by scheduling@sheldrakecenter.org | Apr 24, 2025 | Sheldrake Environment Center
In the forest setting in spring, you will find a type of wildflower called spring ephemerals. These flowers are usually very low to the ground and bloom in the leaf litter of the forest. Ephemeral flowers bask in the early-spring sun—when the trees haven’t leafed out...
by scheduling@sheldrakecenter.org | Jan 31, 2025 | Sheldrake Environment Center
Since 1984, Larchmont Village has dedicated the Larchmont Reservoir site in perpetuity as a conservation area for activities appropriate to its natural setting and quiet beauty. Another important function is served here, as well: The dam continues to be used as a...
by scheduling@sheldrakecenter.org | Oct 15, 2024 | Sheldrake Environment Center
In the Spring of 2017, Sheldrake Environmental Center began a Bilingual Nature Club, partnering with the Community Resource Center in Mamaroneck. The purpose with this family program is to provide an interactive and dynamic nature program that would be free,...
by scheduling@sheldrakecenter.org | Aug 4, 2024 | Sheldrake Environment Center
“Change is the very nature of nature” Ilchee Lee “The way of nature is unchanging” Laozi We’ve just completed our fifth Sheldrake Backyard Bioblitz, and all five years we’ve loved seeing what was observed. Because we have scheduled all five...
by scheduling@sheldrakecenter.org | Feb 13, 2024 | Sheldrake Environment Center
When I was a kid, it seemed simple: Birds fly south for the winter to go to a warmer climate. Is that even true anymore? On my recent walk on the trails around our pond, I spotted Mallards, Canada Geese, Mourning Doves, a Great Blue Heron, a pair of Mute Swans, Hooded...