Wanna get crafty?! Celebrate spring with us at the Highlands Center for Natural History for a fun Springtime wreath-making workshop! We will provide you with one 14” or 18” grapevine wreath, as well as some crafting and decorative supplies and foraged natural materials from the local forest. We encourage you to bring items from home...
Wanna get crafty?! Celebrate spring with us at the Highlands Center for Natural History for a fun Springtime wreath-making workshop! We will provide you with one 14” or 18” grapevine wreath, as well as some crafting and decorative supplies and foraged natural materials from the local forest. We encourage you to bring items from home...
We’re excited to continue to offer this free and open to the public program. Reading is something on many of our “to-do” lists, but some of us need a little extra incentive, like having a group that meets monthly to discuss. This group focuses on books related to natural history, with some southwestern component, written...
Bring your littles to the Highlands Center for some family fun in the forest. We will meet in Forest Play on select Thursday mornings to read stories, play games, make crafts, go on hikes, and discover the wonders of nature. Stories and activities designed for ages 0-5 years old. Come dressed for the elements and...
Our guided nature walks involve a walk on wooded trails with a local expert to learn about the Central Highlands ecoregion. These walks are on the unpaved trails on the Highlands Center’s 80-acre campus. These trails are rocky and occasionally have steep and rocky inclines. Make sure to bring water, wear appropriate hiking shoes and...
We can get a lot of different benefits from taking a walk in a natural outdoor setting. We might love catching up on our friends’ lives, or happily learn to identify flora and fauna, or enjoy exercising our bodies, or get a sense of accomplishment from reaching a particular destination—or some combination of all of...