No, not THAT newt
Jean has been out and about again…this time on the hunt for salamanders! Getting the traps ready Last year, Margaret asked a question I had never even thought about. Why don’t we see salamanders here?…
Flowers
Ginger…or Maryanne?
Jean has been out making more discoveries around the grounds… Wild ginger traditionally begins flowering in April, so I was somewhat surprised to see the deep red of its blossoms against the brown dirt of…
Sharing Seeds
photo by Sheri Albrecht It gets pretty busy around the Nature Center in the fall as our lush prairie flowers and grasses turn to seed. It wasn’t always that way. When we began our prairie…
Rain, rain…go away (slowly)
The City brought in the heavy equipment to change the Nature Center’s parking lot from a slant into a bowl shape If you’ve visited the Nature Center anytime since last fall, you know we’ve been…
Plant Sale Saturday, May 1st!
Come one, come all! The Nature Center’s spring plant sale is Saturday, May 1st from 9 AM until Noon! Vendors from around the area and our own fund-raising group (The Guild) will be offering native…
Michigan Lily
There was recently an exciting find at the Nature Center: the beautiful Michigan Lily! Even more exciting was how the flower bloomed… almost fifteen years after the seeds were planted! To find out more, read…
Flower gallery.
Click on any of the above photos (taken by the talented Nancy Lackner) to see a larger version of the lovely flowers blooming at the Nature Center!
The bright side.
Hi loyal readers. Long time no blog! Most of you know that Cedar Rapids has seen some hard times recently. The recent flooding has seemed to give the whole area some perspective, and there is…