Dodge Nature Center

Dodge Nature Center Providing exceptional experiences in nature through environmental education.
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Dodge Nature Center features include miles of hiking trails, a sustainable model farm, a nature-based preschool, raptors, camps, field trips, birthday parties, public programs, community events, and volunteer opportunities.

Friendships can form in the most unexpected ways—like over pancakes! 🥞Read this short and sweet story from our latest ne...
06/06/2026

Friendships can form in the most unexpected ways—like over pancakes! 🥞

Read this short and sweet story from our latest newsletter, featuring two couples who became close companions after meeting at Dodge.

This is your reminder that Dodge is for grown ups, too. Check out our upcoming adult programs below. You just might make a new friend 🙂

🔗 https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/activities?category=adults

TODAY! Rain or shine, come by for free, all-ages fun this evening at Dodge ⬇️
06/04/2026

TODAY! Rain or shine, come by for free, all-ages fun this evening at Dodge ⬇️

Big thanks to partners like Marathon Petroleum Corporation St. Paul Park Refinery who move our mission forward!Yesterday...
06/03/2026

Big thanks to partners like Marathon Petroleum Corporation St. Paul Park Refinery who move our mission forward!

Yesterday, we celebrated Marathon's longtime support of our Shepard Farm property in Cottage Grove with a plaque unveiling. Their funding helped us build the restrooms, pavilion, and parking lot at Shepard—essential spaces for our educational programming to happen!

The team at their St. Paul Park Refinery also brings skilled volunteers to Shepard Farm, with expensive equipment in tow, completing large trail maintenance and infrastructure projects we couldn't do alone.

🔗 Read this blog post to see all the ways Marathon supports Dodge: https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/dodge-log/marathon-supports-shepard-farm

Thank you to those who joined us: Marathon Petroleum Corporation St. Paul Park Refinery employees, City of Cottage Grove, MN - City Government Mayor Myron Bailey, and Congresswoman Angie Craig Constituent Advocate Morgan Durfee.

We're grateful to be in the Cottage Grove community 💚

Have you ever used flint & steel? What about a ferro rod?Join Naturalist Mick for Fire Building Basics to try these tool...
06/01/2026

Have you ever used flint & steel? What about a ferro rod?

Join Naturalist Mick for Fire Building Basics to try these tools, and learn how to spark and stoke the perfect campfire! Plus, go home with your very own fire making kit.

Adults only, June 9 in West St. Paul: https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/event/fire-building-basics-west-st-paul

Summer nights are calling! 🔥

Dodge Nature Preschool's annual learning conference is different than your typical professional development event.Educat...
05/23/2026

Dodge Nature Preschool's annual learning conference is different than your typical professional development event.

Educators from across Minnesota are onsite and outdoors, learning in the same environments as students. Breakout sessions feature puppets, live animals, gardening, and nature journaling.

The conference also centers and caring for educators.

Read this piece from our Spring/Summer 2026 newsletter to see how participants leave with more than just ideas and tools for teaching.

We're joining in on the Explore West St. Paul Days festivities with the City of West St. Paul this year!Come on over to ...
05/22/2026

We're joining in on the Explore West St. Paul Days festivities with the City of West St. Paul this year!

Come on over to Dodge on Thursday, June 4, to discover all you can do at your local nature center at a free, all-ages open house:
🌾 Explore the wetland and prairie trails
🦅 Meet our resident reptiles and birds
🐞 Learn with naturalists at fun activity stations

Plus: complimentary lemonade and sweet tea & a prize wheel provided by Raising Cane's, and cookies from Kwik Trip and the City of West St. Paul.

No registration required! See the event details here: https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/event/open-house

Have you ever eaten a dandelion? What about stinging nettle, or creeping Charlie?Dodge naturalists Andy and Michael talk...
05/19/2026

Have you ever eaten a dandelion? What about stinging nettle, or creeping Charlie?

Dodge naturalists Andy and Michael talk wild edibles, foraging, and just-for-adults food programming in this piece from our latest newsletter!

🌱 Try these delicious wild edible recipes you can make on your own: https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/recipe-cards

Boots? 👢 Check. Bands? 🎸 Check. Barn full of animals? 🐮 Check!We're ready for Rock the Barn, our annual farm and music f...
05/15/2026

Boots? 👢 Check. Bands? 🎸 Check. Barn full of animals? 🐮 Check!

We're ready for Rock the Barn, our annual farm and music festival, tomorrow from 3–6 PM! Come on down to Dodge for live music and farm fun. There's no better way to celebrate spring.

Get your tickets online for $8 until noon today! Day-of tickets are $10. Kids 2 and under are free. Proceeds support Dodge Nature Preschool scholarships.

🎟 https://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/event/rtb-2026

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365 Marie Avenue W
West Saint Paul, MN
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