| The mission of the EcoLab is education. Marian College students use the EcoLab for their studies, but the general public is also invited to use the EcoLab to learn about the native Indiana environment and its history.
The Marian College EcoLab offers unique active learning opportunities for K-12 groups and other interested parties. We invite you to take advantage of the numerous activities found in Marian College's EcoLab. We offer naturalist-led tours and hands-on stewardship opportunities.
Come visit the EcoLab!
NATURE ACTIVITIES
Learn about wetlands and the plants and animals that call this precious habitat home.
Learn about plants that are native to Indiana—over 260 species are found in the EcoLab.
Find out what biologists are doing to control invasive plants.
Participate in a hands-on restoration project such as planting native vegetation, native seed collection and propagation, non-native plant removal, and others.
HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES
Tour Indianapolis 500 co-founder James A. Allison's Riverdale estate to learn about life in Indianapolis at the turn of the twentieth century.
Explore one of the best preserved historic landscapes in the country created by Jens Jensen, a famous landscape architect from the early 1900's.
Contact the EcoLab staff at ecolab@marian.edu. |
