Nature Interpretation on the Sisters of St. Francis Campus
Class | Registration opens 8/31/2026 8:58 AM EDT
Registration deadline: Sep. 22nd
The plants and animals of floodplain, upland woods, meadow and prairie communities will be featured in this outdoor class as we explore the Sisters of St. Francis campus and its relationship to the Oak Openings Region and our role in this vital, healthy community. Material covered will include identification, stewardship and ways of effectively sharing your knowledge and passion of this place we call home! Expect a leisurely walk of less than 2 miles.
This class is led by Kim High through her Nature By High project, which is guided by the vision of "enriching lives and spirits through nature and community."
Kim has been guiding and teaching interpretive naturalist programming in Northwest Ohio for decades. She retired from her 40-year career at Metroparks Toledo as Master Interpreter in 2023. She was trained by the National Association for Interpretation to certify Metroparks naturalists, volunteers and staff as guides and hosts throughout much of her time there. She also taught annual interpretive naturalist classes to students at both the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University for over twenty years each as a part-time faculty. In addition to her specialty of nature interpretation, Kim is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, a trained herbalist and a Reiki Master. She is committed to her own self-practice of all three of these wellness disciplines while blending them into her work at Nature By High-- a project she developed following her retirement.