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Natural Lands and the Borough of Chester Heights, Delaware County, announced the Borough purchased 40.2 acres of open space on Valleybrook and Smithbridge Roads. Natural Lands has worked for the past several years to negotiate the project and secure grant funding. The Borough of Chester Heights plans to establish low-impact trails on the property for residents to enjoy.

friend or foe? it’s complicated. Gardeners have long appreciated the pest-control benefits of the Carolina praying mantis, which sits patiently on plants, front legs raised […]

Natural Lands announced today the preservation of two wooded properties that were transferred to state agencies. They provide critical habitat for migratory songbirds and other wildlife. The acreage will now be open to the public for visitation and recreation… and will never be developed.

A wildflower is a flower that grows without any help from people. They grow naturally in their environment and can also be used in gardens.

Nationally, more golf courses have closed than have opened every year since 2006, and the pace of closings has accelerated since the economic slowdown in 2018. Currently, there are 673 golf courses in PA and 348 in New Jersey—that’s double the amount of Wawa locations in the two states. The average course size is 150 acres.

Newly installed interpretive signs at Natural Lands’ nature preserves include QR codes that link to a Spanish language version of these informative signs.

Saunders Woods Preserve in Gladwyne welcomed a collection of original paintings by local artist Ann Hopkins Wilson earlier this year. The nature-inspired works were displayed for six months along the walking trails there, carefully lashed to the trunks of mature trees.

The winter 2024 edition of Natural Lands magazine