• Birding Workshop @ Farm & Forest School

    Vermont Farm & Forest School 324 Webster Rd, Roxbury,, VT

    A 2-hour workshop learning bird language and birdsong ID at Vermont Farm & Forest School. Register with VFFS.

    morel mushroom growing amongst wildflowers

    Foraging Club walk and nibble

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Learn, sample, and snack with expert NBNC naturalists. There is so much more to wild edibles than ramps and fiddleheads!

    Nature Poetry Program (For Teens) with Toussaint St. Negritude

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    A casual space for teens to learn how to closely observe and engage with nature as inspiration for poetry writing. In an open-ended discussion format, we will explore to find the paths we want to follow in life through investigating our relationship with nature.

    Nature Poetry Drop-in Program (for Adults) with Toussaint St. Negritude

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    A casual space to learn how to closely observe and engage with nature as inspiration for poetry writing. In an open-ended discussion format, we will explore to find the paths we want to follow in life through analyzing our relationship with nature. Open to the public.

    Spring Afterschool Program

    Spring Afterschool Program
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $540

    Let your kids be kids at NBNC. Our "Treksplorers" program offers kids a program fully immersed in nature, exploring the woods, fields and streams near NBNC. Play stealth and awareness games, learn outdoor skills and develop a sense of community with peers.

    Nature Writing with Dave Mance III

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $125

    A full day of nature, and a full day of writing. Dave will present on reading and writing – on the craft; on the physiology. We’ll walk the North Branch trails and observe nature, and we’ll write and share based on these experiences. Part of NBNC's Biodiversity University series.

    Field Ornithology with Chip Darmstadt

    The Creative Campus @ Goddard 123 Pitkin Rd, Plainfield, Vermont
    $900 – $1200

    In this field-based, retreat-style course, you’ll develop a breadth of knowledge and skills to identify and better understand Vermont’s common and not-so-common birdlife. Part of NBNC's Biodiversity University series.

    Botany From the Beginning with Jerry Jenkins

    The Creative Campus @ Goddard 123 Pitkin Rd, Plainfield, Vermont
    $900 – $1200

    In this five-day, field-based, retreat-style course, learn plant structure, relationships, geography, and identification, focusing on the woodland plants of Plainfield and the Granite Hills, with emphasis on woody plants, sedges, herbs, and some of the larger and nicer mosses. Part of NBNC's Biodiversity University series.

    Spring Afterschool Program

    Spring Afterschool Program
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $540

    Let your kids be kids at NBNC. Our "Treksplorers" program offers kids a program fully immersed in nature, exploring the woods, fields and streams near NBNC. Play stealth and awareness games, learn outdoor skills and develop a sense of community with peers.

    Forestry for Naturalists with Ethan Tapper & Sean Beckett

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $250

    How can cutting down a tree be a radical act of compassion? This course explores the complex, nuanced, and sometimes contradictory world of ecological forestry. Part of NBNC's Biodiversity University series.

    Spring Afterschool Program

    Spring Afterschool Program
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $540

    Let your kids be kids at NBNC. Our "Treksplorers" program offers kids a program fully immersed in nature, exploring the woods, fields and streams near NBNC. Play stealth and awareness games, learn outdoor skills and develop a sense of community with peers.

    The Biodiversity Jamboree

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    A summer nature festival for all ages! Celebrate birds, bugs, plants, pollinators in a day of outings, workshops, exhibits, kids activities, live birds, music, food, art, presentations, and more! Find out what you can do to protect biodiversity in your own backyard and in your community.