News
October 8th, 2021
Citizen Scientists & Landowners, We Need You!
Green Ribbon Initiative (GRI) partners are attempting to record the location of 15 priority species within conservation areas across the region so that land stewards have a better understanding of where high-threat populations exist and how to predict potential future populations. …
May 16th, 2020
Oak Openings Native Plant Sale
The Oak Openings Blue Week Native Plant Sale is an online-only sale happening now through Saturday, May 15, 2021. All orders will be available for pickup on the weekend of May 22 and 23 at Blue Creek Native Seed Nursery…
August 2nd, 2018
THE OAK OPENINGS IN MY BACKYARD: FROM DEVASTATION TO RESTORATION
In 2001, Angie Boudouris moved to her dream space in the country. Her 5.5-acre horse farm was bordered on two sides by Oak Openings Metropark. There was a large barn and 3-3.5 acres of pasture for her horses. Large oaks…
May 3rd, 2018
Eric Peterson: Native Gardening Rooted in Seed
by Susan Cross It took some vision to see a native prairie when Eric Peterson first purchased his home in 2011 in rural Berkey, Ohio. There was an old farm house surrounded by agricultural property, five huge maple and three…