Blanket Raffle

Hand made blanket

Vicki Schmidt, a Pfeiffer Nature Center Board Member, generously made and donated a no-sew nature-themed blanket to be raffled as a mini fundraiser.

We sold raffle tickets at Portville Heritage Days and for the following week.

On July 18 Sue Stevens drew the winning ticket. Congratulations to Kay A. Enjoy [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot…

…like Christmas?!

It’s only July, but many of us here at Pfeiffer Nature Center have been preparing for our annual holiday wreath sale for months already.

Preparing how, you say? By gathering and drying materials for the wreath decorations. So far I know we’ve collected several bags of pine cones from white [...]

Garden Stories

If a home garden is your nature indulgence of choice, check out Peg Cherre’s recent posts about a peony that didn’t bloom for 12 years and a great regional resource, particularly for fruit.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Do Nature Shots

Fritillary on Echinacea

By nature shots we don’t mean anything like jello shots.

Instead, point your camera at all things natural. Shoot video or stills. Edit and organize your work, and submit it into our third annual Pfeiffer Nature Center Film Festival!

Puff Balls

We’re looking for amateur photography buffs (regardless of whether you [...]

American Chestnuts Planted

Pfeiffer Nature Center is happy to to join an established partnership between the NY Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, Cornell University, and the National Wild Turkey Federation to reintroduce the American Chestnut.

Pfeiffer family cabin, 1940s

Once called Queen of the Forest, 1 in every 4 trees in northeastern forests was an American [...]