Summer Nature Journaling: Mossy Woods and Meadow Views  
Thursday, August 27
5:30PM-7:30PM
$10 per person
Challenge yourself this summer to get out in nature! Join Pickering Creek naturalist Mary Helen Gillen for monthly nature observation and journaling. Practice art skills, writing skills, or both, alongside other lovers of nature. Each program will feature a different area of Pickering Creek, a themed group journaling activity and an opportunity to work on a personal entry. All skill levels are welcome. Although we will have some materials available to borrow, we encourage you to bring your own! A recommended materials list will be provided. REGISTER

Monarch Butterfly Migration and Tagging 
Thursday, September 10, 2026 
4:00PM – 5:30PM
$10 per person
Join Pickering Creek Audubon Center naturalists and participate in the University of Kansas’s widespread Monarch Watch tagging program this September! Witness the incredible migration of the monarch while exploring the trails on the 450-acre wildlife sanctuary. Along the way, learn about other native butterflies and how to support these stunning insects in your backyard or community! REGISTER

Pollinator Gardening Day
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10:00AM – 11:30AM
Join volunteers in our verdant and lush pollinator garden dappled with summer blossoms. Help us care for the space to keep it inviting and welcoming to visitors.  We’ll do some focused weeding, water the garden, clear the paths and tidy garden beds.  We’ll end our morning enjoying the fruits of our labor with a refreshing beverage as we look for pollinators.  REGISTER

Monarch Butterfly Migration and Tagging 
Saturday, September 12, 2026 
12:00PM – 1:30PM
$10 per person
Join Pickering Creek Audubon Center naturalists and participate in the University of Kansas’s widespread Monarch Watch tagging program this September! Witness the incredible migration of the monarch while exploring the trails on the 450-acre wildlife sanctuary. Along the way, learn about other native butterflies and how to support these stunning insects in your backyard or community!  REGISTER

Aquatic Life of the Creek 
Sunday, September 13, 2026 
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 
$10 per person
Take a dive below Pickering Creek’s surface (not literally) and learn how to ID many of the common creatures and aquatic plants that call our special brackish ecosystem home. We will then venture out to the shores of the creek, sample for aquatic wildlife using sein nets, and learn how to evaluate the health of an aquatic ecosystem by conducting various water tests.  REGISTER

Reflections on Gilbert Byron with Sue Ingram Keller
Thursday September 17, 2026
5:30PM – 7:30PM
$10 per person
Gilbert Byron, a native of Chestertown, MD, arrived in Lewes, DE in 1926 to teach History at Lewes School. Mollie Ingram, a recent widow raising 6 children, rented young Gilbert a room in her home on Kings Highway. Thus began a love affair between Gilbert, the town, and the families who lived there. Though the love never died, Gilbert left Lewes heartbreakingly, in a cloud of controversy, seven years later. He would continue to teach but is best known for his lyrical prose, becoming known as The Voice of the Chesapeake and The Chesapeake Thoreau. He wrote countless poems, essays and novels about his beloved Eastern Shore and his brief but lasting connection to Lewes-its people, the town, and the natural beauty surrounding it. Refreshments will be provided.

The author, Mollie Ingram’s granddaughter, tells Byron’s story and how it intersected with early 20^th century Lewes and the Ingram family. The second part of the book is a collection of Byron’s Delaware poems; his love letters to Lewes. Accompanying these poems are the author’s photographs that reflect each poem’s written imagery. REGISTER

Summer Nature Journaling: Migration and Climate Change in the Wetlands
Thursday, September 24
5:30PM-7:30PM
$10 per person
Challenge yourself this summer to get out in nature! Join Pickering Creek naturalist Mary Helen Gillen for monthly nature observation and journaling. Practice art skills, writing skills, or both, alongside other lovers of nature. Each program will feature a different area of Pickering Creek, a themed group journaling activity and an opportunity to work on a personal entry. All skill levels are welcome. Although we will have some materials available to borrow, we encourage you to bring your own! A recommended materials list will be provided. REGISTER