On March 14, 2024 six South Wake Conservationists experienced a vigorous workday at Millbrook Magnet Elementary School in North Raleigh! They trimmed and dead-headed many perennials and did a healthy amount of weed removal! School officials were appreciative as the volunteers helped prepare the garden for the onset of spring! Many thanks to Chad, Bob … More A Productive and Rewarding Day at Millbrook School!
We are rapidly closing in on our biggest event of the year, Kids in Nature Day at Lake Benson Park in Garner, and we need your help. There are 50 volunteer positions this year at our third annual event to connect kids with nature. This popular event had over 800 attendees (400 kids) attending last … More Calling All Volunteers for Kids in Nature Day!
Over the past few years, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and South Wake Conservationists have beautified the North Carolina Art Park by adding hundreds of native trees, shrubs and native wildflowers. They were even considered a very competitive entry in the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for beautifying Raleigh! On March 8, 2024 they added to … More Let’s Enhance Art Park Wildlife Habitat!
From the VIPs (Very Important Pond-dwellers) to the troublemaking invasive species, join the South Wake Conservationists as they navigate through the shell-tastic landscape that is Wake County. Don’t miss the conservation scoop on how to ensure a bright future for these slow and steady locals. It’s a shell of a ride you won’t want to … More Reminder! Turtle Talk: Native Turtles of Wake County
Please join us on Friday, March 22, 2024 for a late winter walk through Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve! We will meet at 10 a.m. at the lower parking lot. As we stroll through the beautiful preserve, we will be looking for ephemoral plants. These are beautiful plants that have a short lifespan and are typically … More Let’s Do a Late Winter Walk Through the Forest!
Back in December, the South Wake Conservationists hosted an Eco Kids event with students at Joyner Elementary in Raleigh. Together the group installed a Butterfly Highway Pitstop featuring little bluestem, slender woodoats, beautyberry, blazing star, wild bergamot, ironweed, bluestar, purple coneflower, milkweed and more!! The students plunged their hands into cow dung compost, unveiled critters … More Eco Kids Dig the Soil!
Continuing our partnership with Simple Gifts Community Garden, we were happy to install a new purple Martin house assembly at the garden, just in time for nesting season. These amazing birds are just coming in from Brazil for the spring and early summer, as part of their annual migration. They are the largest cavity-nesting swallow … More A New Home in Apex for the Purple Martins
On a windy February 28, 2024, six venturesome South Wake Conservationists prepared the Bass Lake pollinator garden for a rapidly-approaching spring season! The first task was to uncover the garden from a thick layer of leaves, providing the emerging plants a glimpse of sunshine. The group then engaged in a bout of intense weeding! Thanks … More Let’s Have Some Garden Fun on a Windy Day!
Please join us on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at noon as we join forces with Wake County Master Gardeners! We will meet at Millbrook Magnet School, located at 1520 East Millbrook Road in Raleigh. We will be pruning and weeding. The front of the school is located along Memory Road, which runs into Millbrook Road. … More Let’s Team Up With Master Gardeners to Beautify Millbrook School’s Pollinator Gardens!
Donate blood on March 24 to raise funds for our annual Kids in Nature Day and save lives! For every blood donation, $25 will be donated by the Blood Connection to Kids in Nature Day, plus $25 will also go to the blood donor. You will also be helping saves lives in our community, due … More Donate Blood to Support Kids in Nature Day!
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