Beginning January 2026, all program registration will be online. Registration will now open at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of the month prior to the program. Please register for the individuals in your household only. If you have questions regarding this new process, please call Nature Realm Visitors Center at 330-865-8065 (Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, 12 – 5 p.m.).

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Meet Me In The Garden: Creating Iris Envy

Discover the best plan for success to growing fabulous irises in your garden, including best choices for Ohio’s climate, iris types, bloom…

FASN/Visitors Center
Several logs are piled onto a campfire.

Campfire Chili

Join us to celebrate National Chili Day! We’ll demonstrate cooking techniques and share delicious variations of chili recipes that can be…

LP/Nature Center
Liberty Park Nature Center and an outdoor shelter.

Flapjacks and Sap Facts: A Maple Sugaring Breakfast

Join us as we reap the fruits of our labor by enjoying a traditional pancake breakfast with our own Liberty Park maple syrup. As we wrap up…

LP/Nature Center
A stone and grass path leads to the chiseled rock of Deep Lock Quarry.

Self-Guided Storybook Trail: North Country Spring

Bring the family to enjoy some exercise and fun while following a self-guided story trail based on the book “North Country Spring.” This experience…

DLQ/Quarry Trail

Self-Guided Story Trail: A Frog in the Bog

Who’s in the bog? It’s a frog! Follow a self-guided story trail based on the book “A Frog in the Bog” along the 1.6-mile Prairie Trail….

SFB/Prairie Trail
A woman in a foldable outdoor chair sketches on a notepad.

Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist for an entertaining lesson in nature drawing. Bring a sketchbook, pencil and a sense of humor. Beginners are…

FASN/Visitors Center

Kinderealm: Herons

Here come the herons! We invite children ages 3 to 6 and their adult companions to join us as we learn about great blue herons through a short…

SLNC
A woman in a foldable outdoor chair sketches on a notepad.

Virtual Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist online for this entertaining virtual lesson in nature drawing. No experience is necessary; all you need are pencils,…

Virtual
A woman in a foldable outdoor chair sketches on a notepad.

Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist for an entertaining lesson in nature drawing. Bring a sketchbook, pencil and a sense of humor. Beginners are…

SLNC
The exterior of Summit Lake Nature Center.

Kids in the Garden

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron for weekly hands-on gardening activities for children of all ages. Seed, sow, water, harvest…

SLNC
Three tomatoes growing off of a tomato plant.

Good Garden Talks: Seed Starting

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to learn best practices for starting seeds for the vegetable garden.

SLNC

Breakfast with Waterfowl

Drop in at the campground boat launch to start your morning right with a campfire, pie iron pancakes and birdwatching. We’ll have binoculars,…

NR/Lot C4