Looking for signs of spring? Check out this handy guide of spring ephemerals to search for on your next visit to Legacy’s Creekshead or Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Nature Preserves.
Signs of spring
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Legacy’s Trails at Your Fingertips
Legacy’s going mobile! By downloading the AllTrails app on your mobile phone you can access trail maps for four of Legacy’s preserves from any location. The free mobile phone application lists trail maps, photos, driving directions and reviews for your favorite trails at Legacy’s Beckwith, Creekshead, Lloyd and Mabel Johnson, and Sharon Hills Nature Preserves. […]
Saving Purple Martins
At the 7th Annual Legacy Land Conservancy Partner Gathering, Penny Briscoe, with the Purple Martin Conservation Association and the Michigan Audubon Society, shared tips on how land owners can attract and foster purple martin colonies. Purple Martins are aerial insectivores, meaning they feed by catching flying insects. Purple Martins are one of the highest-flying foragers […]
Fall Prep Leads to Spring Blooms
By Trilby Becker, Legacy volunteer and a co-founder of the Michigan Flower Growers’ Cooperative As locally grown flowers become more popular, designers are increasingly daring, selecting all sorts of wild and wonderful flowers, foliages, grasses, vines, and branches for their arrangements. But traditional blooms like tulips, narcissus, ranunculus, and anemones are always in style. New varieties […]