Pollinator Picks: Attract more pollinators by planting what they love

Pollinators prefer specific flowers for a wide variety of reasons, including size, shape, color, and ability to provide food and...


Four common pollinators that might surprise you

When you think of pollinators, your brain might go straight to graceful butterflies, fuzzy bumblebees, or maybe even hummingbirds flitting...


Volunteers Make it Happen: Winter recap and new 2021 volunteer opportunities

With three false flood alarms and only a few days of cold snow, we’re feeling grateful for a relatively mild...


Oxbow appears in National Geographic short film, Feathers in Flight

Over the past few years, Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center has served as a host for researchers studying how climate...


Oxbow Volunteerism: 2020 Recap + 2021 Opportunities!

2020 has been unpredictable, challenging, and all of the other cliché adjectives we hear over and over, but all relate...


“Harvesting” the benefits of outdoor education, rain or shine!

As we tuck our Kids’ Farm beds and fields away for the Winter, we are immensely grateful for the resilience...


2020 Conservation wrap-up: Amphibian Study and restoration in the Cherry Valley

This month, Oxbow’s small but mighty conservation team wrapped up two big projects at once: submitting a final report that...


Grow the Moment - Our grand finale with Chef Seth

We’ve spent the week highlighting Oxbow’s work, mission, and incredible partnerships through our Grow the Moment online auction, and tonight...


A raised garden bed redesign

Americorps Member Ben Mardis joined us late last summer as part of an innovative statewide partnership program spearheaded by CommonThreads...