Family Friendly Events in Middle Tennessee

Wild Wanderers: Wild Flowers and Cicadas

Friends of Mill Ridge Park 12965 Old Hickory Blvd, Antioch

Join us on Thursday, May 23rd at 10:30AM with your kids (ages 3-8) to take an easy guided walk around Mill Ridge Park. As we walk, we’ll read aloud from a children’s nature-themed book and check out wildflowers and critters, keeping a look out for cicadas. We will bring our binoculars and bird guides as ...

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Cicada Celebration @ Warner Park

Warner Park Nature Center 7311 Highway 100, Nashville

May 23, 2024 Time 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   May 24, 2024 Time 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Description Age level: All ages Registration not required When both school and cicadas are out, the only thing to do is celebrate! Explore these fascinating insects as you create amazing cicada art and discover cicada recipes ...

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World Turtle Day

Wilderness Station 301 Volunteer Road, Murfreesboro

Thursday, May 23, 2024 Join us for day dedicated to our shelled friends as we SHELL-ebrate, and discover, ways to increase turtle conservation around the world. In addition, find out steps to become a better GREEN family at home and in your schools to help out all the critters on this planet – including us! ...

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Moon Mosey @ Shelby Bottoms Nature Center & Greenway

Shelby Bottoms Nature Center 1900 Davidson St, Nashville

May 23, 2024 Time 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Description All Ages Registration Required Hike around the one-mile Greenway loop under a moonlit sky while we observe nocturnal nature sounds and movements. This hike is mostly along the paved path, we do take the short primitive trail to the pond for a brief part of ...

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