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Splish Splash!

Come out and splash in Brandywine Creek! Squish in the mud, swish your toes in the water, and splash your friends. Kids and adults are […]

August 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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The Savoy Company presents Trial By Jury  and other Gilbert and Sullivan hits

Stoneleigh: a natural garden

Delight in an evening of laughter and music! The Savoy Company returns for their annual summer performance presenting the hilarious one-act show that launched Gilbert and Sullivan’s […]

August 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Beats & Brews

Binky Lee Preserve

music. without walls Join us for a magical early-fall evening where music, nature, and community come together beneath crisp autumn skies. Enjoy live music from […]

September 19 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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family and kid friendly

July

parents with their children in a garden watching a musician

PlayIn Time Music Circle

July 24 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

PlayIn Time Music Circle

July 31 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

August

PlayIn Time Music Circle

August 7 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

a little girl looks at what she has caught in a lime-green net while standing in a creek up to her ankles.

Splish Splash!

August 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Stroud Preserve 454 North Creek Road, West Chester, Pennsylvania

PlayIn Time Music Circle

August 14 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Performers dressed in costume on a stone stage with trees in the background

The Savoy Company presents Trial By Jury  and other Gilbert and Sullivan hits

August 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

A green pickerel frog pokes its head out of the water while holding itself up on a floating green leaf.

Creek Critter Crawl

August 21 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Saunders Woods Preserve 1020 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA

an instructor with a group of kids on a tour in a garden

Insect Safari for Kids

August 26 @ 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania

October

Blue sky with orange sunset highlights and a gravel path leading through an agricultural field with trees in the background.

Fall Festival & Connect

October 17 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Stroud Preserve 454 North Creek Road, West Chester, Pennsylvania

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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