Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen

06/13/2026

🖍 Join a Sketch Walk at Green Briar and discover even more about our beautiful grounds - Thursday, June 18 at 10am.

Led by artist and entomologist Escher Cattle, it's a relaxing, inspiring morning immersed in nature and art.

📸 Here are some of the sights we saw (and sketched) on our previous walk - Get tickets for the next one on our website!

06/11/2026

Take your children on a wonderful journey at Green Briar in Sandwich on Cape Cod this summer! Here are just some of the adventures you can take them on:

🐾 See the Amazing Animal Ambassadors in up-close sessions through June, July and August.

🦎 Meet the creatures of Reptiles Rock, a fantastic live animal show by Rainforest Reptiles. Dates in July and August.

🐰 Explore the Green Meadow Forest indoor play area and see the animals in our menagerie. Dates in July & August.

📖 Settle down for Story Time with Shirley Stolte and hear a tale from Thornton W. Burgess. Dates in July. & August.

🍓Learn how to make Jam the old fashioned way in our historic 1903 kitchen. Classes in June, July and August.

Go to our website to find out more about all of the above, and see what else you can discover!

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Our beautiful Wednesday Morning Garden Tours are back for the summer. Join Janice Donovan for guided walks through the Shirley G. Cross Wildflower Garden, and discover the more than 300 plants we nurture at Green Briar! Tickets available at the door.

06/09/2026

Join naturalist Phil Kyle for a bird walk focused on identifying the common resident birds. Bring binoculars, a cell phone, and a birding field guide if you have it. Get tickets on our website.

05/29/2026

🐦Some of the birds seen during Tuesday Tweets at Green Briar! Join these very special walks through our grounds with Phil Kyle and take some pictures of your own. The next session is on Tuesday, June 16 at 8:30am, priced at $10 - please sign up by midday on Monday June 15. You can tickets on the link in the comments!

05/28/2026

🌼Our Wednesday Morning Garden Tours start next week!

Join Janice at 10am and discover the more than 300 plants we have at Green Briar.

Each week offers visitors something new to discover; whether in bloom or going to seed, the flowers are always changing!

05/27/2026

Our Wildflower Garden Plant Sale is THIS SATURDAY!

From 9am until 2pm, come along and buy a plant grown right here in the beautiful Shirley G. Cross Gardens.

There will also be perennials, natives, small ornamental trees and shrubs, with full shade and wet area choices available.

05/24/2026

To honor those who served, we are closed on Memorial Day.