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The perfect adventure for your next birthday! Celebrate with Riveredge and have a fun day in nature with all your friends and family. We have multiple party themes and access to naturalist led programs and party amenities for you to enjoy!
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We all benefit from having clean and healthy rivers. That’s why we’re coming together as a community to take positive actions towards improving the health and quality of the Milwaukee River for generations to come.
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Family Nature Club is a FREE outdoor, family-based experience, led and organized by Riveredge staff at different locations in neighboring counties.
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Our age-specific programs reach students from preschool through high school and help promote real-world examples and interest in your classroom curriculum.
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Homeschool Ed-ventures is a science education program designed for homeschooled students who enjoy hands-on learning and outdoor adventure.
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Access the natural beauty of Wisconsin waterways through our kayak and canoe outings.
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The Scientist in Residence program is a 5-year partnership with our local schools to transform their students’ relationships with the outdoors. Through the Scientist in Residence program, Riveredge places an environmental educator directly into the school district.
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Progress towards badge requirements and experience unique outdoor programs. Scout and Youth Programs are provided for groups on-site by environmental educators. A variety of program options span ages 5-13.
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Hit the slopes as a family!
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A summer of exploration, new friends, and adventures…that sounds like a summer at Riveredge! Beloved by generations of ‘Riveredge Kids’ a week of summer camp at Riveredge is like no other.
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Summer Day Adventures provides 90-minute outdoor education programs for visiting daycare, scouting, or student groups during the summer at Riveredge Nature Center.
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This long-running watershed education program empowers teachers to utilize the Milwaukee River basin as a learning lab for students to research and collect hands-on water quality data.
Teachers, click here to explore our resource hub!
Interested in volunteering? Contact Mary Holleback at mholleback@riveredge.us or 262-375-2715 to get started.
Our Tree Climbing programs can accommodate 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 the equipment is supplied.
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Virtual Photo Club
Virtual Photo Club
Photo Club meetings are friendly and informal, with a brief discussion of upcoming activities, a short program and the opportunity to share and discuss photos.
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Cooped Up Naturalist: Drop-In Naturalist Session
Cooped Up Naturalist: Drop-In Naturalist Session
SOS! A Riveredge Naturalist has been cooped up in the Coop near Farm Pond and is looking for some curious folks to listen to all they've learned about the landscape around them.
Attracting Bluebirds and Other Cavity Nesters to Your Yard
Attracting Bluebirds and Other Cavity Nesters to Your Yard
Learn how to attract a wide variety of cavity-nesting birds to your yard. Nest box styles, placement and maintenance will be discussed as well.
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Ducks of Wisconsin Field Identification Workshop
Ducks of Wisconsin Field Identification Workshop
Learn all about Wisconsin ducks. This workshop is a two-part series on March 4 & 8. The first part is a lecture-discussion. The second part is a tour of Horicon’s duck ‘hot spots’ and highlight of duck species identification techniques in the field.
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Little Explorers Playgroup
Little Explorers Playgroup
These naturalist guided experiences are designed with 45 minutes of structured play & exploration followed by 45 minutes of free play.
Memory Cafe
Memory Cafe
The café is intended for people with all stages of memory loss and their caregivers. Fun nature related activities are planned for the group each month.
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Maple Syrup Supper
Maple Syrup Supper
We can’t think of a better group to celebrate the start of the maple sugarin’ season with than our awesome members!
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Youth and Scout Maple Sugarin’ Day
Youth and Scout Maple Sugarin’ Day
Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4H, and youth organizations of all kinds are invited to this special weekend!
Ducks of Wisconsin Field Identification Workshop
Ducks of Wisconsin Field Identification Workshop
Learn all about Wisconsin ducks. This workshop is a two-part series on March 4 & 8. The first part is a lecture-discussion. The second part is a tour of Horicon’s duck ‘hot spots’ and highlight of duck species identification techniques in the field.
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Nature Tots
Nature Tots
Nature Tots is an early childhood program designed for learners ages 2-5 years old, accompanied by an adult guardian.
