LIME HOLLOW CENTER
FOR ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE

Welcome to Lime Hollow!

Whether you're visiting us here on the web – or visiting us "in person" at the Center, we're here to help make nature a part of your life.

Conveniently situated on the western edge of Cortland County in upstate New York, with properties in adjacent Tompkins County – the Center offers over 20,000 visitors a year free-of-charge, on-trail access to a 400-acre, geographically unique, and ecologically diverse outdoor oasis.

Come see for yourself why Lime Hollow is "where you belong!"

Education Center

Lime Hollow has embarked upon a new phase of development, one that will increase our capacity, accessibility, and relevancy to the Cortland area community.

Through a unique collaboration with our local Onondaga, Cortland, and Madison (OCM) BOCES, Lime Hollow Nature Center will cost-share the construction of a modular, functional, yet naturally elegant Education Center to serve both Lime Hollow and BOCES clientele.

In short, our project will create a truly unprecedented opportunity for high school students to build a new education center for other high school students! Through such collaboration and expansion, Lime Hollow will increase our capacity to both the general public and our future summer campers, and will offer BOCES New Vision an unparalleled, LEED-certified classroom to train the next generation of teachers, ornithologists, botanists, foresters, landscape architects, and conservation leaders. Learn More

Help support this project by donating today!

NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Adventure Day Camp2013 Camp Flyers ready! We offer half-day and full-day nature-oriented summer camps. Registration forms are available now. Don't wait - we usually fill up early!

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LH 20th AnniversaryAttention All Friends of Lime Hollow. As we enter our 20th year anniversary, we need YOUR help! This year, our annual newsletter, Woodland Whispers, will feature our members, campers, visitors, and friends! Learn More

E-newsletterSign-up for LH updates by email!
Want to stay current on what’s happening at Lime Hollow? Our paper-less e-newsletter – combined with our renowned Woodland Whispers newsletter (published only 1x a year to save paper) – is just the ticket! Learn More

LEED CertificationEnvironmental Education Center - Lime Hollow Center for Environment and Culture announces a partnership with OCM BOCES to build a new, LEED-certified Environmental Education Center. Learn More

Nature Feature

Trout Lily

"From my Sit Spot" by Pete Angie

Purposeful, calculating, conniving, seductive. These words do not conjure a listless hour at my sit spot, the slanted rays of afternoon sunlight welcoming and warm on my face. But in the bird-song infused peace around me, slick sales pitches are being made, careful traps laid and triggered, packages discreetly placed and transported. I'm talking about flowers, of course, the complicated, striving vessels of life that are all of the adjectives above, as much as they are the delicate beauties that warm our hearts and give us pause to look, smile, smell.
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Gift Shop Spotlight

Our new gift shop is open! That’s right: Lime Hollow is no longer just a great place to get exercise, fresh air, and environmental info… It’s now also a "natural" place to buy gifts for others or treats for yourself.