (one of the staff favorite bog plants visible from the Shadow boardwalk) is a plant often found in the arctic tundra?  Why is it that you find so-called bog plants on the tops of mountains and in the far reaches of the arctic...
Guided Nature Walk: Halloween Haunted Bog Tour

Guided Nature Walk: Halloween Haunted Bog Tour

In pop culture, bogs are a misunderstood and often feared ecosystem. Low hanging fog, mysterious lights, and even undead-looking bodies have led to a long history of creepy stories about these wetland ecosystems. There will be no jump scares on this haunted bog tour,...
Guided Forest Meditation

Guided Forest Meditation

Come forest bathe with our partners at Cascadia Forest Therapy on October 19th from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Based on the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, this practice is similar to meditation, but instead of sitting quietly, you will use all of your senses to...
Guided Nature Walk: All Things Bog

Guided Nature Walk: All Things Bog

This is one of our favorite times of year to walk the Bog Trail. Mosses expand after months of dehydration, mushrooms abound, and the leaves are starting to turn. On this guided nature walk we will talk about all things bog; how they form, their unique plants, and the...
Family Friendly Restoration Work Party

Family Friendly Restoration Work Party

  Join us for World Environmental Health Day and help us take care of a special part of the SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve forest. We will be doing light invasive plant removal in our beautiful Uplands forest. We will not be working with blackberries or any other...