Programs that make a positive environmental impact
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.
Upcoming Events:
March 23 - Astrophotography with Jack Bernstein. A Wright Library partnership with Dayton Chapter of Hadassah
April 5 - Mysterious Moths: The Darker Side of Butterflies with Jim McCormac
April 8 - Author Talks Online: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees with Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming
See the Wright Library Calendar
Past Events:
2024
- Trees of Oakwood: Past, Present, & Future - October 16, 2024.
- Native Plant Gardens Your Neighbors Will Love - September 28, 2024.
- Native Plant Garden Tour, July 11, 2024. Presented in partnership with Green Oakwood and Dayton Area Wild Ones.
- Lighting Up the Shadows: Gardening for Fireflies, Lightning Bugs, and Glow-worms, June 24, 2024. Presented in partnership with Green Oakwood.
- Dayton Area Wild Ones and Wright Library welcome Homegrown National Park Executive Director Brandon Hough, May 16, 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
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