Nature

Free-flow learning at Joppa Flats is fun for the whole family. Take-home crafts, science stations, outdoor exploration, seasonal scavenger hunts, conservation tips for all ages, and more. Fly by for an hour or stay all day for family time that suits your schedule. There's something different to see and do with every visit!

As the buds open up on the trees, the flowers sprout from the earth, and the bugs come out of hibernation, the family activities begin again at the The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.

Joppa Flats Education Center offers April vacation programs offer a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities - keeping minds active and hands busy during school break! Come all day or as your schedule allows! This Session will focus on the habitats and creatures of vernal pools and ponds. Today we'll explore the life and wonder that you can find in ponds and pools!

Join Sawyer Free Library and Donna Jacques Marchant in a presentation of the Birds of Winter. Donna will teach the kids to identify local backyard birds and will help the kids make simple bird feeders.

Free-flow learning at Joppa Flats is fun for the whole family. Take-home crafts, science stations, outdoor exploration, seasonal scavenger hunts, conservation tips for all ages, and more. Fly by for an hour or stay all day for family time that suits your schedule. There's something different to see and do with every visit!

Nothing says Valentine's Day like a party. A special pre-Valentine's Day walk is planned, during which we will take a closer look at the natural world around us. A cozy room and refreshments await us at the end of our exploration, and we will make nature valentines to take home.

Will we have six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Find out today on Groundhog Day and help celebrate this festive occasion. We will look for groundhog holes, sing songs, and create a special craft.

Build a take-home bird feeder out of recyclables and we'll provide the treats! String some berries and cereal for birds!  Make a cup of bird seed pudding! Play backyard bird bingo or the Great Migration Game!

We will take an up-close look at several owl mounts, and then we will walk to the Hemlock Forest to search for signs of owls and learn their calls. On our return, we will make an owl puppet.

What birds come to your yard in the winter? We will walk the trails looking, listening, and calling for birds. Then we will warm up back in the Nature Center and make a bird feeder to take home.