Tickets now available for the 2026 Family Square Dance!

Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us as we clean up the shore of our local brook.

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Harvest Fun

Fall is when we reap the rewards of our hard work in the garden. We’ll turn apples into cider, turn gourds and seeds into crafts, and snack on freshly picked veggies.

Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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As the winter quickly approaches and the garden is at its prime, help us harvest and store the bounty for the cold season ahead. 

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Throughout October, we will be looking for the largest leaf! The winning leaf will be on display here at our museum.

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Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

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Come for the food and drinks, stay for the community spirit, lively atmosphere, and record breaking support that made last year’s event our biggest yet.

Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

REGISTER HERE>

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

REGISTER HERE >

Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

REGISTER HERE>

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us for a cozy autumn adventure! Enjoy a scenic fall hike through colorful foliage, then warm up with hands-on apple cider pressing.

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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This workshop series will explore that journey, including background information, the current condition of the floodplain, the project’s funding and permitting process, design iterations, planned restoration interventions, and the long-term ecological and resilience benefits.

FREE PROGRAM

Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

REGISTER HERE>

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

REGISTER HERE >

Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

REGISTER HERE >

Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

REGISTER HERE>

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Come in costume and leave with treats. Hike for everything spooky that nature has to offer.

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Animal Elections

This Election Day we will learn about animals’ special strengths and create campaign slogans for each “candidate.” At the end of the day, campers will vote for FRNC’s next “Animal President.”

Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us for a fun, hands-on hour where we turn post-Halloween pumpkins into compost gold and celebrate sustainability.

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Worms, Worms, Worms

Join us as we explore how small organisms can have a huge impact on the forest.

School’s out, so bring the family to Rye Nature Center for an afternoon of fall fun! This special hiking experience invites you to explore the beautiful grounds and connect with nature.

Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Come celebrate the conclusion of the Great Leaf Hunt!

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

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Older students dive into environmental science with fire-building, obstacle courses, and experiments that bring seasonal ecology to life.

REGISTER HERE>

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Through forest walks, nature crafts, sensory games, and seasonal stories, children discover the wonder of fall.

REGISTER HERE >

Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Join us for a walk through the woods as we explore the secret life of wild turkeys!

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Join us in downtown Rye for Rye Chamber of Commerce’s “Holiday Stroll.” Purchase Street will be a wonderland of fun as we celebrate the start of “the most wonderful time of the year.”

Free - No registration required

Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us for an afternoon of fun-filled wreath and decoration making. Learn how to recycle natural materials from the Nature Center grounds or your own backyard to create wonderful holiday decorations. 

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us as we create wonderful decorations to light up the short days of winter.

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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Hike through the forest in search of the great-horned owl. Learn about nocturnal wildlife, listen to bird calls, and dissect owl pellets. 

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Put on your snow boots, scarf, gloves, jacket, and maybe a pair of snowshoes as we explore local forest wildlife in the winter season. Hot chocolate will be served! 

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

REGISTER HERE >

This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

REGISTER HERE >

This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Participants will learn the basics of terrarium creation, including plant selection, layering techniques, and proper care to keep your tiny landscape thriving. We’ll provide all materials!

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

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This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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This workshop series will explore that journey, including background information, the current condition of the floodplain, the project’s funding and permitting process, design iterations, planned restoration interventions, and the long-term ecological and resilience benefits.

FREE PROGRAM

Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

REGISTER HERE >

This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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The Fight Against the Freeze

Join us as we investigate how plants and animals survive winter’s freezing temperatures. Learn about local animals and how they survive the cold.

Ever Awesome Evergreens

Children will learn how evergreens stay green even when the rest of the forest turns white.

Maple Trees and Sugaring

Join us as maple sugar season gets underway. Learn how to tap a sugar maple to see if the sap is flowing.

The Power of Ice

Children will experiment with ice and investigate the properties of water when it freezes and how it impacts the living and non-living things around us.

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Learn how to tap a maple tree! Families will learn about the process of creating maple syrup and get a tour of our Sugar Shed.

