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Summer winds down with cultural festivals, live music and more
Updated September 15th, 2022
Five Rivers MetroParks will host of Dayton’s favorite cultural festivals this August and September. The Dayton African American Cultural Festival will kick off on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Island MetroPark, 101 E Helena St., Dayton. From noon to 8 p.m. visitors can enjoy family-friendly activities, vendors, food, entertainment and live music, all of which celebrates […]
The region’s premier outdoor adventure festival returns to Eastwood MetroPark
Updated September 14th, 2022
MetroParks Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience is Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 Explore the active side of Dayton with the return of the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience, a Five Rivers MetroParks event featuring two days of outdoor adventure that celebrates Dayton as the Outdoor Adventure Capital of the Midwest. The festival is held at Eastwood MetroPark […]
Ohio’s first “bat blitz” to be hosted by MetroParks this August
Published August 2, 2022
Five Rivers MetroParks is hosting an intensive ecological survey of bat species in multiple MetroParks this August. This survey – also referred to as a bat blitz – is the first of its kind in Ohio and includes a number of researchers from organizations across Ohio and Indiana. The bat blitz will be held overnight, […]
Rise up – July is National Parks and Recreation Month
Updated July 12th, 2022
July is National Parks and Recreation Month and we hope you’ll show some love for parks systems and all they do for our communities. Every day, parks professionals work hard, rising up for their communities in service of equity, climate-readiness, and overall health and well-being. We’ll be sharing stories from the public, our awesome staff […]
Dayton Celtic Fest returns, free summer events continue at RiverScape this July
Published July 5, 2022
Summer continues with one of Dayton’s favorite festivals, hosted at RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E. Monument Ave. in downtown Dayton. The United Irish of Dayton Celtic Festival returns to RiverScape MetroPark with nearly three days of international and national musical acts; food and drinks; family activities and much more. The United Irish Dayton Celtic Festival’s hours […]
The Healing Effects of Nature
Updated May 26th, 2022
The science behind why spending time outdoors improves your physical and mental health For millennium, many have understood that time spent in nature improves human health. Take for example Hippocrates, a Greek physician born around the year 460 BC. Traditionally referred to as the “father of medicine,” he’s widely attributed to the quote, “Nature itself […]
Twin Valley Trails Challenge returns June 4
Published May 26, 2022
Five Rivers MetroParks will host the Twin Valley Trail Challenge on Saturday, June 4. Participants in this free, noncompetitive event choose their own adventure by hiking any distance from 1 to 28.7 miles, following marked routes on the Twin Valley Trail (TVT), located in and connecting Germantown and Twin Creek MetroParks — one of the […]
Five Rivers MetroParks hires new chief of philanthropy
Published November 29, 2021
Alexis Larsen has joined Five Rivers MetroParks’ executive leadership team as its new chief of philanthropy, starting Monday, Nov. 29. Larsen comes to MetroParks from the Dayton Art Institute (DAI), where she served as the external affairs director for 10 years. During her time at the museum, Larsen oversaw staff and volunteers in fundraising more […]
Winter is coming: MetroParks horticulturalists provide tips on how to prep your plants
Published October 14, 2021
From banana plants to gryphon begonias, you could get lost in the amount of impressive tropical and succulent plants on display at Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark during the warm weather months. However, these plants cannot grow outdoors once temperatures reach 45 degrees and need to be put in a much warmer environment during the winter. Moving […]
Steele family service: Make volunteering a family adventure
Published September 10, 2021
As the saying goes, “it takes a village,” but in the case of Adventure Central, its village is built from generations of service-minded families with one goal: to see children thriving outdoors and in the classroom. Take the Steele family, for example. Father, Sheldon Steele, 52, and his daughters, Mariah Steele, 25; Asja Steele, 18; […]
