Kreher Preserve & Nature Center
Where Leisure Meets Learning
Nature Explorers Homeschool Program is an environmental education program designed for home-schooling families which offers a unique, nature-based educational experience. Classes incorporate hands-on science with nature and environmental awareness, and each concludes with a nature hike. Classes meet on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month for 3 months each Spring and Fall. Each …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …
Tree Tots is a nature-based-play class where children are encouraged to use their senses to explore their natural environment and learn together through play. Tree Tots builds on the nature-focused development children and caregivers experience with Nature Babies, but is also excellent for families new to the Nurtured in Nature Series. Caregivers are a vital part …
Forest Friends is an award-winning program offering unique, hands-on, nature-based education at the preschool level for children and their caregivers. This program is the third and final stage in the Nurtured in Nature Series, and whether you and your child have followed the entire series, or are just joining us for Forest Friends, the lessons learned …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …
Tree Tots is a nature-based-play class where children are encouraged to use their senses to explore their natural environment and learn together through play. Tree Tots builds on the nature-focused development children and caregivers experience with Nature Babies, but is also excellent for families new to the Nurtured in Nature Series. Caregivers are a vital part …
Forest Friends is an award-winning program offering unique, hands-on, nature-based education at the preschool level for children and their caregivers. This program is the third and final stage in the Nurtured in Nature Series, and whether you and your child have followed the entire series, or are just joining us for Forest Friends, the lessons learned …
The KPNC offers fall camps to students in grades 1 through 6 on days when schools are closed. Campers will join the KPNC naturalists outside, exploring our natural world and wildlife communities and discovering new adventures all around us. Snacks will be provided; children should bring their lunch and a refillable water bottle each day. …
Nature Explorers Homeschool Program is an environmental education program designed for home-schooling families which offers a unique, nature-based educational experience. Classes incorporate hands-on science with nature and environmental awareness, and each concludes with a nature hike. Classes meet on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month for 3 months each Spring and Fall. Each …
Join our guides for an educational adventure as you and your children take in the many sights and sounds of the Nature Center. Discovery Hikes offer excellent opportunities to learn about nature and see wildlife up close, while enjoying fresh air and exercise in our beautiful outdoors. Discovery Hikes are for families with children ages …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …
Join our guides for a peaceful morning walk as you take in the many sights and sounds of the Preserve. Nature Walks offer excellent opportunities to socialize and learn, while enjoying fresh air and exercise in our beautiful outdoors. Nature Walks are for adults only and offered the second Thursday of each month from 8:30 …
Tree Tots is a nature-based-play class where children are encouraged to use their senses to explore their natural environment and learn together through play. Tree Tots builds on the nature-focused development children and caregivers experience with Nature Babies, but is also excellent for families new to the Nurtured in Nature Series. Caregivers are a vital part …
Forest Friends is an award-winning program offering unique, hands-on, nature-based education at the preschool level for children and their caregivers. This program is the third and final stage in the Nurtured in Nature Series, and whether you and your child have followed the entire series, or are just joining us for Forest Friends, the lessons learned …
In The Garden With Cyndi is a fun, casual gardening class for adults where you get to learn tips and tricks, get your hands dirty, and get expert advice on a myriad of gardening techniques and best practices. Cyndi believes that gardening should be all about the enjoyment of your gardens. So, in this workshop …
The KPNC offers fall camps to students in grades 1 through 6 on days when schools are closed. Campers will join the KPNC naturalists outside, exploring our natural world and wildlife communities and discovering new adventures all around us. Snacks will be provided; children should bring their lunch and a refillable water bottle each day. …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …
MORE INFORMATION Halloween at the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center now has two faces... Nature Nightmares, the scary sister to Halloween Enchanted Forest, is coming this October. Get ready to be terrified! Nature Nightmares is a haunted hike through the pitch-black forest of the KPNC - a hike like you've never experienced before. With evil …
GET TICKETS This fun, family-friendly Halloween event takes you on a magical hike in our Enchanted Forest where you will be greeted by our costumed forest friends. These nature-inspired characters will entertain you on how they “trick or treat” other animals and plants in the forest. Don your costumes and good walking shows, and enjoy …
Tree Tots is a nature-based-play class where children are encouraged to use their senses to explore their natural environment and learn together through play. Tree Tots builds on the nature-focused development children and caregivers experience with Nature Babies, but is also excellent for families new to the Nurtured in Nature Series. Caregivers are a vital part …
MORE INFORMATION Halloween at the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center now has two faces... Nature Nightmares, the scary sister to Halloween Enchanted Forest, is coming this October. Get ready to be terrified! Nature Nightmares is a haunted hike through the pitch-black forest of the KPNC - a hike like you've never experienced before. With evil …
GET TICKETS This fun, family-friendly Halloween event takes you on a magical hike in our Enchanted Forest where you will be greeted by our costumed forest friends. These nature-inspired characters will entertain you on how they “trick or treat” other animals and plants in the forest. Don your costumes and good walking shows, and enjoy …
Forest Friends is an award-winning program offering unique, hands-on, nature-based education at the preschool level for children and their caregivers. This program is the third and final stage in the Nurtured in Nature Series, and whether you and your child have followed the entire series, or are just joining us for Forest Friends, the lessons learned …
GET TICKETS This fun, family-friendly Halloween event takes you on a magical hike in our Enchanted Forest where you will be greeted by our costumed forest friends. These nature-inspired characters will entertain you on how they “trick or treat” other animals and plants in the forest. Don your costumes and good walking shows, and enjoy …
MORE INFORMATION Halloween at the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center now has two faces... Nature Nightmares, the scary sister to Halloween Enchanted Forest, is coming this October. Get ready to be terrified! Nature Nightmares is a haunted hike through the pitch-black forest of the KPNC - a hike like you've never experienced before. With evil …
Nature Explorers Homeschool Program is an environmental education program designed for home-schooling families which offers a unique, nature-based educational experience. Classes incorporate hands-on science with nature and environmental awareness, and each concludes with a nature hike. Classes meet on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month for 3 months each Spring and Fall. Each …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …
GET TICKETS NOW Join the KPNC educators for a one-hour presentation about the awesome amphibians and reptiles found in our state and beyond! Children and adults will enjoy this entertaining, hands-on program with live animals. Admission is $5 ($4 for members); children 3 and under are free. Pre-register online with a credit/debit card or pay …
Connect with your little one and the outdoors during KPNC’s one-of-a-kind Nature Babies classes. Nature Babies is is part of our Forest Friends Series (https://aub.ie/forestfriends) and is designed to encourage caregivers to take their babies out into the natural world – a world rich with sensory input. Nature provides endless ways to interact with your …