Durham Region Field Naturalists HOME PAGE

DURHAM REGION FIELD NATURALISTS

"conservation through education"

WELCOME TO THE DRFN WEBSITE!

Our motto is :“conservation through education”

We are a group of friendly people who share our love of nature through regular meetings and field trips. We hope that you will join us. The Membership tab will help you do this.

MEETINGS Meetings are held the last Monday of the month with the exception of June, July, August and December. For location and a list of upcoming meetings please click Meetings and Meeting Location tabs above. Members receive a newsletter 5 times per year.

FIELD TRIPS We have regularly scheduled Field Trips. For a schedule of upcoming outings please click Field Trips tab above.

Click to see pass Field Trip Photos. https://drfn.shutterfly.com/

BUTTERFLY GARDEN DRFN, with help from the Canadian Organic Growers Durham Chapter and the City of Oshawa, created a Butterfly Garden in 2004. Please visit! Click the Butterfly Garden tab for information.

Click for Photos. https://drfnbitterflygarden.shutterfly.com/

VOLUNTEERING AT THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Saturday, May 27, 2017 10:00 AM

Rossland Road Butterfly Garden:

Spring Clean-up and Maintenance

Leader: Dianne Pazaratz. Come out to help beautify our mature pollinator garden. Something for everyone – planting, weeding, edging, spreading mulch, whatever you like to do in a garden. We need lots of help! Bring your favourite garden tools and gloves. Dress for weather conditions.

Location: Rossland Road just west of Oshawa Creek. Park on Ainslie Court or Glencairn, the two side streets east and west of the garden.

Note: Help is also needed over the summer – a couple of hours once, or as often as you can come. Please contact Dianne if you can assist – 905-433-7875 or dpazaratz(at)sympatico.ca.

DRFN is a member of Ontario Nature. Please join ON today!

NEWS

Next Meeting

Monday, May 29, 2017

Membership Night and Annual General Meeting

Next Outing

Wednesday, June 14 at 5:30 PM

Carden Alvar with Otto Peter

OTHER THINGS OF INTEREST

Huron Fringe

Birding Festival

May 26-May 29 & June 1- June 4, 2017