Metro Parks

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Metro Parks Nature Print Contest
Photographers are invited to enter the annual Nature Print Contest, with all works exhibited at Inniswood Metro Gardens (Oct 23 + 24), and the nature centers at Highbanks (Oct 30 + 31) and Blacklick Woods (Nov 6 + 7). For full details and an entry form, click HERE
 

Tim Erskine
Fall Parkscope
The fall edition of Parkscope is now available in your Metro Parks. Copies will also be distributed with The Columbus Dispatch on Wednesday August 25. Click the icon on the right to download a low-resolution version.
 
Commit To Be Fit Healthy Hikes
Scioto Audubon Metro Park in downtown Columbus will host the second of 10 hikes in the annual Commit To Be Fit Healthy Hikes Series, starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday September 5. This seventh annual series is a great time to catch up with old friends or meet new ones as you enjoy a healthy hike led by park rangers.

Full schedule of CTBF hikes

  
Mike Fetherolf
Monarch Day
Sat. Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come to Blendon Woods and celebrate the 2,000-mile journey of the monarch butterfly. The annual festival features live butterflies, displays, slideshows, videos, field work and more. (Photo by Bruce Simpson)