Ecological Belonging: Free Workshop Series
Join our Fall 2026 Visiting Teacher Naturalist, Brooke Bridges, herbalist and author, for guided experiences of nature connection.
Join our Fall 2026 Visiting Teacher Naturalist, Brooke Bridges, herbalist and author, for guided experiences of nature connection.
Join authors Robin Crofut-Brittingham and Charlie Nardozzi for a botanical book launch to celebrate Robin’s new book The Illuminated Book of Blooms and Charlie’s latest book The Continuous Vegetable Garden.
Our eleven-day trip journeys from high-elevation cloud forests to the tropical lowlands and back up, encountering a huge range of ecosystems along the way. We’ll stay at a renowned rainforest birding lodge—accessible only by boat—nestled along a tributary of the Amazon River. Toucans, tanagers, hummingbirds, and antbirds are the order of the day on this fantastic itinerary, and this is just the warm-up!
NBNC is a wildlife corridor regularly traveled by coyote, fox, deer, fisher, mink, and much more. There’s always animal sign to explore!
North Branch Nature Center envisions a world where people learn, teach, and play together in nature, supporting healthy, resilient communities and ecosystems. We encourage people of all ages to engage with the natural world, and to foster powerful connections that inspire a lifelong commitment to environmental stewardship.