First Saturday of the month, 8-9am At Mission Garden’s Michael Moore Medicinal Garden $10, Spots limited: Sign up & purchase link coming soon Herbalist Donna Chesner leads this walk in Mission Garden's Michael Moore Medicinal Garden. Learn about herbs native to the greater Southwest Deserts, many of them local to our area, and the way herbalists...
This course is designed to prepare your child with the skills needed for kindergarten. It will provide a fun yet structured environment where we will focus on becoming familiar with letters, numbers, colors, and shapes, as well as sight words and pre-reading skills. Each week we will explore different themes through reading, experiments, and interactive...
Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include...
If you have ever been interested in drawing what you observe in the natural world, then you should attend this program! Join local illustrator and author, Diane Iverson, for the spring drawing series. Learn and practice colored pencil drawing and leave with finished pieces. This class will be held in the Kieckhefer Classroom, where fresh...
Registration fee: $12 Mesa resident/$14 non-resident. Contractor fee due first day: $210. Payment options: Zelle, Cash, Check made out to Kaleidoscope Dog Services. Goal of this class is to build the necessary skill to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizen. Evaluation is performed with dog and owner. Owners must be able to handle their...
It’s World Lizard Day, so come on out and learn more about these amazingly adaptable reptiles. Join Ranger Kevin as we put the spotlight on the lizards of the Sonoran Desert in honor of World Lizard Day. Did you know not all lizards can lose their tails and regrow a new one? Or that there’s...
Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
This course is designed to prepare your child with the skills needed for kindergarten. It will provide a fun yet structured environment where we will focus on becoming familiar with...
Come watch our certified professional raptor trainers John & Balinda train the owls Funky and Simon, Speedy the hawk, Astro the Aplomado Falcon, and Azul the American Crow. Located in the Rehab structure behind the Nature Center – Use the driveway on the south side of the parking lot. The birds appear one at a...
This virtual talk is a prep for our annual Bat Walk, a clean up and creek walk at the Rillito River, under the Campbell Ave bridge, where we will see the Mexican free-tailed bats flying in the summer sunset. You'll learn all about different species of bats that migrate from Mexico to the southern US and we are...