FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: 7:30 – 10 P.M. SCREECH OWLS Experience sights and sounds of nature dramas that often go unnoticed! Journey with Volunteer Naturalists on a driving tour into sections of Bernheim where crepuscular and nocturnal creatures are most active. Program includes a small amount of hiking through easy terrain. While the program includes a […]
BugFest and Fall Plant Sale
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 9 A.M. – 4 P.M. Bernheim will be abuzz with all sorts of fun as we explore insects and their relatives. Join in the Parade of Bugs, have fun on an Insect Safari, dare to Eat-A-Bug! and much more! You can also pick out the perfect plants for your home garden at […]
Smart Gardens and Landscapes: Planning the Fall Garden
July is the perfect month to start planning and planting your fall garden. Extend the life of your edible landscape by planting cool-season crops. Join Nursery Manager, Renée Hutchison, and discover vegetables that thrive in fall and winter months and learn tried and true techniques to lengthen the growing season. Equipped with this information, you […]
The Hidden Beauty of the Sassafras
Sassafras is a beautiful tree that is often overlooked in the forest. With winter quickly approaching, colors begin to fade within the forest. Sassafras offers beautiful green twigs, red furrowed bark, and large flower buds. It also grows in unique ways from tall and straight to many branching trunks. When you go hiking along many […]
Tales from the Bent Twig Trail: Admiring a Red Beauty
The trees on the Bent Twig Trail are wearing their autumn finery, and none were more striking on today’s walk than this lovely red maple, Acer rubrum, visible along the edge of the trail near our “Art Barn”. Red maples have a reputation for being prolific. Perhaps this is in part because they produce and abundance […]