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Close up of a person's hands gently cupping a red trillium blossom growing from the forest floor

Mariton: Wildflower Season

May 3, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Wildflowers are really starting to bloom at Mariton.  These photos are just a sampling of the…

A field with hundreds of plastic tree tubes protecting newly planted tree seedlings

saplings. students. stroud.

April 30, 2021

Thanks to the students at Henderson High School in West Chester who raised over 500 dollars to plant trees at Stroud Preserve! Thanks to the…

Inside of a nest box with moss and other natural materials used as nesting

Mariton: Chickadee Nest Building

April 28, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This week while monitoring nest boxes I had three different Chickadee nests that illustrate the different stages of nest building. …

Nature Conversations: Sadsbury Woods Preserve

April 25, 2021

At 508 acres, Sadsbury Woods Preserve is part of the largest remaining, unfragmented woodlands in Chester County. The preserve is an important habitat for several…

a close up inside a bluebird nest box of the nest made from dried grasses and two blue eggs

Mariton: New Nest Box Activity

April 21, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Activity is gearing up in the nest boxes.  The season is still early, but there were new developments this week. …

A close up of the white blossoms and green foliage of bloodroot emerging from the forest floor

Crow’s Nest: What’s blooming now?

April 16, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The spring wildflower season is underway and it would be a full time job to keep up with what’s happening—but…

Mariton: Button Bucks

April 12, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Like most people, I am fascinated by White-tailed Deer.  As a kid, when deer were less abundant, I was just…

Mariton: First Quarter Precipitation

April 8, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I enjoy reviewing Mariton’s precipitation records.  The first three months of the year ended with more precipitation than average, and…

a closeup of an orange jewelweed bloom and green foliage with droplets of water on the leaves

Renaming Native Wildflowers 

April 1, 2021

Media, PA., April, 2021 – Natural Lands announced today it will partner with the North American Botanical Project to rename and rebrand the common names…