Seasonal ProgramsAges 6 - 8Ashland Nature Center
What Do Birds Eat? Max: 15
Course #: U09-073-AS Saturday, May 16, 2:00 pm - 4:00pm Member/Non-Member: $9/$15 Leader: Brittany Hoffnagle Berries, insects, mice, seeds and fish is quite a diet! Look at some of our taxidermy birds and learn what and how they eat. Venture outside to look for berries, seeds, and insects and use binoculars to look for Red-tailed Hawks, song birds and woodpeckers. Finish the day with learning how you can attract birds to your own house by making your own bird feeder using recycled bottles. Nature and Art Max: 15 Course #: U09-074-AS Saturday, June 6, 2:30 pm - 4:30pm Member/Non-Member: $9/$15 Leader: Megan Kasprzak Trees, flowers, streams, and landscapes are just a few of the great sights you can see at the Ashland Nature Center. Walk along the trails and discover nature's beauty by exploring various habitats looking for flowers, insects, trees, and streams. Create a lasting memory by using crayons, color pencils, and other media to draw and color the things we find while enjoying a small snack. Take your collection of artwork home with your favorite piece framed. Coverdale Farm
"Dig and Dine" Grow Your Own Garden and Dinner Max: 12
Course # U09-075-CF Friday, May 15, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Member/Non-Member: $30/$40 Leader: Jane Griffin & Gloria Cooke Bring your creativity to the farm for an evening of gardening fun! Explore the farm garden and crop plot to see the diversity of fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs growing; then harvest ingredients for our dinner. After our homemade picnic, we'll design and plant our own miniature gardens. Seeds and plants, fences and paths, ponds and scarecrows, the choice is yours to make your garden complete. All materials and dinner included. A Corny Coverdale Adventure Max: 12 Course # F09-076-CF Friday, September 11, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Member/Non-Member: $30/$40 Leaders: Barbara Reader & Gloria Cooke Share in a story about a chicken's "corny" dream to find a treasure hidden under a big pink pig! Journey through the farm to find the tall corn at Coverdale Farm. Explore the cropland to discover ears of pop and field corn growing; "pop" into the corn crib to discover hundreds of ears; prepare some corn with an antique sheller and feed it to the sheep, pigs and chickens. Make a "corny" craft and nibble on a "corny" dinner that you make from scratch. This will be an "a-maize-ing" afternoon. 
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