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Pond at Warwick Woods surrounded by a bit of autumn red in tree leaves

Crow’s Nest: Leaf peeper update

October 20, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. What’s the latest on fall color this year in northwestern Chester County at the edge of Berks County? It’s running…

Fresh red gravel spread on trail through woods

Crow’s Nest: Catching up

October 15, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’ve had a busy year at Crow’s Nest Preserve—no shortage of things to write about, just not much time to…

Rain garden and interpretive sign about it at barn

Crow’s Nest: The rain garden

October 7, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The rain garden we planted at the Jacob barn (our maintenance center) at Crow’s Nest has grown up nicely, and…

Crow’s Nest: What a couple decades can do

August 19, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. It’s time for the way-back machine. I have digital photos going back two decades and sometimes I stumble upon something…

Dark storm clouds over a field

Crow’s Nest: Mischief Managed*

August 17, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We’ve had a few storms this summer, and consider ourselves fortunate to have avoided more serious weather-related damage. But we…

Spiky brown and green cattails growing from the water

Crow’s Nest: When to act and when not to…

August 12, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Link Davis, who leads botany walks throughout the region for the Perkiomen Watershed Association, recently led one at Crow’s Nest…

A Crow's Nest Preserve sign in the foreground on a wooden post with yellow wildflowers growing all around

Crow’s Nest: Love summer

August 3, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I do love summer—despite the heat, humidity, insects, and poison ivy. This is the time of year for easy living:…

Crow’s Nest: And speaking of roads…

July 27, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. …next week our township will be coating two roads that pass by parts of the preserve—including Piersol Road, where the…

Find Yourself Outside

Are you up to the challenge? Explore all 20 of our featured preserves and Stoneleigh: a natural garden, and collect all the code words to receive a Natural Lands “Find Yourself Outside” t-shirt.

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Music. Without Walls.

Rock, roots, and rhythm. No matter what the style, music is better with nature as the backdrop.

So get your groove on this year with Natural Lands at these amazing events!

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Pints on the Preserve

East Branch Brewing Company will be pouring suds on select Saturdays, beginning at 2:00pm. Enjoy refreshments with a take-your-breath-away view.

 

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