Our website will be down on Monday, April 10. It will be back up at noon on Tuesday, April 11.
Get ready for our new, accessible and easy-to-navigate website.
Our website will be down on Monday, April 10. It will be back up at noon on Tuesday, April 11.
Get ready for our new, accessible and easy-to-navigate website.
Day and Time: Saturday, April 15, 1-3PM
Isn’t it frustrating when birds don’t sit still long enough for you to figure out who they are? Knowing birds’ songs would make birding so much easier and more rewarding, but there are SO many. Avian ecologist Bill McMartin will help you get started “Birding by Ear."
Note: Please come dressed for the weather as we will spend part of the workshop outdoors.
This workshop will meet in the High Park Nature Centre's Forest School building at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
Days and Time: Sundays, April 16, 23 and 30, 10AM-12PM
Join us for a nature-inspried art course! Over 3 sessions, you’ll learn how to turn your original ideas into unique linocut art prints. Learn about each stage of the linocut process and ways to set up your own printmaking workspace at home, and take home a variety of hand-crafted prints at the end of the course.
Join us this spring for a nature-inspired art course! Over 3 sessions, you’ll learn how to turn your original ideas into unique Linocut art prints. Our instructor will demonstrate each stage of the linocut process, from design and carving to hand-printing techniques. Suggestions for setting up a printmaking workspace at home will also be discussed.
At the end of the course, you’ll take home a variety of hand-crafted prints made on Japanese Mulberry paper, blank Greeting Cards and toned art papers.
Note: Art materials will be provided. Please bring your own digital device (tablet, laptop or phone) for researching ideas, personal photos, sketches or designs for inspiration and reference.
For all three sessions:
This workshop will meet in the High Park Nature Centre's Forest School building at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
Day and Time: Saturday, May 6, 10AM-12PM
Learn about spring ephemerals and go on a hike to meet some in the park. You may be familiar with trilliums, but there are many more to discover like bloodroot, trout lily, wild ginger, may apple, and Canada anemone.
Note: Please bring a reusable water bottle, comfortable footwear for hiking, and clothing that you don't mind getting dirty.
Are you ready to emerge from your winter hibernation? Some special flowers in High Park are too!
Join us to learn about spring ephemerals and go on a hike to meet some in the park. Ephemerals are perennial flowers that bloom very early in the forest when the trees have no leaves yet, and the sunlight reaches the forest floor. They have been blooming in High Park for thousands of years. You may be familiar with trilliums, but there are many more to discover like bloodroot, trout lily, wild ginger, may apple, and Canada anemone.
Note: Please a reusable water bottle and bring comfortable footwear for hiking, and clothing that you don't mind getting dirty.
This workshop will meet in the High Park Nature Centre's Forest School building at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
Day and Time: Saturday, May 6, 1-4PM
Eat your weeds! We're taking a deep dive into Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). We'll be learning identification, best management practices, and how to prepare and eat it! There will be samples to try, recipes to bring home, and an opportunity to help remove some invasive species at our beautiful site.
Note: Please bring comfortable footwear for hiking, and clothing that you don't mind getting dirty. Don't forget a Pen and paper for taking down notes.
This workshop will meet in the High Park Nature Centre's Forest School building at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
Day and Time: Saturday, June 3, 1-3PM
High Park is home to many beautiful trees - from the towering white pines, to the old oaks, the majestic maples, and many more! It can be hard to know where to start when learning how to identify trees. Join us to build naturalist skills and learn to tell trees apart by their leaves, bark, and buds.
Note: Majority of the workshop will take place outdoors, with access to indoor washrooms at the beginning and end. The program will include a long hike with some steep inclines and declines.
This workshop will meet in the High Park Nature Centre's Forest School building at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.