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Bundle up and embrace winter! Activities include ice experiments, sledding, hot cocoa, birdwatching, and more to show kids that cold weather is full of discovery.

REGISTER HERE >

Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

This teamwork-focused session teaches practical nature skills like orienteering, animal tracking, and making winter snacks, all while learning how wildlife thrives in the cold.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us for a 49-year-old Rye tradition! All ages are welcome for an afternoon filled with fun pastimes like log sawing contests, fire-roasted marshmallows, hikes, maple sugaring, and so much more.

Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

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Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Learn how to tap a maple tree! Families will learn about the process of creating maple syrup and get a tour of our Sugar Shed.

REGISTER HERE >

Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

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Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

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Jurassic World

Children will learn how to identify dinosaurs by name, and search for clues that dinosaurs once ruled Rye.

Glacier Nation

Join us as we search for clues that Rye was once covered with ice.

Rise and Shine

Children will go on a massive scavenger hunt in search of buds, bulbs, and bustling bird nests to discover who our early risers are!

Watershed 101

Learn how our local watershed and Blind Brook are connected to the water cycle and how our local landscape is affected by heavy rainfall.

Did You Hear That Sound?

Join us for the day as we learn frog calls and bird songs. We will discuss bird migration, listen to spring peepers, and create birdfeeders to attract our returning friends.

This is your chance to grow something that may look funny or bruise easily but taste extraordinary. The Nature Center will have a variety of tomatoes and other vegetable seeds on hand and will help you get them started. 

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

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Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Visit some of our resident animals like snakes, turtles, and birds as we discuss their life cycles.

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

REGISTER HERE >

Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

As spring begins to settle in, our ponds come to life! Be prepared to get dirty as a naturalist accompanies you to one of our bodies of water with dip nets in tow.

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

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Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Earth Day Celebration

Help us celebrate the Earth! Children will use recycled materials and natural artifacts to create works of art.

Whose Eggs Are in That Nest?

Children will learn how to identify local bird eggs and nests. They will also have the opportunity to create their own bird nest inspired by Rye’s common birds.

Join us for a relaxing and engaging program designed for adults to explore the fascinating world of bees while enjoying a cup of iced or hot tea.

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

This workshop series will explore that journey, including background information, the current condition of the floodplain, the project’s funding and permitting process, design iterations, planned restoration interventions, and the long-term ecological and resilience benefits.

FREE PROGRAM

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Step into a world of enchantment and imagination at our first-ever Fairy House Festival! Wander through a whimsical woodland village of handcrafted fairy homes built by local schools, garden clubs, and community groups, each one a tiny masterpiece tucked among the trees and rocks.

Enjoy an afternoon sprinkled with magic: create your own fairy wand, explore shimmering crystals and geodes, chase bubbles across the meadow, and visit our magical and mysterious animal table.

Don’t miss face painting in the pavilion, our magical potion bar, colorful popcorn and party mix, and a photo op with wings! Costumes encouraged—fairies, elves, and woodland creatures welcome!

It's guaranteed to be a magical day!

Free for members | $30 per family for non-members

Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

REGISTER HERE >

Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Participants will learn about healing herbs, infused oils, and simple recipes while creating their own custom blends to take home.

Participants must be 15 years or older to attend

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >

Join us to become a peer leader as we delve deep into the problems that face our local ecosystem, the importance of conservation and sustainability, and master your knowledge of local wildlife and flora.

Dive into the wonders of springtime waterways in this engaging afterschool program focused on aquatic ecosystems.

REGISTER HERE >

A fun-filled hour outside with your child!

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Join us for an inspiring evening to help make the outdoors accessible to all while supporting these vital community initiatives.

Join an FRNC naturalist as we take a walk through our forest in search of local wildflowers. Participants will learn to identify, press, and preserve wildflowers.

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Explore how the forest and brook come alive in spring! Children will track migrating animals, catch insects with nets, and observe seasonal changes in real time.

REGISTER HERE >