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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 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

August 19 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

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

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

a dark purple flower in the garden with a bee

August 21 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

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

A few people sit out on the lawn as the sun sets in the distance between the trees.

August 22 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Summer-sational Nights

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

A woman with eyes closed poses with hands together

August 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Yoga in the Garden

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

photo of mansion surrounded by blooming gardens

August 23 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Home and Garden Tour

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

Person with glasses smiling and planting a tree sapling into the ground at a nature preserve

August 24 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am

Volunteer – Give Back to Nature

ChesLen Preserve 1199 Cannery Road, Coatesville, Pennsylvania

a bright sunflower in a faded natural background

August 26 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Volunteer – Summer Gardening

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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