Ecology & Nature programs
Programs that make a positive environmental impact
MAY 16 - Dayton Area Wild Ones and Wright Library welcome: Homegrown National Park
Garden tour: 6:00 p.m.
Presentation: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
JUNE 21 - Lighting Up the Shadows: Gardening for Fireflies, Lightning Bugs, and Glow-worms
7:30 p.m.
About our programs
Wright Library's Local Ecology series includes book discussions, talks from naturalists and native gardeners, and practical guides on how you can make a difference in your own neighborhood. Find resources that inspire you to have a positive impact on the natural world in your own back (or front) yard.
Follow the development of Wright Library's Native Plant Gardens.
Past Events:
2024
- Aullwood Audubon's Rich History and Its Ongoing Efforts to Help the Bird Population, April 21, 2024. A Far Hills Speaker Series presentation with Nenita Lapitan from Aullwood Audubon Center.
- Quilt Lawns & Ancestor Trees, April 20, 2024 with Dr. Ryan McEwan from the University of Dayton
- Family Fun with Earth Day, April 20, 2024
Drop in between 10:30 a.m. and Noon
2023
- Oakwood BioBlitz, September 9-10, 2023
- Native Plant Garden Tour at Wright Library, August 14, 2023
- Compost Kickstart, June 28, 2023
- Historic Grotto Gardens Tours at VA Medical Center, June & July, 2023
- Climate Change: Beyond Hopelessness, April 24, 2023
- Landscape Design with Native Plants, April 22, 2023
- Foster Habitat in Your Own Backyard, April 22, 2023
- Because We Love This Earth: Eco-Poetry for Earth Day, April 22, 2023
- Recycling Update Expert Panel, April 22, 2023
- Give your Garden Some Ecological Clout, April 21, 2023
2022
- Native Plant Social, September 22, 2022
- BioBlitz Week, April 29 - May 3, 2022
- City-Wide BioBlitz
- Nighttime Mothing Meetup, Hills and Dales MetroParks
- BioBlitz Guided Hikes
- Community Social
- Chris Rowlands Children's Concert, 4/10/2022
- Attracting Pollinators to Your Yard, 3/17/2022
- Discovery & Renewal on the Huffman Prairie (Far Hills Speaker Series), 2/20/2022
2021
- Prepare Your Yard to Support Wintering Pollinators, 10/5/2021
- Native Plant Social at Wright Library, 9/29/2021
- Oakwood Native Plant Yard Tour, 6/22/2021
- Douglas Tallamy Author Visit, Nature's Best Hope, 4/29/2021 (RECORDING AVAILABLE)
- Nature's Best Hope Community Read events, April 2021 (DISCUSSION GUIDE AVAILABLE)
- Watching the Seasons in the Miami Valley: Notes by Bill Felker, 4/21/2021