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Virtual Memory Cafe
Virtual Memory Cafe
In partnership with the Ozaukee County Aging Resource Disability Center (ARCC), Riveredge is offering a Memory Café. It meets virtually on the first Thursday of every month. The café is intended for people with all stages of memory loss and their caregivers. Fun indoor and outdoor (weather dependent) activities are planned for the group each […]
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Small Plates & Big Brews: Dinner & Beer Pairing with The Fermentorium
Small Plates & Big Brews: Dinner & Beer Pairing with The Fermentorium
Small Plates, Big Brews - An Exclusive Dinner & Beer pairing with The Fermentorium and The Norbert. Join us for a unique open air, seasonal dinner and beer pairing. The Fermentorium is known for crafting innovative beers but also embracing innovative spaces, and The Norbert's cuisine is matched with beer pairings. We're happy to combine […]
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Nature Play: Paints in the Prairie
Nature Play: Paints in the Prairie
We'll use inspiration from nature to create a take home masterpeice! Water color paints, nature's crayons, mud and more will come together to make a scene worth signing your name to. Join us for this creative family friendly program! All Access members: FREE | Trail Pass members: $5.00 | Non-members: $7.00
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Open Climb
Open Climb
Explore Riveredge at a new elevation! Our new Tree Climbing programs are meant for youth and adults, age 7 and above, with little to no tree climbing skills. Ascend ropes and explore the world way above your feet. We make it safe and easy! All equipment is supplied; all you need is loose clothing (T-shirt […]
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NJC Bird Club – Walk to Sustain Our Great Lakes
NJC Bird Club – Walk to Sustain Our Great Lakes
Julia Robson is conservation biologist for the Waukesha County Park System. Her message is simple: "We all have a stake in what happens to our natural resources; a stake in the future of our streams, rivers, lakes and Great Lakes." Learn more about her 340-mile journey from the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee to […]
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Little Explorers Playgroup
Little Explorers Playgroup
Hello Fall! Let’s gather in the Natural Play Area and share the wonder of nature through outdoor play. We will taste the harvest’s bounty in the Children’s Organic Garden, hunt for patterns in nature, play camouflage hide and go seek, and venture into forests, fields, ponds and more. Nature sensory bins for babies and exploration […]
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Wine Walk | with Mershon’s Cidery
Wine Walk | with Mershon’s Cidery
Take some advice from an apple during this early fall Wine Walk: be well rounded, savor variety, let your plans ripen, know when to let go, and take a bite out of life! This month we’ll welcome Mershon's Cidery from Stoughton, WI featuring their crisp ciders from Peach Escape to Snowed In Cinnamon. Gather at […]
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Canopy Yoga & Tree Climbing
Canopy Yoga & Tree Climbing
Build your resilience and challenge your mental and physical health by honoring a moment for yourself to practice yoga in the trees and on the ground at Riveredge Nature Center. Under the guidance of Sam Lammers, of SOYO Studio, participants will stretch through a tension releasing practice outdoors surrounded by fresh air and sunshine. To […]
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Candle-Making with Friends of the Domes
Candle-Making with Friends of the Domes
Join us as we use natural elements to scent homemade candles in a small group setting at Riveredge Nature Center. Light up the season and bring nature indoors with the creation of candles inspired by the great outdoors. Using upcycled containers like jam jars, coffee mugs, and small pots- we'll pour together hot wax and add in […]
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Tea & Topics | A Wealth of Nature: Photography with Eddee Daniel
Tea & Topics | A Wealth of Nature: Photography with Eddee Daniel
A Wealth of Nature is a project spearheaded by Eddee Daniel and Preserve Our Parks, a non-profit dedicated to preservation and promotion of parks and open space. Eddee has traveled throughout the Milwaukee region documenting the area’s abundance of nature and recreational opportunities. Eddee will describe the project, the challenges parks are facing, what Preserve […]
Fall Foliage Frolic: Riveredge Family Nature Club October Event
Fall Foliage Frolic: Riveredge Family Nature Club October Event
Tuesday October 13th 5:30-7:00pm Forest Beach Migratory Preserve | 4970 Country Club Rd, Port Washington, WI 53074 Let us explore our 5 senses and venture through fall by seeing the many amazing ecosystems here (wetlands, ponds, prairie, woods, and beach). We will play fall bingo, take a hike, explore what is growing/spreading its seeds and […]
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Small Plates & Big Brews: Dinner & Beer Pairing with The Fermentorium and The Norbert
Small Plates & Big Brews: Dinner & Beer Pairing with The Fermentorium and The Norbert
Small Plates, Big Brews - An Exclusive Dinner & Beer pairing with The Fermentorium and The Norbert. Join us for a unique open air, seasonal dinner and beer pairing. The Fermentorium is known for crafting innovative beers but also embracing innovative spaces, and The Norbert's cuisine is matched with beer pairings. We're happy to combine […]
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Fall Adventures: Forest Forts!
