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2021 Botany Blitz

...cellphone and download the iNaturalist app in advance.  Do bring a friend or family member. Do walk very gently to protect fragile plant communities and ecosystems. Don’t harvest or harm...

2021 December Membership Drive

...enjoy special member benefits AND be automatically entered to win the PEDEGO Electric Bicycle – a $1895 value! Join or renew as a sustaining member today! Every dollar helps make...

Park Steward Program Open House

Join us for a free informational session to learn more about Olmsted Parks Conservancy’s Park Steward program. This informal, open house-style meeting will feature testimonials from veteran Park Stewards and...

Fรชte in the Forest: Concert Only

...to Iroquois Amphitheater on September 14. The Preservation Hall Brass Band’s repertoire spans from traditional New Orleans classics and spirituals, to the hard-hitting marching tunes heard in New Orleans parades....

Iroquois Park

Car-Free Cherokee

...our parks. That’s why we’re continuing Car-Free Cherokee throughout 2023 – giving park users a chance to enjoy Scenic Loop in Cherokee Park car-free once a month! With support from...

2022 Tyler Gerth Memorial Photography Contest

The Tyler Gerth Memorial Photography Contest will consist of five categories, each of which will have one Winner and two Honorable Mentions, and a grand “Best of Show.” This year’s...

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2021 Spring Membership Drive

...automatically entered to win a FREE Radrunner1 Electric Utility Bike – a $1,299 value!* Become a Member Renew your Membership Other Annual Member benefits include: Shawnee Park T-shirt (with donation...

2022 Spring Membership Drive

...with the communities surrounding our parks through our Friends of Olmsted Parks and Park Steward program Advocate for park users and provide vital amenities to our community Become a Member...

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Types of Tennis Courts in the Olmsted Parks

...tournament is the Grand Slam French Open in France. While most of the free public courts available in our Olmsted Parks are hard courts – Chickasaw Park, located in Louisville’s...

Spring Wildflower Guide

...now dogwoods. Our park woodlands are slower to wake up, but there is still much to see. Spring ephemerals are native wildflowers that grow on the forest floor, completing their...

National Pollinator Week

...why we’re celebrating National Pollinator Week!โฃ Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa Genus) Our Team for Healthy Parks crew member, Lauren, snapped this Carpenter Bee resting on Bottlebrush Buckeye. Bees in the Xylocopa...

Forest Food Scavenger Hunt

...example of this would be a mouse. Second level consumers feed on first level consumers; an example of this would be a rattlesnake that eats the mouse. Third level consumers...

Porcelain-Berry

...axils by mid-summer. The 2-4 seeded fruits start out pale lilac, turn green and finally mature to bright blue, resembling miniature bird’s eggs. Porcelainberry invades open and wooded habitats, spreading...

Mountain Biking for Beginners

Looking to add a little adventure to your routine? Now might be the perfect time to pick up a new outdoor sport – like Mountain Biking! Mountain biking is a...

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