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Agroforestry: Pruning, Coppicing and Tree Release
Agroforestry: Pruning, Coppicing and Tree Release
Join Matt Smith, a professional Restoration Ecologist with over 22 years of experience, for an entirely outside hands-on field demonstration in the arts of pruning, coppicing and tree release for restoration and landscaping.
Science Thursday Lecture Series: Observation and Discovery in Nature
Science Thursday Lecture Series: Observation and Discovery in Nature
Teacher/naturalist, Chuck Ritzenthaler, will take you on an enlightening journey into the realm of nature’s magical adaptations—elegant solutions crafted over millennia that empower not only the diverse tapestry of wildlife but also humankind.
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Maple Sugarin’ Festival
Maple Sugarin’ Festival
The fifth season is approaching- the Maple Sugarin’ Season! Bring your families, bring your friends to celebrate this sappy gift from the trees at Riveredge’s annual Maple Sugarin’ Festival on March 15th!
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OWBC: Diversified Birders
OWBC: Diversified Birders
Rita Flores Wiskowski will be speaking about the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee area chapter. She is also an avid birder and citizen science enthusiast.
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Little Explorers Playgroup
Little Explorers Playgroup
These naturalist guided experiences are designed with 45 minutes of structured play & exploration followed by 45 minutes of free play.
Vernal Equinox Yoga
Vernal Equinox Yoga
This spring equinox we will be grounding, gathering energy, and flowing gently in poses designed to facilitate the awakening of the new season. No prior yoga experience necessary.
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World Water Day at Riveredge
World Water Day at Riveredge
Water is all around us and a connecting force for everything that we do at Riveredge! Come visit us on World Water Day as we splash into learning about our wonderful watery places
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Spring Break: Yoga for Kids Ages 2-5
Spring Break: Yoga for Kids Ages 2-5
This event is a fun, exercise-based yoga class for children that includes poses, breathing, and creative activities activities. We’ll practice with a partner, do group poses and play fun yoga games.
Spring Break: Yoga for Kids Ages 6-10
Spring Break: Yoga for Kids Ages 6-10
This event is a fun, exercise-based yoga class for children that includes poses, breathing, and creative activities activities. We’ll practice with a partner, do group poses and play fun yoga games.
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Virtual Photo Club
Virtual Photo Club
Photo Club meetings are friendly and informal, with a brief discussion of upcoming activities, a short program and the opportunity to share and discuss photos.
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Pancake Breakfast
Pancake Breakfast
We invite you to join us as we close out the maple sugarin’ season the best way we know how- with an all you can eat pancake breakfast held outside right in the middle of the Sugarbush.
OWBC: Columbia/Dane County Field Trip
OWBC: Columbia/Dane County Field Trip
Tour ponds and flooded fields in this very productive area. A wide variety of water birds, shorebirds, migrant passerines and others are possible
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Pancake Breakfast
Pancake Breakfast
We invite you to join us as we close out the maple sugarin’ season the best way we know how- with an all you can eat pancake breakfast held outside right in the middle of the Sugarbush.
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Spring Yoga Series Session I
Spring Yoga Series Session I
At Riveredge, we believe that nature is an essential partner in fostering mindfulness and connection. Our spring yoga programs are crafted to inspire a deep sense of well-being and harmony with the natural world.
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Little Explorers Playgroup
Little Explorers Playgroup
These naturalist guided experiences are designed with 45 minutes of structured play & exploration followed by 45 minutes of free play.
Memory Cafe
Memory Cafe
The café is intended for people with all stages of memory loss and their caregivers. Fun nature related activities are planned for the group each month.
1 event,
Cooped Up Naturalist: Drop-In Naturalist Session
Cooped Up Naturalist: Drop-In Naturalist Session
SOS! A Riveredge Naturalist has been cooped up in the Coop near Farm Pond and is looking for some curious folks to listen to all they've learned about the landscape around them.
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Maple Syrup Supper
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Maple Sugarin’ Festival
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Outdoor all-terrain wheelchairs available to reserve during any program or event for free through Access Ability Wisconsin.
Get in touch! click here to reserve.
