Family Nature Night: Animal Signs
Tracks, scat, chewed twigs, all the evidence animals leave behind when you are not looking. An evening walk for families, ninety minutes, ending about when the light goes.
More at Briar Bush Nature Center
Garden Insects and Native Plant Swap
An hour on the bugs that actually help a garden, plus a swap. Bring a native plant you have too much of, leave with something you do not have. Saturday morning at the nature center.
School's Out, Get Outside!
Local schools are closed and Briar Bush runs a full day outdoors: hikes, live animal encounters, games in the woods. Drop-off at 8:30, pickup by 3:30, registration required.
Feather Our Nest Gala 2026
Briar Bush's annual fundraiser at North Hills Country Club: dinner, drinks, a live auction and games. Tickets required, and the money keeps the animal care and the trails going.
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Cooking with Conshy
September's spice kit lands on the second Monday. Ask at the circulation desk with your library card, take it home, cook something, and report back on what you did with it.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Golf Classic
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence holds its twenty sixth annual golf outing at the Philadelphia Country Club off North Spring Mill Road, eight in the morning through four. Foursomes and sponsorships, booked ahead.
Volunteer: Garden Tenders
Morning shift in the pollinator gardens: weeding, mulching, planting. Natural Lands caps the group size, so register ahead. Two and a half hours on preserve land off Cannery Road.
