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2019

March

Word of the Week: Rivulet
Word of the Week: Apricate
Blackbirds are Back
Word of the Week: Alight
Spring Nature Clubs
Nature Book Club: February
Word of the Week: Paddling

February

Winter Lodging
Word of the Week: Lenticel
Word of the Week: Dendrite
An Interview with Nellie Sue Potter
The Giving Tree
Word of the Week: Petrichor

January

Word of the Week: Photobiont
Secrets in the Snow
Nature Book Club: January
Word of the Week: Plumicorn
Early Chipmunk Sighting
Word of the Week: Iridescence
Marcescence in High Park
Word of the Week: Cathemeral
An Interview with Nancy Barrett
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Word of the Week: Carapace

2018

December

Word of the Week: Hibernaculum
Red-necked Grebe
Word of the Week: Supercilium
Word of the Week: Bole
Word of the Week: Fascicle
Mice
Nature Book Club: November

November

Winter Nature Clubs
Word of the Week: Allelopathy
Word of the Week: Tendril
Nuthatches
Word of the Week: Shrub
Nature Book Club: October
Word of the Week: Senescence
Green Invasives
Word of the Week: Petiole

October

Word of the Week: Aposematism
Witch-hazel Flowers
Word of the Week: Patagium
Word of the Week: Saproxylic
Nature Book Club: September
Blister Beetles
Word of the Week: Epizoochory

September

Word of the Week: Hirsute
An Interview with Nellie Sue Potter
An Interview with Dan Stuart
An Interview With Timothy Leduc
Word of the Week: Ballooning

August

Bird's Nest Fungus
Word of the Week: Hyphae
Fall Nature Clubs
Word of the Week: Ovipositor
Word of the Week: Epilithic
Word of the Week: Epaulettes

July

Staff Spotlight: Nadine Nesbitt
Word of the Week: Ligule
Word of the Week: Mycorrhizal

June

Word of the Week: Heartwood
Word of the Week: Inflorescence
Word of the Week: Mycelium
Word of the Week: Catkin
Nature Book Club: May

May

Word of the Week: Smeuse
Staff Spotlight: Katrina Maurer
Word of the Week: Insectivore
Word of the Week: Littoral
Baltimore Oriole Sighting
Word of the Week: Sough
Word of the Week: Riparian

April

Nature Book Club: April
Staff Spotlight: Julie Read
Word of the Week: Snag
Word of the Week: Poikilohydric
Word of the Week: Fossorial
Word of the Week: Midden
Nature Book Club: March

March

Word of the Week: Coprophagy
Word of the Week: Ephemeral
Black-Crowned Night Heron Sighting
Word of the Week: Ootheca
Word of the Week: Gait
Staff Spotlight: Kami Valkova
Nature Book Club: February

February

Nature Book Club: January

January

Staff Spotlight: Chantale Spencer

2017

December

Staff Spotlight: Sara Street

September

Partial Solar Eclipse Day at the High Park Nature Centre

August

Solar Eclipse 2017!

July

Tales from OURSpace

June

Tick Aware in Toronto

March

Happiness in Hibernation
Three Baby Animals You Might See in High Park This Spring
Winter Diet for the Animals of High Park

February

Coniferous Tree ID: Scots Pine

January

Tiny but Mighty: The Red-Breasted Nuthatch

2016

December

Top 5 Things to Do in High Park in Winter
Word of the Week: Rivulet
March 22, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Word of the Week: Apricate
March 15, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Blackbirds are Back
March 14, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
The absence of leaves on the trees and plants can reveal some of High Park’s many moving animals. Late last week, some House Sparrows were seen in a woody plant near Grenadier Pond! They were in a large group, busy chirping away, but there was also a...
Word of the Week: Alight
March 08, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Spring Nature Clubs
March 06, 2019 by Kami Valkova
It is still very much winter, but registration for the spring season is already open! Our nature clubs meet regularly throughout each season to explore the natural wonders of High Park through trail hikes, sensory activities, games, and stewardship...
Nature Book Club: February
March 06, 2019 by Kami Valkova
Welcome to Nature Book Club! Here we will share what our book club is reading each month!...
Word of the Week: Paddling
March 01, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Winter Lodging
February 27, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
While on a late-winter stroll along High Park’s Grenadier Pond, it's always good too take your time because if you walk to quickly, you might miss a dome-shaped structure, hidden somewhere among the tall wetland plants. Inside this structure, there m...
Word of the Week: Lenticel
February 21, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Word of the Week: Dendrite
February 14, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
An Interview with Nellie Sue Potter
February 14, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
On March 2, Nellie Sue Potter will be co-leading a Nature Journaling workshop with Emily Beaton to help participants improve their observation, recording, and sketching skills to take their nature journal to the next level. We had a few questions fo...
The Giving Tree
February 13, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Standing tall in the forest with its soft bright green needles, which seem to stand out so much more against the snow, the Eastern White Pine is a favourite tree in High Park. This tree has so much to give and because of that, has important relations...
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