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Home for the Holidays: An Evening of Music and Cheer with Les Canards Chantants

We are pleased to present Home for the Holidays: An Evening of Music and Cheer. We’ve transformed the spectacular Tudor Revival-style house at Stoneleigh: a natural garden […]

December 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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August

a pavilion sits in a large green field with its shadow cast on the grass as the sunrise shines behind it.

August 9 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Pints on the Preserve

ChesLen Preserve 1199 Cannery Road, Coatesville, Pennsylvania

outreach table set up in the Academy of Natural Sciences with staff members interacting with visitors at the table

August 10 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Outreach: Bug Fest

The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA, United States

An eastern box turtle crawling through leaf litter on the forest floor

August 14

Through the Wild Lens – Photo Contest at Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary

August 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Summer-sational Nights

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

a large moth with white, black, and red wings and checkered pattern on body.

August 15 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Moonlight Moth Party: An Evening of Community Science – sold out

Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary 240 Sunnyside Road, Easton, Pennsylvania

a group of people gathered on a sunny day in an open field standing doing tai chi poses

August 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Summer Tai Chi – CANCELLED

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

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

August 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Savoy Company presents: Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado” and Friends

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

a spiral shell close-up shot of a white lip globe snail in the woodlands

August 18 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Outdoors Online: iNaturalist – Become a Community Scientist

Virtual Event

Three volunteers (from left to right: Tim Lander, Lin Hall, Ralph Hall) representing Natural Lands at the Willistown Country Fair, August 20, 2024.

August 19 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Outreach: Willistown Country Fair

GreenTree Park 21 Grubb Road, Malvern, PA, United States

a group of kids huddle around an engagement staff holding a leaf and showing insects.

August 20 @ 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Insect Safari for Kids – cancelled

Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, 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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people sitting in a field during golden hour with a band playing on a stage in the background

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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a hand with multiple rings on it holding a natural lands cup with a grassy background

pints on the preserve

East Branch Brewing Company will be pouring suds on select Saturdays. Enjoy refreshments with a take-your-breath-away view.

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