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Garden Talk #1 Spring 2024
Garden Talk #1 Spring 2024
The Garden Talk programs are FREE but registration is required due to limited space. The Institute announces the 2024 spring series of small-group garden talks. Talks will be held on...
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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
The Institute is offering five new Wee Wonders sessions this winter, with each one a full 90 minutes of educational fun! Taught by Institute educators, age-appropriate program activities include exploring the outdoors, hikes, theme-related story books, rhymes, finger plays, nature games, crafts, songs, and puppets. Themes or topics include pine cones, winter sounds, deer and...
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Geology Rocks! The Rise & Fall of the Appalachians
Geology Rocks! The Rise & Fall of the Appalachians
Presented in partnership with the Franklin Co. Rock & Mineral Club. Geologist Jeri Jones Jeri Jones of Jones Geological Services in Spring Grove, Pa. returns to present another fun, fascinating...
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Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall “SOAR” Bird Walks
Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall “SOAR” Bird Walks
First and third Saturday spring, summer, fall and winter bird walks find birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro leading the walks along the hiking trails at varying locations throughout...
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The Elements of the Forest
The Elements of the Forest
Earth, air, fire, & water. The four elements manifest in rural forested areas in a variety of ways. Join Strawberry Hill as they explore practical exercises in determining which element...
$15
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Appalachian Trail Museum: The Netteburg Family
Appalachian Trail Museum: The Netteburg Family
The AT Museum welcomes the Netteburg Family on Sunday, May 5th at 1pm. The Netteburg Family bring stories from their AT thru hike with their 4 children (ages 4, 6,...
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Homeschool Days – Citizen Science & Butterflies
Homeschool Days – Citizen Science & Butterflies
Spring means butterflies! Join us for a day of discovery as we learn about - and search for - local species of butterflies and create a citizen science report! Recommended...
$20
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Empowering Communities Historic Preservation Workshop #1
Empowering Communities Historic Preservation Workshop #1
Register for the first of four workshops designed to provide residents, local officials, and historical preservation enthusiasts in the South Mountain Region with the tools and educational resources to understand...
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Garden Talk #2 Spring 2024
Garden Talk #2 Spring 2024
The Institute announces the 2024 spring series of small-group garden talks. Talks will be held on five Tuesdays in April and May from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Civil...
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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
The Institute is offering five new Wee Wonders sessions this winter, with each one a full 90 minutes of educational fun! Taught by Institute educators, age-appropriate program activities include exploring the outdoors, hikes, theme-related story books, rhymes, finger plays, nature games, crafts, songs, and puppets. Themes or topics include pine cones, winter sounds, deer and...
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Nature Book Club
Nature Book Club
Join us for Nature Book Club in the Nature Classroom from 6:30-7:30pm. Bring your current nature and/or environmental-themed book to discuss and share! Light refreshments will be offered but feel...
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Sporting Clays Shoot Fundraiser
Sporting Clays Shoot Fundraiser
Join Buttonwood Nature Center, Home of The Institute, for their second annual Sporting Clays Shoot Fundraiser at Orvis Hill Country Shooting Grounds, Fairfield, PA. Tentative schedule—Exact times and details to...
$125
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Remake Learning Days: Spring Migration Watch
Remake Learning Days: Spring Migration Watch
Join park staff in watching for migratory birds, songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl at Laurel Lake. Using binoculars and guides, you will learn how to identify some local and migrating species...
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Feathered Friends Flock: Bluebirds
Feathered Friends Flock: Bluebirds
Learn about Pennsylvania’s native Eastern Bluebirds. There will be an education component as well as crafts. This program is FREE and for children in grades K to 5.
Mount Tabor Preservation Project Walking Tours
Mount Tabor Preservation Project Walking Tours
Join Mount Tabor Preservation project on a history walking tour to see the latest construction updates and much more.
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Garden Talk #3 Spring 2024
Garden Talk #3 Spring 2024
The Garden Talk programs are FREE but registration is required due to limited space. The Institute announces the 2024 spring series of small-group garden talks. Talks will be held on...
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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
The Institute is offering five new Wee Wonders sessions this winter, with each one a full 90 minutes of educational fun! Taught by Institute educators, age-appropriate program activities include exploring...
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Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter “SOAR” Bird Walks
Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter “SOAR” Bird Walks
First and third Saturday spring, summer, fall and winter bird walks find birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro leading the walks along the hiking trails at varying locations throughout...
