Upcoming Events & Programs
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ecoEXPLORERS Club
Herpetology Season
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Meet at the Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
Ages 5-14 & accompanying adult(s)
FREE | No registration required
(Weather dependent)
Did you know that our Nature Center is an ecoEXPLORE Hot Spot? This is our third ecoEXPLORE program, which we’re offering throughout the year for children in grades K-8 and their families! Children will go on a walk to see what reptiles and amphibians we can find out on our trails and do a Challenge towards earning an ecoEXPLORE Herpetology patch!
Experiencing Nature
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | No registration required
(Weather dependent)
Join Maddie Wikstrom, Education Specialist, for a Nature Walk that offers three different approaches for ways to experience and connect with Nature. Attendees will experience what can be revealed to us through Sit Spots, a Silent Hike, and reflective drawing.
This program is part of BEE Kind 2025, a community-wide initiative focused on mental health and kindness, founded by Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation in partnership with the Counseling Center of Highlands. Learn more about the initiative and explore other opportunities HERE.
Nature Center Drawing Club
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Time: 3:30-4:30 pm
Location: Meet at the Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
Free | Open to the public
Do you like to draw or are you inspired by what you see in nature? If so please come the Nature Center’s Drawing Club! Supplies will be available, but feel free to bring your own sketchbook and materials. Some time will be spent walking around the garden trails, followed by an optional drawing prompt and time to draw, as well as time to share our drawings.
Nature Center Nights
Salamander Meander (Members Only)
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome | Members Only
Free | Registration Required
(Weather dependent)
Kick off Highlands Nature Center’s summer season with a nighttime search for our secretive salamander friends!