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A stone house peeks behind the limbs of a large plane tree with bright green leaves.

heartwood.

February 27, 2023

At Stoneleigh: a natural garden, a magnificent London planetree towers near the Main House like a living picture frame. Although we don’t have any specific…

A Wood Thrush singing in the middle of the forest.

Mariton: May the Forest Be With You

May 4, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager It is May 4th.  May the Forest be With You.  Forests are much more than just trees.  They provide homes…

Black birch worked by woodpeckers.

Mariton: The Upside

January 12, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I’m a bit of an optimist and a pragmatist.  Afterall my parents belonged to the Greatest Generation.  They survived the…

A tree branch with some of the bark peeled off showing small holes from cicadas

Mariton: What’s On The Menu?

June 25, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. I was recently camping with some friends.  As we sat around the campfire, we started talking about the Brood X…

looking up at the bare winter trees from below with blue sky behind

May The Forest Be With You

May 4, 2021

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager May the Fourth is often know as Star Wars Day.  Foresters tweaked the saying to raise awareness of the…

The sun shines through a darkened forest of trees.

Mariton: Foggy Morn

October 11, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Woods on foggy morn, Shafts of sun, tree silhouettes. Feelings transcend words.

Mariton: Black Birches

September 3, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few years back I noticed some of the Black Birch (Betula lenta) trees were dying in Mariton’s forest.  There…

A twisting tree growing in a winter forest.

Mariton: Living Scupture II

April 30, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few weeks back I wrote about living sculptures. A normal tree is gorgeous in its own right, but there…

Mariton: Tuliptrees and White Ash

March 25, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. I am returning to looking at tree bark.  I‘ve “elected to withdraw from the race” of Trail Cam photos.  I…

Sassafras trees in a winter forest.

Mariton: Living Sculptures

March 9, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager At Mariton, Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) trees tend to follow the sun more than other trees.  Like a field of sunflowers…

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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A crowd of people sitting on haybales and camping chairs while the sun goes down.

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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Close up of a hand holding a pint of beer with the sun and grassy space behind

Pints on the Preserve

East Branch Brewing Company will be pouring suds on select Saturdays, beginning at 2:00pm. Enjoy refreshments with a take-your-breath-away view.

 

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