Shake off the winter blues at Teatown! The week will be filled with games, crafts, and outdoor activities to energize the housebound child. Dress your child appropriately for the weather. Full day campers should pack a lunch. Snack is provided. To register, call (914) 762-2912 x110. Register by the day or for the full session,...
Stoke up the fire, its sugaring time at Teatown! From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year! Register for 1pm, 2pm or 3pm time slots. All welcome. Members Free, Non-members $7. Programs require pre-registration. To register, call 914-762-2912 x...
Meet Charlie Roberto at the Echo Boat Launch (at the end of the road beyond the Croton train station) to drive along the Hudson River to Peekskill with stops at eagle viewing sites. Free. Programs require pre-registration. Online registration available until noon the day before the event. If online registration is not available, call (914)...
A chance for young nature lovers, ages 4–5, to learn all about turtles! Meet some of Teatown’s shelled animal ambassadors and listen to the story Box Turtle at Long Pond. Create your very own turtle shell mosaic craft to bring home. Members Free, Non-members $7. Programs require pre-registration. To register, visit teatown.eventbrite.com or call 914-762-2912...
Simple steps to welcome birds, butterflies, and bees into your yard. Whether you garden is large or small, you can play an important role in providing food and shelter for local wildlife. Learn simple steps to incorporate native plants into your existing landscape, and see examples of how some beautiful but tough "workhorse" plants are...
Use your camera to better capture the beauty and diversity of nature. Join Lower Hudson Valley nature photographer Edward Michael Lach and learn how to use the features of your adjustable camera to better capture the flora and fauna of the habitats of Teatown.
The special beauty of Teatown’s Wildflower Island is shared through enthusiastic volunteers. Learn the wildflowers and the uniqueness of this Teatown jewel and begin training to become a Wildflower Island Guide.
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about amphibians and reptiles in this workshop that will focus on identification, natural history and conservation of the species that live in the lower Hudson Valley.
Day 1 of this workshop consists of train-the-trainer workshops aimed at providing volunteers with the knowledge needed to teach others how to identify important pests new to our area.
Snakes are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet. Scary serpent or valuable predator? Slimy slitherer or rad reptile? Meet a few of Teatown’s snake ambassadors and make a snake finger puppet to take home.
Spring is here – get your kids outdoors to see the day! The slugs, bugs and other critters are waking from their slumber. We’ll play games, make crafts and see what spring has to offer.
Local resident and award-winning landscape designer, Jan Johnsen, showcases innovative ways that stone, the most ancient of materials, can be used to add dimension to an outdoor setting. She illustrates creative techniques for using natural stone in dry streams, stepping stone walks, knockout rock gardens, and much more.
Celebrating the 47th Anniversary of Earth Day, Green Ossining will focus its theme on food sustainability. This will include emphasis on reducing food waste, cooking and food preservation, nutrition, edible gardens, backyard food and permaculture, and access to food.
Have you come across bones or scat on a hike and wondered which animal left it? Or found nibbled branches or tracks and tried to figure out who was there? Using Teatown’s collection of skulls, scat and signs we’ll investigate the trail left behind.
Join Charlie Roberto in one of the best places to see many species of warblers and other migrants. Meet in the Teatown parking lot to carpool at 6am or at 7:15am at Central Park West and 77th st.
Everyone can finish the rhyme April showers… but that is only a part of the water cycle which all of life depends on. Hands on activities to brighten any showery day will have you singing in the rain!
Aliens are all around us and they don’t arrive here from outer space! Hike with an educator to learn more about the alien species in our midst. For Everyone.
The Croton Sustainability Committee offers ways to reduce carbon emissions for a cleaner, healthier environment. Co-sponsored by the Croton Conservation Advisory Council. Free.
Join Charlie Roberto and explore the winding footpaths and natural oasis of the Ramble in Central Park, which affords many wonderful sightings of warblers and other spring migrants.
Explore the world of macro and insect photography with Charlie Roberto and Jeff Seneca as they discuss techniques for capturing the smaller organisms of the natural world with SLR cameras and SLR hybrid cameras. Co-sponsored by Saw Mill River Audubon. Free. For adults.
