Membership Benefits
Discount On Most Program Fees:
Members receive a discount on most programs. When you register for a program through our website it should ask you for a login that is connected to your membership. Use the email associated with your membership. Unsure? Contact dhfoundation@dhnature.org for membership details. |
Priority Registration For Summer Camps and Festivals
Members receive early registration links for summer camps and some of our most popular events like the Outdoor Escape Room and Haunted Hike. Plus, the Nuthatch Newsletter is sent to members BEFORE events are published. Members always have the first opportunity to register for programs prior to the public. |
Library Privileges
Members may check out books from the Douglas-Hart Nature Center free of charge. The nature center library features several hundred books with various nature themes. The library boasts several children's books on nature! Plus, members may check out books from The Whiteside Garden collection as well. |
Recycling Privileges
New in 2022! Only members of the Foundation may recycle with us! Through a partnership with EIASE, the nature center will accept a variety of recyclables. Click here to learn more. |
Native Pollinator Seed Mix
New in 2023! Mix includes: Spotted Joe Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Rough Dropseed, Prairie Junegrass, Little Bluestem, Sideoats Grama, Golden Alexander, Heath Aster, New England Aster, Smooth Blue Aster, Foxglove Beardtongue, Wild Bergamot, Marsh Blazing Star, Greyhead Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Culvers Root, Gray Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod, and Illinois Bundleflower. |
Five Complimentary Plants at the Native Plant Sale
The Earth Day Festival is a festive morning filled with conservation work, educational stations, and our annual native plant sale. Members can pick up five free plants! Click here for more information about our upcoming plant sale. |
Community Discount Card
Each year community partners offer discount for their services or at their place of business. Community discount card is mailed with your membership welcome letter. 2023 discounts include Hunan Restaurant and La Luna Mexican Restaurant, plus a 10% discount at our native plant sale. |