Bring your junior globetrotter – we’re traveling the world! Join us as we explore a different country every week and learning about its wildlife. Each week involves a story, craft, and game, plus a different stamp or sticker for your Tiny Traveler Passport!
This week, we're travelling to Cameroon, in Africa!
Please register the child participant – price includes an accompanying adult.
Immerse yourself in nature and learn to capture yourobservations through journaling. Explore drawing, writing, and mindfulness while you expand your skills as a naturalist and an observer of the outdoors. Even if you "can't draw", nature journaling is a great way to get in touch with the natural world and can be done in whatever style or technique works best for you!
All materials provided, including a journal at your first session. Children under the age of four do not need to register.
Sunday, May 18
Drop Off 9:30-10:30A
Pick Up 11:00-11:30A
Join us for a plant swap at the Oak Park Conservatory! Join other gardeners and share your favorite plants and extra tools at the annual spring exchange. Please bring at least one healthy plant from your garden or a houseplant to participate in the swap. Be sure to label your plants. You can bring as many as you like!
Advanced registration required to attend this free event!
Help keep plastic pots out of our landfills – save your garden plastic pots from the Annual Plant Sale and return them for reuse.
Presented by the Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory(FOPCON).
Did you know that people have been using plants to make color for more than 400,000 years? We’re trying it for ourselves today and making our own lake pigments. Learn the science and history behind paint and color.
What do animals need in their homes to be happy? Let's find out! We're going on a nature walk to see how different animals live, plus using natural materials to build our own models of the places our local wildlife call home.
