Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Meet author, photographer, and filmmaker, Dudley Edmundson.
Edmundson is a South High School Alum and celebrated author of “Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places." This May, he returns home to share his memories of Blacklick Woods and his love of nature and photography with you.
Dudley offers his reflections on Blacklick Woods and is joined by Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney
and President of Friends of Metro Parks Ben Shinabery
More details soon to come!
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks an Scioto Audubon staff to help maintain the Benningfield Butterfly Garden located on the corner of Maier and Whittier. Park in the first parking lot on the right, and meet at the garden! Bring water, bug spray, and sunscreen! Gloves are helpful!
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join us on Black Friday for our #OptOutside sneak peek at the newest Metro Park, Bank Run. Formerly the Hoover YMCA, Bank Run is setting up to be a park that is specific for larger events! There is a large lodge that will be available and some future developments with a quarry that you will have to attend the hike to learn about! Join us refreshments and a behind the scenes look at the newest park!
RSVP early! These hikes generally fill up pretty quickly. There are no restrooms on site, so please plan accordingly! Wear sturdy shoes and be prepared for some mud depending on the weather. This is a hike for members only, so make sure your membership is up to date!
Bank Run Metro Park
1570 Rohr Rd,
Lockbourne, OH
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Meet up at Understory from 6 to 7 for a special Happy Hour benefiting Friends of Metro Parks!
Join Friends of Metro Parks at Scioto Audubon Metro Park! Bring bug spray and prepare to help beautify the Scioto Audubon Butterfly Garden.
Seventh Son Brewing Co. has partnered with Friends of Metro Parks to host a pop-up bar at Blendon Woods Metro Park on *Friday, Sept. 8 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The one-night-only ticketed event, “Field Trip,” will feature Seventh Son beer (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), Kitty Paw hard seltzer, and wine, in addition to a live string performance from Chamber Brews and delicious handmade pizza from Elevated Wood Fired Pizza food truck.
The site will be located at Camp Sugarbush on the south end of the park. It can be accessed from the Day Camp entrance, 5364 Cherry Bottom Rd. A park map can be found HERE.
The Field Trip site will be decked out with picnic tables and chairs for comfortable seating, string lights, and other outdoor gear provided by Public Lands.
Two types of tickets are available:
Standard Ticket: $45 – Includes two Seventh Son beers or Kitty Paw hard seltzers, trail mix snack, Friends of Metro Parks donation, and gratuity.
Designated Driver Ticket: $20 (limited qty) – Includes one NA beer, one bottled water, trail mix snack, Friends of Metro Parks donation, and gratuity.
*Pizza and additional beverages can be purchased separately at the event.
*EVENT RAIN DATE: Friday, September 29th (same time & location).
Join Friends of Metro Parks at Scioto Audubon Metro Park! Bring bug spray and prepare to help beautify the Scioto Audubon Butterfly Garden.
Grandview Giant Eagle Market District! Join Land Grant and Nocterra and be one of the first to try out the new Wandering Monarch!
Join us at Wag Fest as we tie dye dog bandanas and talk all things Friends, Metro Parks, and Dogs!
Join Friends of Metro Parks at Scioto Audubon Metro Park! Bring bug spray and prepare to help beautify the Scioto Audubon Butterfly Garden.
Board Meeting for the Friends of Metro Parks Board
Join Friends of Metro Parks at Scioto Audubon Metro Park! Bring bug spray and prepare to help beautify the Scioto Audubon Butterfly Garden.
About this event
Join Friends of Metro Parks for a casual Garden Party at Inniswood Metro Park. Enjoy heavy appetizers, drinks (including a signature mimosa), live music, garden tours, a silent auction, lawn games, and more!
Buy a single ticket, or buy a whole table and bring your friends! We will be celebrating the Metro Parks while enjoying a relaxing evening in the picturesque Inniswood Metro Gardens.
Buying tickets for a table of six? Email mameyer@metroparks.net for a discount code.
This event will be held primarily outdoors.
All profits will go towards Friends of Metro Parks' mission to support the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. Learn more at www.metroparksfriends.org.
The Friends of Metro Parks are once again hosting the Nature Classic Golf Tournament and fundraiser! Sign up your foursome online and fill out sections one and four of our donation page.
Alternatively, you can print out the order form and send it in to 1069 W. Main St, Westerville, OH 43081 with a check made out to Friends of Metro Parks. Please reserve your space by July 1.
It’s back! Thursday, June 30th 3pm - 8pm
Join us for our first Yappy Hour of the year! Friends of Metro Parks and Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure are joining forces for our first SUP with your Pup/Yappy Hour collaboration at our newest Metro Park, Quarry Trails! on June 30th, from 3-8, learn how to Stand Up Paddle Board with your dog! Bring a life jacket for your dog, and borrow a life jacket for yourself!
From 5-8, enjoy Land Grant beers and food from Holy Crepes food truck while you enjoy the newest dog-friendly Metro Park! Dogs not required, but dogs that attend should be leashed.
Join us in celebrating 40 years at Slate Run Farm! Party like it’s the 1880’s and enjoy some Ice Cream while taking in the sights!
Join us at “Paddle the Lakes” at Prairie Oaks with the Outdoor Adventure team!
Join us Saturday October 12th for Friends of Metro Parks first-ever fundraiser & shindig. The Inniswood Campfire Celebration will be full of food, drink, music and activities - all toasting our love of the Metro Parks. Amazing silent auction items - including exclusive Metro Parks experiences - will also be on hand. Wander the Inniswood gardens, share your love of the parks & enjoy an amazing fall night with us!
The Friends of Metro Parks are hosting their 2nd Golf Tournament, the Nature Classic at the Blacklick Woods Golf Course. Enjoy the 18 hole course and lunch while supporting the 501c(3) nonprofit organization Friends of Metro Parks. Registration starts at 7 AM, shotgun start at 8, Lunch and Awards at 12:30 PM
$400 Foursome
$100 Single Golfer
$50 Just Lunch
$250 Hole Sponsor
$1000 Silver Event Sponsor
$1500 Gold Event Sponsor
Reserve your space online by filling out the first and second sections of this Donation Form
Or print and mail in your order. Just download this PDF.
Questions? Want to reserve your space by phone? Call Melissa at 614-895-6228
(Donations to Friends of Metro Parks are tax deductible)
Show off your skills with our six week summer disc golf series at Scioto Grove Metro Park! Polish up your skills, play some disc golf, and win some cool prizes!
$10 Friends of Metro Parks membership, plus $10 weekly, or $50 for the entire six week series.
Friends of Metro Parks, Seventh Son Brewing Company, and Explorers Club food truck are helping bring in the summer at Walnut Woods Metro Park. Join us for a fun filled evening of food, beer, and dogs!
Your furry friend can meet other pups and play off-leash in the 4 acres of fenced-in dog park at the Buckeye Area. If it's warm, we recommend going for a dip in the dog swimming area!
We hope to see you there!
Want to be a sponsor or set up a booth? Email Melissa at mameyer@metroparks.net for more information.
Join the Friends of Metro Parks on an exclusive naturalist-led hike through one of the newer Metro Parks properties. our last hike through this property was two years ago, and we are excited to see how the space changes in the spring!
Park on Cambira Way and meet in the field. For those using a GPS, the location is directly across from 5247 Cambria Way.
This is a difficult hike! Please wear sturdy shoes and prepare for steep hills, mud, and leaves.
Let us know you're coming! Free for Friends of Metro Parks members!
RSVP here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F44ACAB2EAAFA7-
