Pond Scooping for Families
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYGrab a net and join environmental educator Elissa Schilmeister for a glimpse into the life of Teatown Lake, where there are strange and wonderful creatures to be found!
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Sundays on the Lawn: Reptile Roundup
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYTeatown's popular Animal Ambassador programs return for the spring! Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy learning about reptiles with environmental educator Elissa Schilmeister.
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Women Take to the Trails
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYLace-up your boots and join Director of Education Phyllis Bock in our women’s hiking club! All welcome, whether novice or experienced. Expand your horizons, learn more about nature, and bond with fellow female hikers. Each week we will hike a different Teatown trail and make plans for new territory to explore.
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Hidden Valley / Overlook Hike
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYDiscover the trail less traveled on a hike through Hidden Valley and up to the Overlook Trail. This moderately difficult trail offers diverse habitats including rocky cliffs, red maple swamp, old fields, and the remains of the hemlock grove.
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Sundays on the Lawn: Mammals
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYTeatown's popular Animal Ambassador programs return for the spring! Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy learning about mammals with environmental educator, Elissa Schilmeister.
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Wildflower Island Guided Tours
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYThe two-acre Wildflower Island, a refuge within the greater Teatown preserve, is home to roughly 280 species of wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, sedges, and rushes. Join us on weekends May – June, as we explore this hidden jewel at our preserve in tours led by experienced guides.
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Nature Detectives (Ages 6 – 7)
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYWho lives in Teatown’s lakes? Where do insects make their homes? Explore the trails together with spring in full bloom as we solve some of nature’s intriguing animal mysteries. Be prepared for hiking and muddy adventures! For children ages 6 – 7 (child must be 6 by May 12).
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Women Take to the Trails
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYLace-up your boots and join one of our Teatown educators in our women’s hiking club! All welcome, whether novice or experienced. Expand your horizons, learn more about nature, and bond with fellow female hikers. Each week we will hike a different Teatown trail and make plans for new territory to explore.
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PlantFest 2021
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYTeatown is excited to announce the return of our popular “PlantFest” annual event, running May 7 – 8, 2021. This celebration offers green-thumbs of all levels the ability to peruse and purchase a curated collection of shrubs, perennials, natives, herbs, annuals, and more.
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Sundays on the Lawn: Birds of Prey
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYTeatown's popular Animal Ambassador programs return for the spring! Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy learning about reptiles, raptors, and more with environmental educator, Elissa Schilmeister.
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Early Spring Bird Walk with Charlie Roberto
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYLook for the early birds of spring on a hike along Vernay Lake and Teatown’s Back 40 with Charlie Roberto.
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Sundays on the Lawn: Hudson Valley Wildlife
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYTeatown's popular Animal Ambassador programs return for the spring! Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy learning about reptiles, raptors, and more with environmental educator, Elissa Schilmeister.
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All About Bats!
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYJoin Wendy Bosco and Nick Comparato of the Bat Interest Group of Westchester (BIGW) for an afternoon all about bats at Teatown! Enjoy socially distanced outdoor time, learn about the bats that call Westchester home, and help build bat boxes that will be installed right here at Teatown nature preserve! This program is limited to 4 families.
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Women Take to the Trails
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYLace-up your boots and join one of our Teatown educators in our women’s hiking club! All welcome, whether novice or experienced. Expand your horizons, learn more about nature, and bond with fellow female hikers. Each week we will hike a different Teatown trail and make plans for new territory to explore.
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Little Tree Huggers
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYSpring as sprung! Explore the growing plants and frolicking animals in this program for the youngest nature lover. Through hikes, play, experiments, and projects, we'll find out what seasonal changes are taking place. Please dress for the weather and a full outdoor program.
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Vernal Pools Hike
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYThe spring rains have filled the vernal pools at Hidden Valley here at Teatown. Join us for this exciting hike as we search for the spotted salamanders and wood frogs who have made their way back to these locations to lay their eggs, beginning the cycle of life.
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Wilderness Explorers
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYSpring brings out the adventurer in all of us. Like explorers of old, we’ll use our wits and learn skills that make us wood-wise and nature aware.
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Reimagined Pancake Brunch 2021
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYWe're re-imagining our classic, family-friendly “Pancake Brunch” for 2021 with a new pandemic-safe twist!
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Little Tree Huggers
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYExplore the early signs of spring in this program for the youngest nature lovers. Through hikes, play, experiments and projects, we’ll find out what seasonal changes are taking place. Please dress for the weather and a full outdoor program.
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March Madness
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYCome explore a very special time of year at Teatown! Let's see what we really think of the old adage, "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb." This month marks an interesting transition in the natural world as plants and animals are getting ready for the explosion of energy that is...