2015 HIGHLIGHTS at Will and Harriet Miller Ecological Park
Warrior Walk
Sledding Hill
BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND MOSAIC: Lebanon Garden Club under the
leadership of Mickie Marquis
FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP EVENT: Celebrating the new friendship
between Ishinomaki’s Matsunami Park in Japan and Miller Ecological Park
under the leadership of Esther Larson and Emiko Moore
MEDITATION GARDEN AND LABYRINTH in Memory of Shawn Steinke
Steinke Memorial
under the leadership of Peggy Logue.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN HEALTH FAIR display for MEP under the leadership of
Kate Browne and Faith Nicolet.
OKTOBERFEST EVENT to benefit Miller Ecological Park under the leadership
of Jane Davis.
OKTOBERFEST MEP BOOTH under the leadership of Nancy Miller Myerholtz
SCOUT PROJECTS: (Troop 186)
3 Kestrel Bird houses: Joey Withrow
Kiosk at entrance of back 51 acre preserve: Arik McCart
Bridge crossing over preserve creek into prairie: Noah Gross
Benches along rustic trail in 51 acre preserve: Robbie Williamitis
SLEDDING HILL opened the winter of 2014-2015
SOIL AND WATER STUDY to determine the feasibility of enhancement and/or
expansion of current wetland area in preserve funded by Mike Mullett in memory of his parents, Ellen
and Tom Mullett.
SPRING COMMUNITY PLANTING OF ADDITIONAL TREES/FALL PLANTING OF
GINKGO TREES/ PRAIRIE WILDFLOWER SEEDING under the leadership of Scott Brunka
VISITS BY A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS: Those we recorded included:
Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists, Brownie Troop 42807, Mountain Garden Cub Scouts, Lebanon
Daisy Scouts crossing over ceremony, Girl Scout Troop 40273, Boy Scout Troops 57 and 186,
Urbancrest Church
Flowers of Friendship
Garden Club Mosaic
Japanese Art and Culture Club
“Miller Ecological Park is truly living up to its name. We have preserved and improved an oasis
for wildlife while all around us we are losing habitat to commercial and residential
development.” (Dave Woehr 12/19/2015)
THANK YOU to all who are involved with the Miller Ecological Park in so many different
ways, sharing your time, talents, resources, and passion for nature.
Spring Seedling Planting
Arik McCart’s Kiosk
Noah Gross’s Bridge
Ishinomaki Friends
Joey Withrow’s
Robbie Williamitis’s
Photos for this review of 2015 have been contributed by many friends of Miller Ecological Park.
Kestral Box
Bench