Fall Adventures: Forest Forts!
Learn the art of building fort style shelters with sticks, twine, leaves, and other natural materials that we can find in the forest! We'll gather outdoors and head to a special fort building area with in the Pines at Riveredge. With plenty of time to construct to work as a family and construct shelters, a […]
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Open Tree Climb
Open Tree Climb
Explore Riveredge at a new elevation! Our new Tree Climbing programs are meant for youth and adults, age 7 and above, with little to no tree climbing skills. Ascend ropes and explore the world way above your feet. We make it safe and easy! All equipment is supplied; all you need is loose clothing (T-shirt […]
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Bee Bundles & Pollinator Hotels
Bee Bundles & Pollinator Hotels
Join us for a stroll through the Prairie as we identify various stems that make the perfect building material for a natural bee hotel or a simple bee bundle. A local bee lover and entomologist, Dr. Thelma Heidel Baker as we learn more about native bees and their habitat needs. Fee: Member (Friends of the […]
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Online Showing of Love Flows with Bonus Q&A Discussion
Online Showing of Love Flows with Bonus Q&A Discussion
Celebrate World Fish Migration Day with Milwaukee Riverkeeper and Riveredge Nature Center with an online film screening and discussion! Love Flows brings to life the challenges that rivers and fishes face against threats, but more importantly focuses on what we are doing to help improve the situation. It captures the growing passion of thousands of […]
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Wine Walk | Fall Wine Frolic with Vines to Cellar
Wine Walk | Fall Wine Frolic with Vines to Cellar
This month we’ll welcome Vines to Cellar, a custom small batch winery, located in Historic Downtown Port Washington, WI. Gather at the Riveredge Sugarbush House where: Vines to Cellar will provide a mini flight for your tasting pleasure and a short presentation on how wine is made. A Riveredge Naturalist will then lead you on […]
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Nature Tots: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Nature Tots: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Let's enjoy the autumn air as we learn about the seasonal color change of leaves on the trees in the forest. Join us for some songs and the story Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert before we head outdoors on a leaf hunt! We'll play a game to "meet the trees" and even create […]
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Little Explorers Playgroup
Little Explorers Playgroup
Hello Fall! Let’s gather in the Natural Play Area and share the wonder of nature through outdoor play. We will taste the harvest’s bounty in the Children’s Organic Garden, hunt for patterns in nature, play camouflage hide and go seek, and venture into forests, fields, ponds and more. Nature sensory bins for babies and exploration […]
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Trails & Treats: Choose your own Adventure! All Sessions have reached capacity
Trails & Treats: Choose your own Adventure! All Sessions have reached capacity
All Sessions have reached capacity Join us for an evening of tricks and treats for kids on the trails of Riveredge! Choose your own adventure along a 1.5 mile loop, as activity stations and fun will be scattered about the land. Visit educators in costume and dive into hands on experiences handling worms and examine […]
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Trails & Treats: Choose your own Adventure! All Sessions have reached capacity
Trails & Treats: Choose your own Adventure! All Sessions have reached capacity
All Sessions have reached capacity Join us for an evening of tricks and treats for kids on the trails of Riveredge! Choose your own adventure along a 1.5 mile loop, as activity stations and fun will be scattered about the land. Visit educators in costume and dive into hands on experiences handling worms and examine […]
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Tea & Topics – Fall Night Sky
Tea & Topics – Fall Night Sky
Join Scott Nehring, a local amateur astronomer, to learn about the constellations we can expect to see in fall night sky. Visible planets, moon phases and other astrological events will also be discussed. Free to attend virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91818911389?pwd=VWZJRzFyQWZhSktiSkpyWThUMkV6dz09 Meeting ID: 918 1891 1389 Passcode: 451330
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Riveredge Family Nature Club: Make Your Own Hiking Stick
Riveredge Family Nature Club: Make Your Own Hiking Stick
A hiking stick you say- yes please! This evening we will find a hiking stick, decorate it, and then put it to the test! Decorations for all ages to engage. Dress for the weather and please bring a flashlight, headlamp or lantern. Meet in Area #4 to join us in the hiking stick adventure. Free […]
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Small Plates Big Brews with The Fermentorium and Heirloom MKE
Small Plates Big Brews with The Fermentorium and Heirloom MKE
Small Plates, Big Brews – An Exclusive Dinner & Beer pairing with The Fermentorium and Heirloom MKE. Join us for a unique open air, seasonal dinner and beer pairing, with an added festive Halloween Twist! We’re happy to combine a few good things for the enjoyment of you and your closest friends: Local beer, nature, […]