An environmental education and recreation facility offering natural and cultural history exhibits and serving as a starting point for exploring Shelby Bottoms Greenway and adjacent Shelby Park.
A mushroom hike and mycology activity for children aged 6 to 13, exploring the fungus kingdom with microscopes.
A family-friendly morning featuring a sound bath with crystal bowls and gongs, a kids' art pop-up, and a movement session.
A family-friendly afternoon tea session at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center, featuring hot teas from High Garden Tea while enjoying the natural surroundings.
A dinosaur-themed park activity at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center featuring fossil casts, actual fossils, and stories from paleontological digs, with opportunities for visitors to bring their own specimens for identification.
A laid-back, family-friendly beer garden series with food trucks, yard games and live music at Shelby Park, run by Friends of Shelby Park.
A feature puppet presentation for all ages at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center; no registration required.
Paleontologists from the Earth Experience museum bring fossil casts of dinosaur skulls and local fossils for visitors to identify, with no registration required.
A free, hands-on outdoor recreation workshop for all ages to learn and practice handy knots for everyday outdoor tasks.
A guided nature hike suitable for all ages, followed by a provided snack at the Nature Play pavilion. Registration is required.
An all-ages nature activity where participants explore the woodland around the Nature Center, hunt for creatures and build homes for fairy friends.
A pop-up makerspace where participants take on engineering challenges and create nature-inspired inventions, recommended for ages 6 and up with no registration required.
Drop in with your questions and curiosity; Master Gardeners will share their knowledge at a table.
A guided bird hike for ages 15 and up at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center; registration required and binoculars available to borrow.
All-ages square dancing to kick off MNPS Fall Break, led by volunteers with a caller and live band.
