Nature Discovery Center

06/04/2026

🐢𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!🐇

Come for a night of family fun at the Center complete with themed paper and food crafts, a brief guided nature walk in the park, and an engaging, interactive presentation by Head Naturalist Eric Duran with live animals and specimens.

Select Summer Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Jun 17 – Reptile Rendezvous
Jul 8 – Furry & Fuzzy Friends
Aug 19 – Creepy Crawlies: Insects & Spiders

Cost: $12 per person ages 3+ (including adults). All children above age 3 must be registered and must be accompanied by a paying adult attendee for these family events. All additional persons in your party must be registered/paid as well.

Limit: 25 people including all adults and children.

Advance registration required. Register online here: https://naturediscoverycenter.org/activities/nature-nights/

06/02/2026

🪺 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 🌳
We've got a couple of June Summer Science Camps for kids ages 5 to 10 with limited spaces remaining. Check your calendars and sign your kids up before these spots are gone! Our hands-on, fun and educational camps include themed games, nature hikes, animal encounters, crafts, nature play, cool down time, and more. Camp groups are limited to 10 to 15 kids with an NDC Staff Camp Instructor and teen counselors.

Learn more and register: https://naturediscoverycenter.org/activities/summer-science-camps/

06/01/2026

We kicked off our first week of Summer Science Camp today with a camp all about animal diets and adaptations for eating. Our Who's Hungry camp theme repeats later this summer for those who are still in school this week. Check out all of our fun camp themes by visiting our website, then register your kids before our remaining spots are gone!

06/01/2026

05/29/2026

A huge thank you to Studio Red Architects for volunteering with us!

Your support makes a meaningful difference, and we are so grateful for the donated supplies, planting efforts, and trail work that helped beautify the park.

Thank you for investing your time, energy, and resources into making the Nature Discovery Center an even more welcoming place for our community. 🌿

05/28/2026

On May 14th, fairies, dragons, and families gathered at Russ Pitman Park to celebrate the future home of the Enchanted Woods Nature Play Space & Cottage Classroom at the Nature Discovery Center.

The evening was filled with free hands-on activities and creative fun, including birdhouse building and painting, making bird feeders, crafting fairy wands, exploring nature play, and fairy and dragon tattoos, along with refreshing treats from 5th Street Gourmet Popsicles. Guests also had the chance to meet Blaze, the Nature Discovery Center’s beloved bearded dragon.

This community celebration helped spotlight the Enchanted Woods Capital Campaign, a $2.5 million project that will expand nature-based learning, camps, birthday parties, and year-round programming for children and families. The campaign is now 75% funded but we still need community support to bring this project to life!

Visit naturediscoverycenter.org/enchantedwoods to learn more or make a donation.

05/27/2026

Thanks to our incredible community, we successfully reached our $20,000 May matching gift goal for the Enchanted Woods Nature Play Space & Cottage Classroom at the Nature Discovery Center!

Together, our community unlocked the full match and helped generate $40,000 in impact for this transformational project.

While the matching gift officially ended on May 26th 2026, we still need additional support to fully bring this vision to life.

Every gift moving forward will continue helping us create a magical space for nature play, learning, exploration, and community connection for generations to come. If you would like to learn more or support this project visit naturediscoverycenter.org/enchantedwoods

Thank you for believing in this project and helping us build something truly special together. 🌿

05/26/2026

🔍𝙒𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥?🐰

𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝟳 who want a taste of summer camp but in a smaller package are welcome to register for our remaining 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 this Thursday (Reptiles) and Friday (Mammals). You can learn more and register for these camps and/or our 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 here: https://naturediscoverycenter.org/activities/summer-science-mini-camps/

We know not all school districts are out yet, but we've got our first full, 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟬 including homeschoolers and kids from school districts already on summer break. And, though some of our middle of summer camps are on wait list status, we have limited openings in several camps weeks. Check out the full line up, get camp details, and register here: https://naturediscoverycenter.org/activities/summer-science-camps/

📋𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨!

05/26/2026

In the month of May, all donations to the Enchanted Woods Nature Play Space & Cottage Classroom project will be matched dollar for dollar up to $20,000!

There’s still time to give and help us reach our May goal.

Thank you to everyone who has already made a gift! We have raised $17,527 toward our $20,000 matching goal this month, with just $2,473 left to unlock the full match and maximize the impact.

Make your gift today — https://givebutter.com/ak7JVB

05/26/2026

😎SUMMER DISCOVERY ROOM HOURS 🔍

We've switched over to our Summer Discovery Rooms hours. Our Discovery Rooms will be open to the public from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturdays and Sundays through the end of August. Throughout the summer, the Center building, including our Discovery Rooms, will be closed M - F due to our camp space needs inside the house and our need to keep our camp environment safe for our campers. We hope to see you in the rooms this summer!