Mount Rose Preserve We will capture the sights and sounds of frogs & salamanders and more on a daytime natural history hike on April 24th from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at the Mount Rose Preserve. The hike will include viewing and discussing amphibians, reptiles, birds, and more. Please bring binoculars if you have them! The...
Join us for a Hopewell Valley Green Week hike with the Hopewell Valley Running Man. Registration does not guarantee attendance. In order to give equal chances to attend, we will randomly select attendees from the registration list on April 14th in accordance with CDC attendance rules. Please register families or pods on one registration request....
Mount Rose Preserve, May 9th, 9am 2021 Force of Nature Hike Series Join us in 2021 for our continued Force of Nature Hike series. Join us for one hike or all! Either way they're free and open to the whole family (ages 13 and up). Masks must be worn and social distancing where applicable....
Baldpate Mountain, June 13th, 9am 2021 Force of Nature Hike Series Join us in 2021 for our continued Force of Nature Hike series. Join us for one hike or all! Either way they're free and open to the whole family (ages 13 and up). Masks must be worn and social distancing where applicable. Register
Please join us on Sunday, July 11 at our Thompson Preserve to help count butterflies. We will be walking the trail through the restored meadow and looking for these flying beauties as we go. Once we are done at Thompson, we will head over to Baldpate Mountain to search the restored meadow there. No experience is necessary.
Visit the FoHVOS 2021 Gala page for more information.
Please join us at the Duke Farms Farm Barn on Wednesday, October 13th from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. The event will be held in-person, but outdoors under an event tent. Continental breakfast and lunch provided. The conference will focus on the use of prescribed burning to combat invasive species. Learn and interact with a...
Join us on October 16th to help keep Hopewell clean! Clean Communities Day is an opportunity for groups and individuals to raise money for the nonprofit of their choice while helping clean up Hopewell Valley! Also, get a cool t-shirt!
These talks include a discussion of the problems that invasives cause in the ecosystem and their impacts in natural areas. We also discuss ways to identify and control invasive species, including using our phone app to record and store data. We also discuss the creation of stewardship plans designed to most effectively and efficiently treat...
Please join Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space on Sunday, February 20 at 8:30AM for the Great Backyard Bird Count at the Heritage Preserve on Reed Road. We will be helping to count birds to take a real time snapshot of birds in our area. Our list will help researchers learn about how birds are...
Join us on April 9th to help keep Hopewell clean! Clean Communities Day is an opportunity for groups and individuals to raise money for the nonprofit of their choice while helping clean up Hopewell Valley! Also, get a cool t-shirt! REGISTER HERE
Please join The Naked Running Man, Sreeni Nair, on Saturday, April 23 for a nature walk at the Fiddler's Creek Preserve! REGISTER HERE
As part of their Wednesday Night Out series, Hopewell Public Library is teaming up with FoHVOS to to teach you how to replace part of your residential lawn with a meadow that supports a healthy ecosystem. Come out on May 4th at 7pm to the Hopewell Theatre, to learn the best ecological practices from...
Grab your phone, download the free app i-Naturalist, and head outside with friends and family for a "photo scavenger hunt." Following registration, directions to play and a list of items to hunt will be sent you you. Visit fohvos.org/2022-scavenge in the weeks leading up to Come Outside and Play events for those same instructions, tips, and...
Join us at Wildflower Farm and help harvest seasonal vegetables while learning about growing your own food. Stay for a tour and meet the farm animals!
Learn to restore, maintain, and manage native species while visiting Erica Johanson's beautiful property which has been converted to an outstanding native species sanctuary. Hosted by the Amwell Township Environmental Comission. Event times will be at 10am and 11am. For more information contact: Alison at environmental@eastamwelltownship.com
Please join us at our Marshall's Corner (formerly Thompson) Preserve to help count butterflies. We will be walking the trail through the restored meadow and looking for these flying beauties as we go. Once we are done at Thompson, we will head over to Baldpate Mountain to search the restored meadow there. No experience is...
Glenmoore Farm & Naked Feet Events Present the 2ND Annual Summer Outdoor Festival Event of the Year in Hopewell NJ with area dancers, artists & musicians! Celebrating local and regional musicians, artists and crafts, wellness activities and workshops, unique merchandise and quality food vendors. Featuring a Shopping Village, Artists Alley and FOUR staging areas with...
Come celebrate the 34th annual Hopewell Harvest Fair!
Learn about the amazing contributions of Volunteer Stewardship Teams!
Join us at Duke Farm for our 14th Annual Strike Team Professional Conference!
