Foxfield Preserve

Foxfield Preserve A conservation burial ground at The Wilderness Center providing a beautiful resting place and creating a lasting legacy.

Proceeds support conservation and education in our community.

😌 Slow down and discover something new in nature this season. 😌 Join The Wilderness Center for Seasonal Nature Journalin...
05/22/2026

😌 Slow down and discover something new in nature this season.

😌 Join The Wilderness Center for Seasonal Nature Journaling where you will get guidance and support in creating a personal nature journal.

😌 Nature Journaling as a regular practice deepens our awareness of nature and can provide a profound sense of wellbeing.

😌 This program is offered monthly with a Tuesday evening or Saturday morning option.

✨ Register for Seasonal Nature Journaling at https://www.wildernesscenter.org/inspire_events.

🌾 In 2008, The Wilderness Center opened the first nature preserve cemetery in Ohio, Foxfield Preserve. Foxfield remains ...
05/08/2026

🌾 In 2008, The Wilderness Center opened the first nature preserve cemetery in Ohio, Foxfield Preserve. Foxfield remains as one of a handful of conservation cemeteries in the country today.

🌾 Interested in learning more about Foxfield Preserve? Join us next Saturday, May 16th at 1 pm for a Guided Group Tour.

🌾 You can register to join us for the May 16th tour at https://www.wildernesscenter.org/inspire-events/14802.

🌼 There are many native plants that are approved to be planted at Foxfield Preserve. To make it easier, we wanted to sha...
04/10/2026

🌼 There are many native plants that are approved to be planted at Foxfield Preserve. To make it easier, we wanted to share them with you.

🌼 There are many great herbaceous options to plant at the nature preserve cemetery including Anise Hyssop, Smooth Blue Aster, Black Eyed Susan, Great Blue Lobelia, Butterfly W**d, Common Milkweed, Whorled Milkweed, Cardinal Flower, New York Ironweed, Common Yarrow, Compass Plant, Dense Blazing Star, Foxglove Beardtongue, Obedient Plant, Ohio Spiderwort, Purple Coneflower, White Wild Indigo, Wild Bergamot, Hollow Joe Pye W**d, Lance-leaf Coreopsis, New England Aster, Orange Coneflower, Royal Catchfly, Showy Goldenrod, Dutchman’s Breeches, Golden Alexanders, Jacob’s Ladder, Virginia Bluebells, Wild Geranium, Columbine, and more!

🌼 These native plants bring beauty and support to our local ecosystem. Foxfield families can shop them at https://secure.wildernesscenter.org/np/clients/wildernesscenter/giftstore.jsp?actionType=search&categoryIds=3&keyword=foxfield&catalogSearch=false.

🌾 In 2008, The Wilderness Center opened the first nature preserve cemetery in Ohio, Foxfield Preserve. Foxfield remains ...
04/10/2026

🌾 In 2008, The Wilderness Center opened the first nature preserve cemetery in Ohio, Foxfield Preserve. Foxfield remains as one of a handful of conservation cemeteries in the country today.

🌾 Interested in learning more about Foxfield Preserve? Join us next Saturday, April 18th at 1 pm for a Guided Group Tour.

🌾 You can register to join us for the April 18th tour at https://www.wildernesscenter.org/inspire-events/14797.

✍️ Spring is a time for renewal. Nature Journaling as a regular practice deepens our awareness of nature and can provide...
03/27/2026

✍️ Spring is a time for renewal. Nature Journaling as a regular practice deepens our awareness of nature and can provide a profound sense of wellbeing.

✍️ Join The Wilderness Center at the next Natural Journaling Workshop on April 11th at 9 am. Register at https://wildernesscenter.org/inspire_events/twc-nature-journaling-workshop-5/.

✍️ This program for adults provides guidance and support in creating a personal nature journal. We’ll observe and document how plant and animal life changes through the year with careful attention, creativity, and the support of a fun community.

Pre-spring beauties.
03/19/2026

Pre-spring beauties.

03/17/2026

Today's spotlight - Foxfield Preserve a "Scarlet" Level Sponsor-Thank you.
Their mission is to provide the community a conservation burial cemetery as a final resting place and protect and preserve this land.
They'll have a booth with us Saturday May 2nd, to learn more.

🌾 You may have seen, or even had, recent conversations around the possibility for new legislation in Ohio that could leg...
03/13/2026

🌾 You may have seen, or even had, recent conversations around the possibility for new legislation in Ohio that could legalize natural organic reduction, also known as human composting.

🌾 At Foxfield Preserve, we held our first burial with composted remains last year.

🌾 Check out this article from the Canton Repository to learn more about the possibility of human composting in Ohio. You can read it at https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2026/02/25/ohio-may-legalize-human-composting-as-interest-in-green-funeral-grows/88855677007/.

😌 Nature Journaling as a regular practice deepens awareness of nature and can provide a profound sense of wellbeing.😌 Jo...
02/27/2026

😌 Nature Journaling as a regular practice deepens awareness of nature and can provide a profound sense of wellbeing.

😌 Join a Wilderness Center Naturalist each month for TWC’s Nature Journaling Workshop. The next session is March 10th from 6:30-8 pm.

😌 This program for adults provides guidance and support in creating a personal nature journal.

✨ For more details and to register for Nature Journaling, go to https://wildernesscenter.org/inspire_events/twc-nature-journaling-workshop-3/.

02/23/2026

Hang in there, spring is coming! Snow today, but this was just a few days ago!

Address

9877 Alabama Avenue SW
Wilmot, OH
44689

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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+13303595235

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