Mason Goes Mushrooming: Children’s Book Launch, Cooking Demo, and a Wild Mushroom Celebration

North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vermont

After a short mushroom meander on the trails, Melany Kahn offers an animated reading of a first-of-its-kind children’s foraging adventure book, Mason Goes Mushrooming. The reading will be followed by an interactive Q&A. Melany will have a selection of wild and cultivated mushrooms available for the kids and their adults to discover. They will be able to touch, smell, and learn the different traits of mushrooms. A cooking demo and tasting with Melany sharing how to get that delicious umami flavor will round out the afternoon.

Owl Banding Youth Overnight

North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vermont

Stay up late with NBNC educators and naturalists as we capture, tag, and release these charismatic pint-sized predators. Owls and pizza included!

ECO Homeschool (Aged 6 – 12) Late Fall Session

North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vermont

Each Monday, the woods and fields of North Branch Nature Center will be our classroom, where students will learn by doing, using all five senses to engage with the landscape through standards-based lessons led by our talented ECO Education staff. ECO Homeschool Sessions will consist of age appropriate games, songs, stories, and activities that are designed to help students directly engage with the natural world and the organisms that we share this land with.

$465

Tropical Panama for Teens

Our expert educators and Panama's premiere wildlife guides have worked together to build this unforgettable journey, designed with the goal of kindling a passion for nature connection and wildness that will last a lifetime.