2024 Kings Gap Trail Challenge
2024 Kings Gap Trail Challenge
Can you hike every trail at Kings Gap? With 2600 acres of forest, Kings Gap has an extensive hiking system. Join us to get more comfortable hiking the trails. By the end, this challenging monthly hiking series will cover over 25 miles of trail at the park. Two options of the same hike are offered...
$18
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PA Master Gardener Presents: Pennsylvania German Kitchens
PA Master Gardener Presents: Pennsylvania German Kitchens
Pennsylvania German Kitchen Gardens are gardens of purpose, not necessarily design. Typically, vegetables, culinary herbs and medicinal herbs were grown. Learn about how these gardens were sited, who managed them,...
$10
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Youth Field Day
Youth Field Day
Calling all Kids 6-17 that want to learn about what to do in the great outdoors! This program is a great way for kids to get introduced to outdoor activities...
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Youth Festival 2024
Youth Festival 2024
Play Outside is the spirit of Youth Fest! Stop by for a fun outside day for kids, including hikes, story walk, hands-on activities and partnered stations. This event will take...
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YoCo Connect Live at Ruins Hall
YoCo Connect Live at Ruins Hall
Stop by Ruins Hall in Glen Rock from 5 - 7pm for a networking mixer. This event will take place outdoors. Rain date is May 28, 2024. Enjoy some appetizers, beverages,...
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Garden Talk #4 Spring 2024
Garden Talk #4 Spring 2024
The Garden Talk programs are FREE but registration is required due to limited space. The Institute announces the 2024 spring series of small-group garden talks. Talks will be held on...
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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
The Institute is offering five new Wee Wonders sessions this winter, with each one a full 90 minutes of educational fun! Taught by Institute educators, age-appropriate program activities include exploring...
2024 Kings Gap Trail Challenge
2024 Kings Gap Trail Challenge
Can you hike every trail at Kings Gap? With 2600 acres of forest, Kings Gap has an extensive hiking system. Join us to get more comfortable hiking the trails. By the end, this challenging monthly hiking series will cover over 25 miles of trail at the park. Two options of the same hike are offered...
$18
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Furnace Walking Tour
Furnace Walking Tour
Pine Grove Furnace was not always the scenic mountain getaway you see today. Take a 1-mile walk through the past to discover the history of Pine Grove Furnace. Allow 2...
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Racoon Rascals
Racoon Rascals
Bring the family out to learn about the raccoons who call our woods their home, and have your kids create their own custom raccoon mask! If you need an accommodation...
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Nocturnal Senses Night Hike
Nocturnal Senses Night Hike
Test out your nocturnal skills while we learn about nighttime creatures and how their senses help them find their way in the dark. We will also use a UV Black...
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Kayak through History
Kayak through History
Learn the history of Laurel Lake and Pine Grove Furnace while kayaking. Space is limited to 12 participants. Must be at least 12 years of age, and have previous kayaking...
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Garden Talk #5 Spring 2024
Garden Talk #5 Spring 2024
he Garden Talk programs are FREE but registration is required due to limited space. The Institute announces the 2024 spring series of small-group garden talks. Talks will be held on...
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1 event,
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024
The Institute is offering five new Wee Wonders sessions this winter, with each one a full 90 minutes of educational fun! Taught by Institute educators, age-appropriate program activities include exploring...
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Trail Love: Michaux Edition
Don't miss this celebratory one-day trail maintenance extravaganza! Volunteers and community partners will tackle multiple trail maintenance projects on several trails in or proximate to the Michaux State Forest. An optional forest camporee on Friday evening and a congratulatory cookout will be provided after projects are completed on Saturday. Sign up by May 10 to...
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Pump Boys & Dinettes
In this musical tribute to life by the roadside, the “Pump Boys” sell high octane on Highway 57 and the “Dinettes,” Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner...
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Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall “SOAR” Bird Walks
Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall “SOAR” Bird Walks
First and third Saturday spring, summer, fall and winter bird walks find birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro leading the walks along the hiking trails at varying locations throughout...
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Pump Boys & Dinettes
In this musical tribute to life by the roadside, the “Pump Boys” sell high octane on Highway 57 and the “Dinettes,” Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner next door. Together they fashion an evening of country western songs that received unanimous raves on and off Broadway. With heartbreak and hilarity, they perform...
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Pump Boys & Dinettes
In this musical tribute to life by the roadside, the “Pump Boys” sell high octane on Highway 57 and the “Dinettes,” Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner next door. Together they fashion an evening of country western songs that received unanimous raves on and off Broadway. With heartbreak and hilarity, they perform...