Saint Joseph's Nature Sanctuary

03/23/2026

We were planning to have a birding workshop on April 11, 2026 however, the presenter, Cheryl Ring, has a scheduling conflict so we are canceling the workshop. If the birding workshop gets rescheduled we will post the new date and time.

01/13/2026

Tea Lovers - the workshop scheduled for January 24th is now full. We are not accepting any more registrations at this time. Please consider one of our upcoming workshops!

12/04/2025

Using / Visiting the Center at 80 Garland Rd, Winslow, Maine

Dear Friends

With our first beautiful snowfall of the winter season, we would like to share with you reminders about using the Center in the winter months.

Please...

be careful parking and walking in front of the Center - snow collects on the solar panels and will slide off suddenly and quickly,

walk with caution outside as the surfaces may be slippery, and

remove wet / dirty footwear and leave it in our entry room (you are welcome to bring slippers).

In unity,

the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon - Maine

12/04/2025

Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon - Maine
Please join our fundraising campaign for the St. Joseph Nature Sanctuary

Dear Friends,

We have accomplished an incredible amount of work at the St. Joseph Nature Sanctuary since we began this journey in 2021! With help from partners and donors like you, we have finished building Joseph House, developed a well-attended schedule of Skills Sharing events, developed a perimeter trail, planted several gardens, built earth berms to alleviate water erosion, and more.

With your help, we can continue to build and grow! We are raising funds now to pave the path to the Joseph House, run electricity to Joseph House, build a picnic area, build additional trails around the property, continue to host Skills Sharing events and continue to care for and maintain the existing site.

If you are able to help, please click the fundraising link to go to our donation page. We truly appreciate your support!

With gratitude,

the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon - Maine and the St. Joseph Nature Sanctuary partners

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Your Support Provides Accessible Earth-Friendly Education in Central MaineSaint Joseph Nature Sanctuary is a unique partnership with the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Lyon in Maine, community members, and civic and nonprofit organizations. Together w...

06/03/2025

Nature Walk with Harry Vayo & Linda Woods, Maine Master Naturalists. Explore the variety of plants and wildflowers summer has to offer on this guided walk.

05/02/2025

04/01/2025

SJNS is offering two Skills Sharing workshops this month. Join us to learn how to identify birds.

Birders find that paying attention to 6 different features of a bird, in addition to color, can help make the identification. In the first part of this workshop, we will review what these characteristics are to help you become a better birder.

04/01/2025

Coming Soon - Just in time for Gardening Season!

DESCRIPTION - This presentation is a continuation of the workshop offered last September, "A Sense of Place" presented by Pauline Paré. All are welcome regardless of whether you attended the first one. Pauline returns to share with us the climate friendly practice of "drip irrigation." Using drip i...

08/20/2024

Our August 31st Nature Journaling Skills Sharing workshop is now full. Thank you for your interest. Be sure to register early for future workshops!