Ecology & Nature programs
Programs that make a positive environmental impact
July 11 - Native Plant Garden Tour
Drop-in 6-8 p.m. to get inspiration and learn about our initiative to support native pollinators.
Presented in partnership with Green Oakwood and Dayton Area Wild Ones.
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
- 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