Save the dates: April 26 & May 7, 2025 - Visit with Backyard Phenology at the Bell Museum
Backyard Phenology is a participatory art and science project for people sharing stories and forging new connections to place.
Enter the Climate Chaser to share stories about the places we know, how those places are changing, and how noticing change transforms us.
Find your own way into phenology with The Water Edition, an interactive journal focused on water's role in the life cycles of plants and animals.
What changes have you noticed lately in your environment? When paying attention to the more-than-human world, what memories, questions or connections come to mind?
Join our conversation about the ecosystems we inhabit; and how art, science, and culture help us understand the places where we live.
Listen to stories that others have shared or join the conversation at an event.
Phenology is an area of knowledge focused on the seasonal timing of biological activity of plants and animals, especially in relation to climate.
Phenology includes some everyday events you can see or hear in your own backyard—events such as birds singing, flowers opening, and butterflies emerging from cocoons. When small events like these are recorded from year to year and brought together in a big picture, we see clear evidence that climate change affects plant and animal life cycles.
Backyard Phenology's collaborators include artists, scientists, educators, knowledge keepers, and other community members. Together, we explore new approaches to connect with the natural world by combining diverse ways of knowing, sensing, and experiencing the environment.