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Wildflower Walks Sunday's at Oak Openings
SPRING WILDFLOWER WALKS 2023
Chris and I will be leading spring wildflower walks at Oak Openings again this year . We hope to see you at some soon. The walks are Sundays at Oak Openings at 1 PM and last around 90 minutes. They start in mid April and this year will be EVERY OTHER SUNDAY going through the end of June, the meeting point is outside the Buehner Center. The dates are shown below. Please sign up with the Metroparks Toledo at Metroparks Toledo, OH - Event Calendar (myvscloud.com)
April 16
April 30
May 14
May 28
June 11
Chris and I will be leading spring wildflower walks at Oak Openings again this year . We hope to see you at some soon. The walks are Sundays at Oak Openings at 1 PM and last around 90 minutes. They start in mid April and this year will be EVERY OTHER SUNDAY going through the end of June, the meeting point is outside the Buehner Center. The dates are shown below. Please sign up with the Metroparks Toledo at Metroparks Toledo, OH - Event Calendar (myvscloud.com)
April 16
April 30
May 14
May 28
June 11
Follow the Blog
I have added ways to follow updates to Randy's Nature Blog. If you want to follow changes, go to the page (LINK). On the right hand site you will be able either get an email when I make changes, or subscribe to an RSS News Reader. This will only update when I add information to the BLOG unfortunately, not the rest of the website (still looking for a way to do that). If you have any issues doing this, please let me know via email ([email protected])
Spicebush Swallowtail at Wintergarden Park in BG
Milkweed Guide and Henn's List
A milkweed guide and the list of all the wildflowers in Henn's Wildflowers of Ohio is located HERE (LINK)
Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association
The Ohio Natural Area & Preserves association is a very special group of people who care deeply about Ohio's natural area, especially the State Nature Preserves. If you like nature, this is a group to check out. They have stewardship days at State Nature Preserves and other key areas around the state (nice to go see new areas), and they work with the state trying to keep nature in the minds of our state government.
Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association LINK
Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association LINK
Skunk Cabbage Images
This video fades from a skunk cabbage normal image to a thermal image, showing how much heat the plant can generate.
NEW SITE ADDRESS
www.RNature.weebly.com
Think of the new name as R for Randy and then Nature.
Printable Wildflower Guide & Cards Available
A guide to 30 common wildflowers of Northwest Ohio is available that can be printed and placed back to back to have an easy to carry reference. Place it in a plastic sleeve or laminate it to make it long lasting. There is also a version for smart phones that has 1 wildflower per page in a PDF format. These guides are located both on this site and on a Google site. Click one of the buttons below to go the guides. I also have started putting up "Handy Cards" which show one wildflower on a card.
Click above button (Blue) to go to the guides on this website.
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Click on the above button to go to the cards on this website
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LEGAL STUFF: This site is not affiliated with any group or organization. Some people from various organizations may come to this site often, and I may post links to events sponsored by a number of organizations in Ohio and the region, but I am not in anyway making any statements (positive or negative) about those organizations or events. If you see your organization's events listed here and would like them removed from this site, please email me at [email protected] . If you wish to have your organization's events listed in the calendar, please drop me a line at the above email.
All of my photos are free for anyone to use for non-commercial use in anyway you like. If possible list photo credit.
Please note that I do not assign any of the time spent working on this website to official volunteer hours for any organization.
All of my photos are free for anyone to use for non-commercial use in anyway you like. If possible list photo credit.
Please note that I do not assign any of the time spent working on this website to official volunteer hours for any organization.
Comments on the website? Send to [email protected]