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April 2020
Green Start Play Day: Spring Sprouts–CANCELED
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. This month we’ll sniff, touch, and nibble our way through the garden as we use our five senses to learn about plant parts and sow our very own seeds to take home. Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-registration required online or at 541-687-9699. (CANCELED)
Find out more »SOLVE It for Earth Day — Alton Baker Park Cleanup — POSTPONED
A message from SOLVE: **Due to increased responsibility to protect our most vulnerable community members, SOLVE IT for Earth Day must be postponed. However, caring for the earth and your community can still happen this April. This year, we ask you to bring April into your backyard and invite your community to do the same through social media. We encourage you to share photos and videos of your efforts to safely pick up litter, remove invasive species, or observe and enjoy…
Find out more »Bioblitz! — Join from home!
The world around us is teeming with life! We invite you to take a closer look at this web of life between April 24-27 by participating in a bioblitz of nature nearby in Eugene and Springfield. Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, we will not be gathering for a specific event, but instead will be putting our collective observation skills to work throughout the community through our Natural Neighbors Project. Volunteers of all ages will take photos of different plants,…
Find out more »Wow Newts! Nature Quest–CANCELED
Join us for our 5th annual newt count! Learn all about newts from naturalist Tom Titus as we count these cool critters in Tugman Park's creek. We'll be contributing the data we collect to the City Nature Challenge! Meet at the Tugman Park picnic shelter. Nearby Nature members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call us at 541-687-9699 (CANCELED)
Find out more »May 2020
No School Day Adventure: Wild Child — CANCELED
Tap into your inner “wild child” at Hendricks Park! Explore remote trails, balance on logs, find funky trees, and discover what's wild about spring in the forest and gardens. $50 members/$60 non-members. Scholarships available. Ages 6-9, max 12 kids. After-care 3:00-4:00pm! Outdoors in Hendricks Park. Register online or call 541-687-9699 (CANCELED)
Find out more »Green Start Play Day: Wildflower Wonders
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. This month we’ll make rainbow art, play pollination games, and learn all about spring flowers. Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »Citizen Science Saturday: Spring Greens
Help catalog what's green and growing this spring in the Eastgate Woodlands. Learn about and take pictures of everything from the finest flower to the tallest tree. Designed for adult participants. If you have a smartphone or a camera, bring one to take pictures. Smartphone users please load the iNaturalist app onto your phone if possible. Members FREE, non-members $7. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699. Meet in the parking lot at Eastgate Woodlands in Springfield (https://www.willamalane.org/eastgate_woodlands.php).
Find out more »Family Fun at the Eugene Public Library: We All Belong!
Join us for Family Fun at the Eugene Public Library. Every living thing in the web of life belongs, from the tiniest bug to the tallest tree. Enjoy tales of cooperation in nature, weave a web of life, and make your own bitty bug to take home! See the library website for more information. FREE!
Find out more »June 2020
Green Start Play Day: We Dig Dirt
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. Mess with mud, play with clay, dig in the dirt, and create earth art with us this month! Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »Summer Daycamps Begin Today!
Nearby Nature’s summer daycamps are a wonderful medley of hands-on adventure, play, nature, science, art, and gardening. Kids hike, catch bugs, pick berries, canoe, bike, and do experiments. They sing, do crafts, play games, tell stories, act, make models, build forts, and use maps. They also take fun field trips and just simply play outside! To learn all about our camps, see camps by week, camps by age group, or go straight to our online registration portal.
Find out more »July 2020
Green Start Play Day: Creepers and Crawlers
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. This month we’ll catch small critters in the meadow with butterfly nets and build silly bugs to take home. Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »Nature Quest: Wee Beasties
Go on a creepy-crawly bug hunt in meadows of Alton Baker Park! Use butterfly nets, magnifiers, bug barns, and more to catch and learn about all sorts of cool critters. Nearby Nature members FREE, non-members $7/family.
Find out more »August 2020
Green Start Play Day: Get Wet
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. This month we’ll cool off with watershed art, stream table play, and games in our Learnscape’s River Run play area. Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »Willamette River Festival
Join Nearby Nature at the Willamette River Festival! Details to come!
Find out more »September 2020
Green Start Play Day: Garden Goodies
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. This month we’ll taste yummy garden snacks, celebrate the harvest moon, and make vegetable stamps as we transition from summer into fall! Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »October 2020
Green Start Play Day: Hide Outside
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. Celebrate the fall season this month as we learn about nocturnal animals, play camouflage games, and create colorful autumn leaf art. Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
Find out more »Haunted Hike
Curious about local night life? Wonder who’s tiptoeing through the treetops? Who’s crunching in the compost? If your kids like to pretend and think night creatures are cool, then they'll love Nearby Nature’s 24th annual Haunted Hike in Alton Baker Park! Go on a special night hike along a festive pumpkin-lit trail in Alton Baker Park -- meet seven furry and feathered night creatures in costume, from a gigantic bat to a sneaky spider. Enjoy creepy crafts, fun games, tricky…
Find out more »November 2020
Play in the Rain Day
Looking for a fun way to spend time outside with your family this fall? Then you should go to Play in the Rain Day, on Saturday, November 7th, from 10 am to 3 pm at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. Activities will include hayrides, nature crafts, hikes, campfire cookery, tree climbing, and much more! Parking and all activities are free. Nearby Nature will be there with Frannie Frog and fun Earth Art activities. Rain or shine! For more info, check out the…
Find out more »Green Start Play Day: Forest Floor
Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories. Get down with decomposers as we hunt for invertebrates, build mushrooms, and dance to the “break down boogie”! Kids 5 and under only, with an adult. Rain or shine! Members FREE, non-members $7/family. Pre-register online or call 541-687-9699.
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