Visit the nature center to walk the trails, attend a program or event, volunteer, and in the winter, you can rent snowshoes.  

View the interpretive exhibits (fun for kids and interesting for adults) inside the visitor center and outdoors as well.  Children can play on bridges, boulders, stepping stones, and logs in the outdoor natural play area. 

Demonstration Gardens include raingardens, woodland and wildflower prairie butterfly gardens and a small constructed pond with waterfall.  

Trees are an important part of our mission and have great value!  Enjoy a picnic under the state's largest pin oak at the nature center, take a self-guided tour of the trees on the trail, or learn more about the city's tree rebate program, planting trees, and more. Tree Rebate Form

The Nature Center is a resource, too!  At the visitor center, use our nature library to identify a bird, or browse through the informational handouts to learn more about buckthorn removal and native landscaping.  See our earth machine composting bin, which are for sale at the nature center or pick one up at the upcoming Bin and Barrel sale on May 5.