Take a Walk with Tavia #9 – Foam Flower
Take a Walk with Tavia #9 highlights the Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia). These wildflowers make a wonderful ground cover for a home garden. Don't forget, today is Earth Day! This…
Take a Walk with Tavia #6 – Dutchman’s Breeches
Take a Walk with Tavia #6 highlights a beautiful colony of the delightful Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Enjoy! https://youtu.be/z93Q0PjV_Vc
Take a Walk with Tavia #5 – Elizabeth Magnolia
Take a Walk with Tavia #5 highlights the Elizabeth Magnolia (cross of M. acuminata × M. denudate) blooming near Mahan Manor. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/mNi7qgJnXkk
Take a Walk with Tavia #4 – Celandine Poppy
Take a Walk with Tavia #4 highlights the spectacular Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum). We hope you enjoy this episode! https://youtu.be/_cDzSx9F7Rk
Take a Walk with Tavia #3 – Sweet Betsy Trillium and Jacob’s Ladder
Take a Walk with Tavia #3 highlights two spring flowers, Sweet Betsy Trillium (Trillium cuneatum) and Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum). Enjoy! https://youtu.be/opBcVQeH0HE
TAKE A WALK WITH TAVIA #2 – Bloodroot
TAKE A WALK WITH TAVIA #2 highlights another wildflower native to the eastern U.S. known as Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis). It’s one of Tavia’s favorite spring delights because its cheery white…
American Chestnut Trees
The magnificent American chestnut tree once dominated 200 million acres of the eastern United States. Chestnuts were the primary food source for wildlife, livestock and people. Many different uses of…
Monarch Mania
As if Executive Director Tavia Cathcart Brown weren't busy enough to begin with at the Nature Preserve, she has now become a Monarch butterfly Mama! Her interest in flowers extends…
Blue Moon
"Blue Moon, You saw me standing alone..." "Once in a Blue Moon" There are two astronomical definitions of a Blue Moon; both are a type of Full Moon. When the…
Family Campout
When I was a Girl Scout, many, many years ago, we went camping several times every year. As an adult, however, we usually stayed in cabins or the lodge at…