Carl & Audrey Lavin Speaker Series: Celebrating Native Plant Month
Apr 25, 2026 1:00PM
Location
Buckeye Room, Nature Center, The Wilderness Center, 9877 Alabama Ave SW, Wilmot, OH 44689
Cost FREE/ TWC Member, $5/Nonmember
Event Contact Sarah Cline | Email
Categories Adult, Backyard Habitat
Topics backyard habitat, Earth day, ephemerals, gardening, hobbies, landscaping, learn, National Native Plant Month, native plants, pollinator habitat, pollinators
Ephemeral Excitement: The Spring Rush for Sunlight, Nectar, Pollen & Love
Presented by Judy Semroc
Conservation specialist, field biologist, and naturalist Judy Semroc has 25+ years of experience offering hands-on exploration-based learning programs. As a former Petroleum Geologist and science teacher, Judy loves to learn about and share her passion for the natural world through hikes, interpretive programs, and photography.
Judy is the founder of Chrysalis in Time, the first Ohio chapter of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA). Judy also serves on the board of the Ohio Bluebird Society & Ohio Ornithological Society (Conservation Committee). She has co-authored two natural history guides, “Dragonflies & Damselflies of Northeast Ohio” and “Goldenrods of Northeast Ohio: A Field Guide to Identification & Natural History”.
This program is part of TWC’s Earth Day celebration and will be offered in-person and virtually.
Registration required.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION!
- 8 am ~ Run Wild! 1-Mile Fun Run, Timed 5K & 10K
- 10 am – 2:30 ~ Tree of Life Planting at Brewster Wetland Complex
- 11 am – 12 pm ~ Planetarium Show: Habitat Earth
- 1 – 2 pm ~ Nature Explorers: Mud Kitchen
- 1 pm ~ Native Plant Speaker Series: Ephemeral Excitement: The Spring Rush for Sunlight, Nectar, Pollen, & Love! ~ Presented by Judy Semroc
- 2 – 3 pm ~ Planetarium Show: Habitat Earth
- 2 – 4 pm ~ City Nature Challenge Bioblitz
Separate registration for each activity.
