Events
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Enjoy the Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, inspiring a love for nature through film. This annual film festival is a family-friendly event that showcases environmental films from all over the world.
This year we're going hybrid -- we're taking the festival outside with a screening at Brandywine Red Clay Alliance's Myrick Conservation Center Amphitheatre and offering a virtual screening option, too.
Join us for an evening of fun, films and a celebration of the environment.
Buy tickets at Trail Creek Outfitters. Rain date is October 1st.
Hosted by everyone's favorite local retailer that's more than a store, Trail Creek Outfitters, to benefit Stroud Water Research Center, The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County, and Brandywine Red Clay Alliance.
Braeloch Brewing Closing Celebration
Celebrate the close of our community trail at Braeloch’s streamside pop-up garden. Enjoy free beer and appetizers, meet community partners and enter a free raffle for native plants from the pop-up gardens.
Bucktoe Butterflies for Beginners
Bucktoe Creek Preserve contains an array of butterfly species in late summer, and abundant milkweed that attracts large numbers of Monarch butterflies. Learn how to identify local species of late summer through a zoom lecture with wonderful photography, then follow it up with a field trip to Bucktoe. Bring your camera and binoculars for some nice views and photographic opportunities!
Zoom Lecture: September 15, 6-7:30pm.
Field Trip: Saturday, September 18, 1-3pm.
Sign up here.
Virtual Workshop: Birds, Fish, Watersheds and Native Plants with Vince Smith
One of the best ways to protect our watersheds, enhance biodiversity and reduce our carbon foot print is to covert our yards to a more native landscape. This presentation will demonstrate the process of making that conversion and why it is so important.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81413656526
Dial by Phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 814 1365 6526
Passcode: 677740
Vincent Smith is President of Valley Forge Audubon Society. He started his career as an Environmental Educator at the Charlestown Nature Center and the Green Lane Reservoir Park. He is presently employed at the Montgomery County Offices of Public Health with the Division of Water Quality.
Delaware Nature Society Bird Walks at Bucktoe Creek Preserve
Bucktoe Creek Preserve is a 297-acre privately-owned natural area located near Kennett Square, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The preserve is not open to the public but can be accessed through educational programming hosted on the preserve by one of the Preserve partners, including Delaware Nature Society and The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County. Bucktoe Creek Preserve has miles of hiking trails through forests, meadows, and ponds along the Red Clay and Bucktoe Creeks. The preserve is an excellent birding location with an annual Hawk Watch, bird walks, Motus tower, and other birding opportunities.
Visit the Penn State Master Gardeners at The Mushroom Festival
While enjoying the Mushroom Festival, don’t forget to visit the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners and Master Watershed Stewards in the Growers Exhibit at the Mushroom Festival!
Learn about the Penn State Master Gardeners Program here.
Virtual Workshop: Intro to Bird-Friendly Gardening with Erin Reed Miller
Learn how to transform your home, school, work, or community space into a bird and butterfly paradise. Audubon experts will share practical tips and scientific support for gardening with native plants. Explore the resources you need to beautify your outdoor space and attract birds, pollinators, and other beneficial wildlife!
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82892806725
Dial by Phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 828 9280 6725
Passcode: 834033
Erin Reed Miller grew up in southeast Pennsylvania before earning her BS in Wildlife Conservation and MS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Delaware. There she researched the connection between native plant species and insects with Dr. Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home. She has since served as an interpretive naturalist and environmental educator in Delaware, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Maryland. At Patterson Park Audubon Center in Baltimore, Erin helps connect neighbors of all ages and backgrounds with nature in ways that are meaningful to them and works to increase bird-friendly habitat across the state. In 2016, Erin was named the Tamar Chotzen Audubon Educator of the Year.
Pop-Up Garden Trail
Follow our Birds, Books and Brews trail around Kennett Square!
On the trail you can visit pop-up and established native plant gardens designed for sun, shade and stream-side conditions! See how you can bring Pennsylvania’s natural beauty into your garden.
On the trail you can also:
Grab a limited-edition specialty beer or cocktail
Check out resources on birds and plants at the Kennett Library and Kennett Bookhouse
Get great deals at local merchants celebrating native plants for birds, pollinators and clean water
Enjoy the Mushroom Festival on the weekend of September 11-12th
See the map of the trail here! The gardens at Braeloch Brewing & The Kennett Creamery are open during their business hours.