July 21, 2023 Time 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Description Age level: Families, all ages Registration opens July 7; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Cool off in the creek while fishing for crawdads! Explore these amazing invertebrates while discovering what role these little pinchers play in the creek habitat. Leader: Rachel Anderson
July 13, 2023 Time 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Description Age level: All Ages Registration opens June 29; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. It’s summertime and the butterflies are in full swing at the Nature Center! Take a short walk with a naturalist and get the chance to see Giant Swallowtails, Tiger Swallow Tails, Pipevine Swallowtails, Red Spotted ...
June 21, 2023 Time 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Description Age level: 6 years and up, families welcome Registration opens June 7; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Experience the magic of a summer evening. Bring a picnic dinner and saunter through the woods, enjoy s’mores at a campfire, and revel in the longest day of the year. Leaders: ...
Age level: All ages Registration not required Experience the new and improved Nature Play area with facilitated play leaders who will guide children in creative play using mud, sticks, rocks, movement, make-believe and much, much more! Leaders: Nature Center Staff and Volunteers
Age level: All ages, geared for 8 and up Registration opens March 23; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Take a family stroll with a Naturalist through forest and field. Follow your curiosity as we look for exciting discoveries. Caterpillars, birds, flowers? Who knows what we will find! Leader: Rachel Anderson
Age level: 8 and up Registration opens March 22; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Welcome spring by taking a stroll through our paved roadway loop to look for spring flowers. These seasonal blooms help ring in a new season of growth and renewed life to the parks. Bask in the beauty of these important little flowers. ...
Age level: All ages Registration opens March 3; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Celebrate our 50th anniversary and the beginning of spring! Pack up a picnic dinner and join us on a family-friendly hike, where our destination will be a hidden campfire on the hill. What wonderful evening creatures will we see or hear as we ...
March 17, 2023 Time 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Description Age level: All ages Registration opens March 4; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Don your green on St. Patrick’s Day to search for Wee Folk in the forest. Keep your eyes open as we parade together through the Nature Center campus and nearby trails. Admire all the shades ...
Age level: 10 and up Registration opens March 2; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Join us at the Nature Center to explore this unique habitat. Prepare to get dirty as we squeeze, climb and scramble through May Cave To get to the cave, we will walk a mile, on and off trail. This tour is physical ...
March 15, 2023 Time 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Description Age level: 8 and up Registration opens March 1; email wpnc@nashville.gov to register. Calling all rock hounds and fossil finders for an early springtime adventure! We will investigate the rocks and fossils of Warner Parks during an exploration of the quarry and learn about the geologic processes ...