Oregon Ridge Nature Center & Park

Council Meeting

The Annual Council Meeting is open to the public and is held at 7:00 PM on the third Monday of September.

Speaker Series

The monthly speakers series are held at 7:30 PM on the third Monday of each month except February, July and August. Our speakers give presentations on a wide range of nature related subjects. Below are speakers for some of our upcoming meetings. For detailed descriptions of these lectures see our newsletter.

Upcoming Speakers: 2012-2013 (all start at 7:30 PM)

October 15, 2012 - "Seasons of a Native Garden" - by Alice & Tom Simmons

November 19, 2012 - "Veracruz, Mexico and the River of Raptors" by: Hugh Simmons, Regional Director Audubon’s Mid-Atlantic Region

January 21, 2013 - "Saved by a Highway? Bog Turtles" by: Bob Bull, Bog Turtle Surveyor for Wilson T. Ballard Co., Inc.

March 18, 2013 - "Gospel of All Things Green" by: Janet Draper, Horticulturist for Mary Livingston Ripley Garden - Smithsonian Institution

April 15, 2013 - "Bringing Nature Home" by: Doug Tallamy, Professor/Chair Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at University of Delaware. This talk will be held at the Oregon Ridge Lodge. Admission fee: $5 - Members, $10 - Non-members. Advance tickets may be purchased at the Nature Center: Tuesday through Sunday from 9-5. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Call 410-887-1815 for information. Click here to view the book web site.

May 20, 2013 - "Through the Seasons of Bombay Hook" by: Pat Ruchlewicz, Educator, Baltimore County Public Schools

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