This year...give the gift of nature!

A Lake Metroparks gift card is the perfect fit for everyone on your gift shopping list! Lucky recipients will enjoy time in the parks…

Click here to purchase Lake Metroparks gift cards online in denominations of $10, $25 and $50. 


You may order a gift card with a customized amount by calling 440-358-7275 or visiting the Lake Metroparks Registration Department in person (8am - 4:30pm Monday – Friday at 11211 Spear Road in Concord Township). 

Lake Metroparks gift cards are also available to purchase in person at our gift shops at Farmpark and Penitentiary Glen and at our golf pro shops located at Pine Ridge Country Club and Erie Shores Golf Course.

Gift ideas
Gift cards may be used to pay for summer day camp, program registration or events, a one-day visit to Farmpark or a year-long membership. Use it to swing a round of golf at one of our two courses, or select something special at one of the park gift shops or golf pro shops. It's a wonderful way to share nature with a loved one or friend! 

Adopt an Animal
Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center
 
Injured, orphaned or sick native wildlife need humane and intense care for recovery and release. Medical treatment, food and shelter can be costly. Your donation will help defray these costs. Sponsorships make a great gift for children, family and teachers and are a unique opportunity for classrooms and scouts.
 
Maple SugarExperience/Adopt a Tap
Lake Metroparks Farmpark
 
Help Lake Metroparks introduce the story of maple sugaring to residents of Lake County and Northeast Ohio. You can receive maple products and be recognized as a supporter of the educational mission of Farmpark when you adopt a tap. At the higher level you and your guests can help tap a tree, gather sap and take part in the process of making sap into syrup! Assist in the making of maple candy and take home both some syrup and candy to celebrate the sugaring season. 

Barnyard Parent
Lake Metroparks Farmpark Back a Breed Program 
 
By becoming a “Barnyard Parent,” you’re helping defray the cost of food, housing, care and medicine for animals at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. More importantly, you’re becoming a member of the animal care family.

Click here to order your Lake Metroparks gift card(s).
Contact the Lake Metroparks Registration at 440-358-7275 for more information.

A shipping and handling fee applies per card mailed. Your card(s) will be mailed to you within three business days. 
 

Wildlife Center caring for orphaned bobcat

This cute 3-week-old bobcat is receiving care by
wildlife specialists at Lake Metroparks Wildlife Center.

On May 13, the Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife (DOW) contacted the Lake Metroparks Wildlife Center to arrange care for this orphaned bobcat. It was found by the side of a road in Athens, Ohio (southeast of Columbus) not far from a dead female bobcat. DOW transported the baby bobcat to the Wildlife Center on May 14.

"That ODNR Division of Wildlife would choose to entrust care of this orphaned bobcat to Lake Metroparks demonstrates confidence in our Wildlife Center," notes Paul Palagyi, Lake Metroparks Executive Director. "This affirms the Center's excellent reputation and the high level of care that our professional, educated and experienced staff provides."

A local veterinarian performed a full physical exam on the animal and determined he was fairly healthy except for being slightly malnourished and needing treatment for parasites. Wildlife Center staff anticipate to remedy both conditions. The bobcat is fed formula every two hours for 16 hours a day and making steady improvement. Young bobcats can survive alone in the wild around six to nine months of age. The goal is to release the bobcat back into a suitable habitat as determined by the DOW sometime this fall.

The bobcat is a native, threatened species in Ohio, and is very rarely seen. For more bobcat facts from ODNR, click here.

The Nature of Watercolors

Watercolors have been used by artists for centuries to capture the spontaneous beauty of nature. Let the members of “The Paint Company” introduce you to this delicate yet tricky medium with this exhibit of their paintings during a new fall exhibit in the nature center at Penitentiary Glen Reservation.  The show opens this Saturday, August 18 and is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm everyday through October 9.  

Some of the artwork will be for sale with proceeds benefiting the nature programming at Penitentiary Glen Reservation.

“The Paint Company” is a local group of watercolor artists and their artistic impressions of the natural world.   Admission to the show is free to all ages.  For more information about The Nature of Watercolors art show, click here.

 
Penitentiary Glen Reservation is located at 8668 Kirtland-Chardon Rd in Kirtland.  Take I-90 to Rt. 306 south for about one mile. Turn left onto Rt. 615. Turn right (east) onto Kirtland-Chardon Road and continue for two miles. Penitentiary Glen Reservation is located on the right (south) side of the road.

Meet the Artists Reception 

Saturday, August 20
Noon to 4 pm

Meet the artists at the free opening reception. Light refreshments will be served. Live art demonstrations by members during the reception.