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Tunes on the Terrace: Arcana Music Ensemble

Join us for a concert in the garden. In collaboration with Bowerbird, the Arcana New Music Ensemble will perform the music of Pauline Oliveros’s works […]

June 13 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

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Bowerbird presents ‘Follow the Sound’

Stoneleigh: a natural garden

Enjoy the magic of a summer evening stroll in the garden coupled with live musical vignettes. Join us for an outdoor musical experience in which […]

June 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Friday Night Lights

ChesLen Preserve

music. without walls. Featuring The Flying Komorowski Brothers with opener Madisun Bailey. Warm summer breezes, live music, locally crafted cider, wine and beer, s’mores, and […]

June 26 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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volunteer

July

virginia blue bells with a stone wall in the background

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

July 28 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

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

a dark purple flower in the garden with a bee

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

July 30 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

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

August

two volunteers in bright yellow shirts help with planting

Volunteer – Care for Nature

August 2 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am

Binky Lee Preserve 1445 Pikeland Road, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

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Volunteer – Nurture Nature

August 5 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am

Crow's Nest Preserve 201 Piersol Road, Elverson, Pennsylvania

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

August 6 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

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

A volunteer in a blue Force of Nature shirt smiles at the camera, holding a tree tube in a large open space.

Volunteer – Nurture Nature

August 8 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am

Bryn Coed Preserve Flint Road, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Volunteer – Give Back to Nature

August 9 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am

ChesLen Preserve 1199 Cannery Road, Coatesville, Pennsylvania

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Volunteer – Garden Tenders

August 10 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am

ChesLen Preserve 1199 Cannery Road, Coatesville, Pennsylvania

volunteers in the meadow pulling invasives

Volunteer – Care for Nature

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

Gwynedd Preserve 640 Swedesford Road, North Wales, Pennsylvania

volunteers pulling invasives in a meadow

Volunteer – Nurture Nature

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

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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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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