04/13/2026
Thanks to everyone who came out to Grow Not Mow this past Saturday! In all, nearly 60 volunteers worked together to plant 34 native trees, 15 flowering plants, and 1,000 native live stakes, and removed 2 bags of litter as well as hundreds of branches of invasive buckthorn and privet. It is truly wonderful to see what this event has grown to become - a space for community to come together to share knowledge and restore native habitat in the floodplain of the Doan, and we are so grateful to our community for making this possible!
Thank you to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, the Friends of Lower Lake, Friends of Doan Brook Gorge, Scouts of America, the Tree Advisory Board, Shaker Sustainability Committee and Shaker Public Works, Communications & Marketing, and Shaker City Council for your collaboration!
Looking ahead, we are excited for National Public Lands Day on 9/26!