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Scioto-Sweep

Scioto Sweep 2026

Scioto Audubon Metro Park 400 W Wittier St, Columbus

Join Keep Columbus Beautiful and Green Columbus at Scioto Audubon Metro Park for Scioto Sweep 2026, our annual cleanup focused on protecting the Scioto River through land and water cleanups.

For Adults: Pawpaw Party

Slate Run Metro Park (Camp Starview) 9631 Neiswander Road, Ashville

Celebrate the pawpaw, an understory tree with the largest edible fruit native to North America. Sample the fruit, try a tasty treat and learn cool pawpaw facts on a 1-mile hike.

Boiling Sorghum Molasses

Slate Run Living Historical Farm 1375 OH-674, Canal Winchester

Watch as sorghum molasses is boiled

Pawpaw Prowl

Blacklick Woods Metro Park (Nature Center) 6975 E. Livingston Ave., Reynoldsburg

Take a 1.25-mile hike to learn about our State Native Fruit and search the trees to find some.