Friendship Garden

08/06/2026

📣 Our seasonal newsletter, Nuthatch News, will be hitting mailboxes soon! 📪

This members-only publication includes all the deets for the programs, events, school break camps, and volunteer opportunities happening this fall and early winter, as well as Foundation updates and news. 📰

Haunted Hike will be here before we know it...did you know members get discounted tickets and, at a certain membership level, receive four FREE tickets?!? That's scary awesome!👻

As we prepare to switch our registration system, our online membership portal will be closing on August 16th, so be sure to secure your membership today! ✅

🔗 https://www.dhnature.org/membership.html

08/06/2026

Surprise lilies blooming at Friendship Garden!

08/05/2026

Some of our online features, such as membership renewal online, online donations, and program registrations, will be disabled through August. Thank you for your patience as we navigate this transition

07/23/2026

Do you know about the adopt-a-bed program at Friendship Garden? Individuals, families, and even community groups are welcomed to pick a section of the garden to care for. Please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator for more information!

[email protected]
https://www.dhnature.org/gardeningvolunteer.html

Don’t worry Charleston friends! If you don’t get over to Mattoon frequently this opportunity is also offered The Whiteside Garden !

07/23/2026

“Friendship Garden is a great place to enjoy your snack or lunch”
- Mattoon Resident (squirrel)

07/16/2026

Sunflower blooming at Friendship Garden

07/09/2026

Don't forget, we have a great volunteer opportunity planting flowers this afternoon at Friendship Garden. We hope to see you there!

Thanks to our friends at Eloe Landscapes, we have a bunch of annual flowers to be planted at Friendship Garden...and we need YOUR help! Please join us this Thursday from 1-3pm as we get these beauties into the ground. 🌷🪻🌸🌻🌼

Let us know you're coming by signing up here: https://signup.com/go/RCdSqJP

Questions or concerns?
Text: 336-462-8873
Call: 217-235-4644
Email: [email protected]

07/06/2026

Thanks to our friends at Eloe Landscapes, we have a bunch of annual flowers to be planted at Friendship Garden...and we need YOUR help! Please join us this Thursday from 1-3pm as we get these beauties into the ground. 🌷🪻🌸🌻🌼

Let us know you're coming by signing up here: https://signup.com/go/RCdSqJP

Questions or concerns?
Text: 336-462-8873
Call: 217-235-4644
Email: [email protected]

07/02/2026

Coneflowers blooming!

04/24/2026

Alliums blooming at Friendship Garden in Mattoon, IL