Create a beautiful, all-natural wreath for your home, while enjoying some seasonal holiday teas and conversation. Join the Irvine Nature Center for this workshop where we will learn how to identify different evergreens and vines available locally. Then create a beautiful but sustainable wreath. We will provide an assortment of evergreen boughs, berries, fruits, vines,... Read more »
Create a beautiful, all-natural wreath for your home, while enjoying some seasonal holiday teas and conversation. Join the Irvine Nature Center for this workshop where we will learn how to identify different evergreens and vines available locally. Then create a beautiful but sustainable wreath. We will provide an assortment of evergreen boughs, berries, fruits, vines,... Read more »
Have some seasonal fun making sustainable and thoughtful herbal gifts to pamper body, hands, and lips. In this hands-on workshop, participants will create an herbal lip balm for chapped lips, and beebalm body cream and relaxing herbal bath bombs using oils infused with herbs collected at Irvine. Make and take home 4 of each product... Read more »
Irvine Nature Center presents HOLIDAYS WITH HOOT - a fun, nature-based holiday event. Celebrate the season at this delightful morning of family activities. Meet our animal ambassador owls and learn more about these amazing birds up close. Create crafts and play games inspired by nature. Enjoy hot chocolate around a campfire and get pictures with Irvine’s... Read more »
Part of Irvine's 7-part Adult Lecture Series - Eat, Drink & Learn Barn Owls in Maryland: Collective Mission - Increase and support maximum nesting potential for Barn Owls in Maryland Maryland DNR ranked Barn Owls in the 2015-2025 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Chap 3, page 39, Table 3.12.)... Read more »
Part of Irvine’s 7-part Adult Lecture Series – Eat, Drink & Learn The View from Here: Observations on Climate Change, Habitat Loss, and other Challenges Facing Baltimore Checkerspots and other Maryland Butterflies All seven species of sea turtles are classified as either threatened or endangered, and several of these species are common, seasonal visitors to the mid-Atlantic... Read more »
Part of Irvine’s 7-part Adult Lecture Series – Eat, Drink & Learn The Pressure is Rising: Climate Change, Humans, & the Future of Barrier Islands Barrier islands represent the intersection of changing weather, sea-level, species migration, and human influence. They represent the first line of defense against ocean-side flooding and storm surge along much of the... Read more »
Part of Irvine’s 7-part Adult Lecture Series – Eat, Drink & Learn Wolves Demystified: The True Nature of North America’s Most Controversial Predator Wolves have been plagued by myth and misinformation for centuries. This has led to conservation issues across the globe, but it has also led to wolves being improperly handled as household pets. At the... Read more »
Part of Irvine’s 7-part Adult Lecture Series – Eat, Drink & Learn Boots on the Ground: Restoration of the Incredible and Endangered Serpentine Ecosystem at Soldiers Delight It is the surprising secret of Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area and Wildlands in Owings Mills that the type of rock underlying it, climate change, and a long history of... Read more »
