nature
Saturday Explorer Camp: Powerful Pollinators (ages 6-10)
Elementary-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for fun and in-depth learning about the natural world around them. Program takes place at the Open Space Visitor Center and includes hiking and outdoor exploration, hands-on science, literacy, and art activities.
FREE Neighborhood Open Space: Community Concert (Mother’s Day Weekend) with Chill House featuring Hillary Smith
Join us for a completely free, family-friendly event highlighting great musical artists and performers. Bring a chair or blanket, picnic dinner, and enjoy free entertainment, paletas, face painting, bosque traveling exhibit truck, rock climbing wall, hands-on nature activities, and incredible views of your public lands under the light of the setting sun.
Neighborhood Nature Festival & Block Party
Join us for a completely free, family-friendly, park pop-up event to celebrate and enjoy nature right in our neighborhoods. Face painter, paletas, live music, bilingual nature storytelling, nature-themed carnivale performers, bosque ecosystem exhibit truck, hands-on activities, games, show-n-tell with urban wild birds, Esperanza bike repair clinic (bring your bike), on-site language interpreters, home and community…
FREE Neighborhood Open Space: Community Concert (Father’s Day Weekend) with Side Montero
Join us at Los Poblanos Fields Open Space for a completely free, family-friendly event highlighting great musical artists and performers. Bring a chair or blanket, picnic dinner, and enjoy free entertainment, paletas, face painting, bosque traveling exhibit truck, rock climbing wall, hands-on nature activities, and incredible views of your public lands under the light of…
Neighborhood Nature Festival & Block Party
Join us for a completely free, family-friendly, park pop-up event to celebrate and enjoy nature right in our neighborhoods. Face painter, paletas, live music, bilingual nature storytelling, nature-themed carnivale performers, bosque ecosystem exhibit truck, hands-on activities, games, show-n-tell with urban wild birds, Esperanza bike repair clinic (bring your bike), on-site language interpreters, home and community…
Outdoor Field School: Performing Pedology (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment. Classes take place at a variety of Open Space public lands.
Outdoor Field School: Uncovering Archeology (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment. Classes take place at a variety of Open Space public lands.
Outdoor Field School: Discovering Dendrology (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space educators for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment.
Outdoor Field School: Ornithological Observations (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space educators for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment.
Outdoor Field School: Performing Pedology (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space educators for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment.
Outdoor Field School: Rio Grande Riparian Ecosystem (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space educators for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment.
Outdoor Field School: Freshwater Invertebrates (ages 11-14)
Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space educators for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment.