Green Space + Parks

SCA Cleveland Metroparks Trail Corps program team members, high school students who build and preserve trails.

Blazing trails: SCA Metroparks Trail Corps program involves youth in parks conservation

Karin Connelly RiceThursday, September 22, 2022

Hinckley Reservation

Metroparks Trail Challenge: Kayaking and other water fun on Hinckley Lake

Erin O'BrienThursday, August 25, 2022

One World Day 2018

Experience the world: What to expect at One World Day 2022

Dana ShugrueWednesday, August 24, 2022

This bronze statue of German philosophers and writers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, a replica of the original that was erected in Weimar in 1847, dedicated in Wade Park in 1907 and moved to the German Cultural Garden in 1929.

Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A landscape of diversity, looking toward the future

Lauren R. PaciniTuesday, August 23, 2022

The stage of the Centennial Peace Plaza.

Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A landscape of diversity, the later years

Lauren R. PaciniThursday, August 18, 2022

The bust of philosopher and statesman Johan Vilhelm Snellman is among those in the Finnish Garden (1958) and was the first addition to the Cultural Gardens in nearly two decades. Dedicated September 14, 1958.

Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A landscape of diversity, the middle years

Lauren R. PaciniTuesday, August 16, 2022

Asian Lantern Festival

Wild Ride: Asian Lantern Festival extended; nighttime biking event returns to close festival

Fresh Water StaffTuesday, August 16, 2022

The British Garden as it looks today.

Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A landscape of diversity, the early years

Lauren R. PaciniThursday, August 11, 2022

Garfield Park Reservation

Metroparks Trail Challenge: Garfield Park Reservation, an urban greenspace with a hidden waterfall

Erin O'BrienThursday, August 4, 2022

Breaking Ground

Cleveland Sandfest 2019

Castles in the sand: Annual American Institute of Architects Sand Festival returns to Edgewater

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, August 3, 2022

Wendy's Way pedestrian bridge as seen from the APT on Whiskey Island.

Metroparks Trail Challenge: A gritty and majestic walk along the Lakefront Reservation

Erin O'BrienThursday, June 30, 2022

Asian Lantern

Asian Lantern Festival next week returns to Metroparks Zoo for a fifth year

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Canalway - River Rally 2022 at Hart Crane Park

Rally on the River: A photo essay of last week's Canalway Cuyahoga River Rally

Bob PerkoskiThursday, June 30, 2022

Artist Rachel Hayes

Awake in Every Sense: Botanical Garden presents immersive fabric installation

Karin Connelly RiceThursday, June 23, 2022

Canalway River Rally 2021

Canalway’s Cuyahoga River Rally highlights river history with music, fun on the water

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, June 22, 2022

Breaking Ground

Garfield Park Rendering

Natural beauty: Garfield Park Reservation gets $7 million facelift

Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, May 25, 2022

Exploring the Sphinx of Hinckley on Worden's Ledges Loop trail.

Metroparks Trail Challenge: exploring the rock ledges—or rock legends—of Hinckley and South Chagrin

Erin O'BrienWednesday, May 18, 2022

Main entrance to the Metroparks' West Creek Reservation, 2277 West Ridgewood Drive.

Metroparks Trail Challenge: Center Park loop and rubies in the sky at the West Creek Reservation

Erin O'BrienWednesday, April 27, 2022

Towpath Half Marathon and Five Mile Race

First 2022 Towpath Trilogy event draws nearly 600 runners

Karin Connelly RiceThursday, April 14, 2022

Main entrance to the Metroparks' Brecksville Reservation, 9000 Chippewa Road (Route 82).

Metroparks Trail Challenge: A fun, but muddy loop while en route to Deer Lick Cave

Erin O'BrienThursday, March 24, 2022

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