Here at Audubon, we recently wrapped up our Discovery Walk season, when elementary school students visit us for guided walks along our trails. During these walks, we let the students decide what they will learn about based on their discoveries and curiosities. We respond to what they notice and ...

After a hard rain, do you have a wet area in your yard that never completely dries out or takes forever to do so? Or a water issue around your house that you don’t know what to do with? If this sounds all too familiar, then a raingarden might just be the solution for you! When it rains, all ...

At Audubon, we have been taking students out on the trails for the last few weeks. My group often ends up in a line of spruce trees, and underneath the trees the kids have discovered a spread of broken blue eggshells. When the kids started asking questions about those particular blue ...

Big, grassy fields are disappearing across the region, and some birds are disappearing along with them. It seems odd to tell people not to mow their lawns, but I am. A huge lawn is not always a good thing. For those of you with tiny lawns, I apologize. You should still mow your grass, but ...

Now that spring is full swing, there is a chorus heard on nice days. It usually plays on Saturday mornings but happens anytime it’s light and not raining. It is the buzz of the lawn mower. I’ve been thinking about lawns recently. “No mow May” has come to an end. This effort ...

Do you have peonies in your garden? If so, you’ve likely seen ants crawling or resting on the unopened buds and perhaps wondered why they are there. Nature is so full of surprises and lessons! This delightful ants-in-your-plants example reveals one of the many mutually beneficial ...