CANCELED: Who’s Hoo Ends (Ages 4-6)

Highlands Nature Center

Get to know your nature neighbors! Go searching for salamanders in streams, come across caterpillars creeping through the Botanical Garden, and learn about animal life cycles. Registration required.

$80

CANCELED: Habitat Hikers Ends (Ages 7-9)

Highlands Nature Center

Spot the animals living all around us! Dig into the dirt, trek through streams, and look through your binoculars to uncover hidden habitats and the creatures that live there. Registration required.

$150

CANCELED: Tiny Homes: Nature Edition Begins (Ages 4-6)

Highlands Nature Center

Jump into where the wild things live! Explore the many kinds of homes in our forests, from the tops of trees to deep underground, and find out what animals live in each place. Registration required.

$80

CANCELED: Animal Actors Begins (Ages 7-9)

Highlands Nature Center

Step into an animal’s paws for the week! Create camouflaged creatures, study skulls, and get a bird’s eye view on life. Registration required.

$150

CANCELED: A Buggy Evening

Highlands Nature Center

July 21st, 9 PM- 10 PM Nature Center Nights: A Buggy Evening Experience the world of our smallest nocturnal creatures—insects! Learn to identify unique and beautiful insects then join naturalists to sample for fireflies, moths, and more in the Botanical Garden. Please bring a flashlight for this adventure! This program is weather-dependent.

Free

CANCELED: Fungi Course Ends (13th-24th)

Fleshy Fungi of the Highlands Plateau: July 13 - July 24 Dr. Andy Methven, Savannah State University (download syllabus) Students will be introduced to the fleshy fungi (Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes) that occur on the Highlands Plateau during peak mushroom season. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of macro- and micro-morphological features in the identification […]

CANCELED: Tiny Homes: Nature Edition Ends (Ages 4-6)

Highlands Nature Center

Jump into where the wild things live! Explore the many kinds of homes in our forests, from the tops of trees to deep underground, and find out what animals live in each place. Registration required.

$80

CANCELED: Animal Actors Ends (Ages 7-9)

Highlands Nature Center

Step into an animal’s paws for the week! Create camouflaged creatures, study skulls, and get a bird’s eye view on life. Registration required.

$150

CANCELED: Conserv Genet of Salamanders Course Begins (27th-31st)

Conservation Genetics of Salamanders: July 27 - July 31 Dr. J.J. Apodaca, Tangled Bank Conservation The field of conservation genetics is rapidly emerging as an exceedingly vital component of conservation biology. This course focuses on salamanders to explore the fundamentals, cutting edge techniques, theories, and issues surrounding conservation genetics. Salamanders are one of the most […]

CANCELED: Appalachian Crafting Begins (Ages 10+)

Highlands Nature Center

Create art inspired by and made with nature! Practice weaving, try your hand at pottery, and mix up your own plant-based paper. Please Note: An exhibition of campers’ works will take place Friday at 1:30pm in the Nature Center with refreshments provided. All are invited to view the artwork and converse with the young artists. […]

$180