All Oakwood residents may drop off yard debris and household items such as old furniture, appliances (freon removed), etc., Grass clippings, tires, weekly household trash and hazardous materials will not be accepted. Contact the Public Works Department at (937) 298-0777 with any questions. Also: Charitable Electronics Recycling!
Per MEEC: The first warm days of late winter/early spring are prime opportunities for controlling woody invasives, especially Amur bush honeysuckle and Asian bittersweet. We’ll be spending some time clearing the sensitive wetland and dogwood thickets of the EQIP restoration area and hand broadcast seeding the new open areas. We’ll supply all tools; bring your own gloves […]
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An event by Wild Ones. In this candid Wild Ones National Webinar, Joey Santore invites participants to step back and examine where those expectations came from and what they cost us ecologically. Drawing from decades of field experience and his work on the forthcoming book Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of […]
Wild Church is an opportunity to explore nature with others, to slow down, and to renew your spirit, refresh your body and expand your mind. These gatherings are facilitated by Methodist Deaconness Beth Vanoli. We begin with a liturgy of poetry and readings, followed by a time of Centering Prayer. The “homily” is our soul in […]
An event by MEEC: Join community science butterfly monitors from around the region for an afternoon with Elisabeth Rothschild, Ohio Lepidopterist board member. We’ll recap butterfly data collected from the Mount Saint John monitoring transects and focus on some species that tend to trip up monitors – the anglewings, the dark swallowtails and the little […]
An event by Dayton Area Wild Ones: In this presentation by Bethany Gray, we will learn about the plight of eastern bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds and what we can do to offset the damage done by the loss of nesting habitat, harsh weather, pesticides, and fierce competition from non-native species such as house […]
Learn about our current activities. We’ll meet in the Community Room.
Oakwood residents can request a free pickup through the Oakwood Rotary Club. The Rotary Club offers a program every three months in which volunteer Rotarians travel throughout the community to collect and dispose of hazardous waste. To schedule a pickup, please call (937) 296-5155. While the service is free, the Oakwood Rotary Club accepts donations […]