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  • Wonder Keepers Preschool Spring 2025 Session Begins

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    In this all outdoor preschool program, children enjoy sensory adventures, cooperative activities, nature storytelling, garden exploration, Earth art, and free time in our outdoor play spaces. Our Wonder Keepers develop […]

  • Natural Neighbors After School Spring 2025 Session Begins

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Participants in this program enjoy after school adventures in Alton Baker Park and our Learnscape. Park exploration, natural science activities, Earth art, and free time in our outdoor play spaces […]

  • Wild Child No School Day Adventure

    Hendricks Park

    Play mini-gnome hide and seek and look for the tallest, widest, and weirdest trees in the park! Explore off the beaten path, play camouflage games, and discover what's wild about […]

    $70 – $80

  • Green Start Play Day: Worm’s World

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories -- this month we’ll be celebrating the magic of mucky mud and wiggly worms! Rain or […]

    Free – $10

  • Summer Daycamps Training 2025

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    New summer volunteers, interns, and staff will come together on this day to learn all about how they can help with our summer daycamps program! For more information and to […]

  • Whilamut Butterfly Count

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    We are very excited to be adding the Whilamut Natural Area to the 35th Annual Eugene Butterfly Count! Every year the Lane County Butterfly Club counts butterflies on one day […]

  • Green Start Play Day: Stone Soup

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories -- this month we’ll be Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school […]

    Free – $10

  • Fall Volunteer Information Session

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Love nature? Enjoy kids? Care about parks? Learn all about leading school nature walks in Alton Baker Park this fall as well as other Nearby Nature volunteer opportunities — including […]

  • Community Science Investigators: Mason Bees and Beyond

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Join us for a Community Science Investigation about orchard mason bees! This month we will learn about mason bees in Oregon and how to encourage them in your yards and […]

    Free – $10

  • Alton Baker Park Fall 2025 Cleanup with SOLVE

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Join Nearby Nature for an Alton Baker Park Cleanup in partnership with SOLVE on Monday, September 22, from 9 am-12pm! At this park stewardship event, we'll be doing a litter […]

  • United Way Day of Caring 2025

    Help Nearby Nature clean and repaint faded sections of our beautiful Frohnmayer Footbridge stencil mural! Note: In case of rain, we will instead do an Alton Baker Park litter patrol. […]

  • Green Start Play Day: Creepy Critters

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories -- this month this month we’ll learn about spiders and other creepy crawlies! Rain or shine! […]

    Free – $10

  • Navigators of the Night No School Day Adventure

    Alton Baker Park 100 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR

    Scoot like a slug, sneak like a spider, and soar like a bat! During this day long adventure, we will learn about a variety of fascinating creatures that move through […]

    $70 – $80

  • 2025 Haunted Hike

    Alton Baker Park 100 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR

    Celebrate night creatures at our 29th annual Haunted Hike Celebration and Fundraiser! Enjoy an hour long pumpkin-lit hike in Alton Baker Park and meet an entertaining costumed bat, frog, spider, […]

  • Whilamut MycoBlitz!

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Join us for a Community Science Investigation -- a BioBlitz of the mycological variety!  We will walk the trails and search between spaces in the Whilamut Natural Area then document […]

    Free

  • Whispering Woods No School Day Adventure

    Hendricks Park

    Discover how trees “talk” as well as how forests get ready for winter. Build fairy forts and gnome homes. Create cool cone crafts, tell tall tree tales, and celebrate trees […]

    $70 – $80

  • Rah Rah Rain No School Day Adventure

    Alton Baker Park 100 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR

    Celebrate the wonders of water in our world, rain or shine*, from the tiniest drops in our cells to the wild rush of a rain storm! Create drip-drop art, go […]

    $70 – $80

  • Green Start Play Day: Log Life

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Enjoy outdoor nature play in our Learnscape plus toddler and pre-school activities and stories -- this month this month we’ll be having fun with fungi! Rain or shine! Kids 5 […]

    Free – $10

  • Community Science Investigators: Feederwatch Kickoff

    Nearby Nature 622 Day Island Rd, Eugene, OR, United States

    Join us for a Community Science Investigation! This month we will learn about backyard birds as we document bird feeder activity in the Learnscape. Designed for adult (and mature youth […]

    Free – $10