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Writers’ Circle: Inkcaps, Moss, & Manuscripts

Schedule your time to create among community. Join this brand-new autumnal series as we travel throughout Natural Lands’ preserves and take inspiration from the surrounding […]

September 2 @ 5:30 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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virtual events

Name: Outdoors Online: Prose and Poetry with Villanova Student Writers
Start: 2026-12-04T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-12-04T19:30:00-05:00

August

Trek-a-Thon

August 1

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly with wings open standings on a cluster of orange Butterfly Weed flowers.

Outdoors Online: Butterflies 101

August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

September

Trek-a-Thon

September 1

yellow flowering vines hanging for a pergola with a garden in the background

Outdoors Online: Creating Small-Space Sanctuaries

September 24 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

October

a strange-looking, yellowish insect with spiky protrusions on a branch

Outdoors Online: Zombie Fungi

October 14 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

two bright red mushrooms growing out of green moss

Outdoors Online: Mysteries of Moss

October 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

November

Outdoors Online: All About Bears

November 9 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

December

A pen rests on an open notebook resting on a stone wall that looks out into an autumnal garden, a tall tree in the foreground.

Writers’ Circle: Inkcaps, Moss, & Manuscripts

December 2 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Outdoors Online: Tracks in the Snow

December 3 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

students sitting on a porch in a garden writing in notebooks

Outdoors Online: Prose and Poetry with Villanova Student Writers

December 4 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Event

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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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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