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Preserve Admission
All Ages • All Day Entry
Tips for Visitors Parking Free parking is available in the Visitor Center parking lot, with additional parking along the left side of the entrance road (Continental Drive) or by the Captian James Moore Pavilion. Accessibility The main floor of the Visitor Center, the restrooms and the parking lot are ...
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All day entry during operating hours
Wildlife
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Knowing Native Plants: Flowering Shrubs
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, May 23rd
Spring shrubs bring color, fragrance, and life to the landscape in ways we often overlook! The Mid-Atlantic region has a stunning display of spring-flowering native shrubs that fill the Preserve and surrounding natural areas with color and fragrance every year. Learn about our native shrubs, their wildlife ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Focus on Ferns
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, June 6th
Ferns may not flower, but they have a fascinating story to tell. There are some native plants, such as ferns, that don’t flower at all. In this popular program, learn to identify many native ferns. We will highlight their evolutionary history and unusual reproductive habits, as well as their natural ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Invasive Species ID and Management
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, June 27th
What is an invasive plant? What problems do invasive plants cause? Learn the answers to these questions, as well as how to identify the most common and troublesome invasive plant species in the Delaware Valley region. You’ll also learn about several alternatives for control of these exotic intruders, ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Meadow Magic
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, July 25th
Step into the Preserve’s meadow and discover one of its most dynamic and wildlife-rich landscapes. Discover the Preserve’s 4-acre meadow. This program will introduce you to native plants that thrive in a meadow habitat, including wildflowers, grasses, sedges and rushes. Learn what defines a meadow, ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Confusing Yellow Composites
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, August 29th
Late summer may look like a sea of yellow, but each plant has a story. Join us as we focus on the confusing late summer and fall-blooming yellow composites, including goldenrods (Solidago spp.), sunflowers, coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) and beggar-ticks (Bidens spp.). She will cover the features that ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Classic Asters and Their Colorful Companions
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, September 19th
Asters may look familiar, but they’re anything but ordinary. Find out what makes aster family members different from all other plants and their importance to both wildlife and people. You’ll learn about classic asters such as New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: Trees of the Preserve
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, October 17th
Autumn is the perfect time to really see the trees around us. Learn about our native trees that dominate the landscape of forests, homes and municipalities. Join a discussion of Pennsylvania’s forests, tree growth and development and how to identify the many native tree species of the Preserve. The ...
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3 Hours
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Knowing Native Plants: From Flowers to Seed
All Ages • 3 Hours • Saturday, November 7th
How do angiosperms reproduce sexually? Learn about the life cycle of flowering plants, from pollination to fruit and seed dispersal. The general anatomy of flowers will be covered, along with specific examples of native plants that illustrate the many interesting differences in floral structure and function ...
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3 Hours
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Naturalist Guided Interpretive Walks
All Ages • Up to 90 Minutes • Fridays & Saturdays
Did you know… … milkweeds helped our troops during WWII? … the death of the mother of one of our early Presidents is tied to a native plant? … native insects are more effective pollinators than European honeybees? Take to the trails with one of our interpretive naturalists and get a behind-the-scenes ...
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Up to 90 Minutes
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Nature Therapy: A Shinrin-yoku Experience with Sharon Lohse and Patty Kleiner
All Ages • 2.5 Hours • Nature Therapy Walk
“The forest is the therapist. The guide opens the doors.” – M. Amos Clifford Led by Sharon Lohse, nature therapy walks are a unique, immersive, slow-paced experience with proven health benefits. Inspired by the Japanese practice of forest bathing and led by a certified nature and forest therapy ...
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2.5 Hours
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Holiday Wreath Workshop
Ages 14+ • 2 Hours
Join the fun and make a festive holiday wreath out of natural materials and native plants, including Eastern juniper (Juniperus virginiana), white pine (Pinus strobus) and American holly (Ilex opaca). In this festive workshop, follow a step-by-step demonstration and hands-on instruction to help you create ...
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2 Hours
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Gentle "Wild" Yoga
All Ages • 1 Hour • Every Wednesday!
Join Priscilla Hayes, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve volunteer naturalist and certified yoga teacher, for gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems. On your mat each week, you will notice the small—or ...
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1 Hour
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Meadow Medicine
Four, Two-Hour Sessions Total • All Ages
Learn the medicinal qualities of our beloved full-sun herbaceous perennials, i.e. the meadow plants! In this class, we'll go deep with eight "meadow herbs," studying their medicinal qualities, including how they are harvested and used. You'll learn the process by which basic herbal ...
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2 hours per session, 8 hours total
Private Tours
Workshop
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Early Mornings at the Preserve: Members Only Event
Enjoy full access to the Preserve - 2 Hours before opening
Members are invited to enjoy a special week of early access to the Preserve this May. Each morning, the gates will open at 7 am, giving members the opportunity to experience the trails in the quiet beauty of early spring before the Preserve opens to the public at 9 am. Take in blooming wildflowers, listen ...
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2 hours
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Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve's Native Plant Conference: Cultivating Ecological Stewardship 2026
Homeowners and Professionals • Continuing Education • Cultivate Ecological Stewardship
Formally the Land Ethics Symposium, for its 26th anniversary, the Native Plant Conference brings you everything you love about our historic ecologically focused day, with a fresh new feel. This is a not-to-be-missed gathering of those passionate about native plants and those looking to learn more. To ...
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