The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
November 5, 12, 19
10:00am-11:15am OR 1:30pm-2:45pm
The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
November 5, 12, 19
10:00am-11:15am OR 1:00pm-2:15pm
Join Leon Shernoff, respected mycologist and the editor of Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming, as he returns to Teatown via Zoom to share his expertise. Learn the basics of fungi morphology, how to identify common mushrooms of the season, and the role fungi play in our ecosystem. If you have never walked with Leon on Teatown’s trails, this webinar will give you plenty of information to begin mushrooming on your own.
For adults.
The season is changing – what will the animals and plants do to prepare for winter? Be a detective and help solve the mystery of the groundhog, investigate the difference between trees that lose their leaves and those that don’t, and other changes that the season brings.
November 4, 11, 18
3:30pm-5:00pm
Come discover what the forests, fields and wetlands can teach us. Track the wildlife of Teatown, know what's happening around us through bird language, and discover native plants that wildlife rely on. Hands-on investigations, activities, and games in a small group setting led by Teatown’s experienced environmental educators.
November 4, 11, 18
Ages 8-12
Lace up your boots and join Maggie Pichura, Teatown educator and NYS Guide, 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.
November 4, 11, 18
Be part of the action and join the club! Like explorers of old we’ll use our wits and learn skills that make us wood-wise and nature aware. At our special camp in the woods we’ll practice primitive and survival skills.
November 3, 10, 17 (3:30pm-5:00pm)
What does it take to be a Nature Girl? Find out in an afterschool version of our popular camp program. Nature art, habitat explorations and wildlife encounters to keep the future generation of women naturalists and scientists engaged and exploring.
November 3, 10, 17
3:30pm-5:00pm
The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
November 3, 10, 17
10:00am-11:15am OR 1:00pm-2:15pm
The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
November 3, 10, 17
10:00am-11:15am OR 1:30pm-2:45pm
Join us on the lawn for our final Sunday in the Park for the season - Birds of Prey!
For families.
At this most colorful season Hidden Valley is ablaze with color. Join Teatown educator Elissa Schilmeister and discover nature’s treasures along the path.
For Adults.
There's mischief afoot and we need your help - the forest has fallen under a spell and only you can break it! Join us for both trick and treat on a walk through the enchanted forest.
For Families. Masks required. Costumes optional - but encouraged!
Scavengers and decomposers are the clean-up crew of the food web. With them, the world would be covered in dead plants and animals! Join us to find out what they do, how they do it, and why they are essential to life on earth.
For adults.
Bring a blanket or a chair and join us under the fall canopy of leaves on the lawn for a program featuring Teatown’s animal ambassadors.
For families.
The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
October 13, 20, 27
Ages 3-5 with Caregiver.
The youngest nature lovers use their senses to explore the natural world in these weekly classes featuring visits with Teatown’s animal ambassadors, crafts, stories and short hikes.
October 13, 20, 27
Ages 3-5 with Caregiver.
Walk the woods, read The Raven, and discuss ravens, crows, and vultures as symbols in literature and more. Together we will debunk some common misconceptions about these and other Halloween-related animals. Bring your references and questions for a walk and talk. Afterwards, meet Teatown’s crows and vultures up-close.
For Adults and Teens.
Manage fall leaves in a sustainable way that will benefit your yard year after year.
The Green Living Series is brought you to by a partnership between the Croton Conservation Advisory Council and Teatown. Our annual rite of raking, blowing, piling, bagging, and trucking leaves out of residential neighborhoods costs each homeowner hours of time each fall and robs our yards of one of nature’s greatest resources: rich, natural compost. Join Fiona Mitchell from Leave Leaves Alone, Dan Delventhal, owner of Mow Green, and Bruce Laemmel, Croton-based landscaper, to discuss alternate methods of fall lawn care that are beneficial to our yards, pollinators and our health.
For adults.
Let’s get hands and minds to work in this STEAM inspired program! Each session will focus on building in nature in creative ways. Using imagination and natural materials as our guides, we will explore and build animal shelters, beaver dams, and whimsical fairy homes.
Ages 4-7 with Caregiver.
October 8, 15, 22
