Spring Eco-Explorers are learning all about Amazing Animals! We are getting outside and getting active as we compete against the world’s strongest, fastest and most amazing animals! Animal movements make some of the best yoga poses! Students at Prettyboy Elementary participated in a fun round of Animal Yoga. We warmed up as trees, scuttled like… Read more »
By Haley Schanne, 2016-2017 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Member Even as the seasons change, there are always new things to explore at Irvine Nature Center. This past fall, hundreds of school children got to spend many fun-filled mornings appreciating and observing the signs of the season. Getting outside is just the beginning! Students participated in numerous… Read more »
Growing up in North Baltimore I knew that spring had arrived not because of the crocuses blooming first in my mother’s garden. Rather, it was the appearance of the lawn service my father so revered. I vividly recall their truck and trailer pulling up to the house and the tractor rolling off to do its work… Read more »
While standing next to my compost pile this past weekend a friend remarked, “That’s some good looking dirt coming out of there.” And I could not agree more. Since starting my pile, I have routinely added kitchen scraps like egg shells, unused parts of fruits and veggies, and coffee grounds along with leaves, chicken and… Read more »
On Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 families came out to Irvine Nature Center to celebrate National Family Volunteer Day. Volunteers made new hopscotch tiles for Irvine’s Outdoor Classroom, decorated tic-tac-toe rocks for our Kids Corner and future Family Game Nights, strung tree cookie necklaces for Nature Birthday Parties and constructed a Recycled Bottle Water Play Board… Read more »
Right now things are quiet here at Irvine Nature Center, but it must be the calm before the storm. Fortunately this storm is one of enthusiastic early childhood educators who will descend upon Irvine’s 116 acre campus for three days of lectures and workshops at our 3rd annual Nature Preschool Conference. We plan on hosting… Read more »
Constellation Energy and BGE employees came out to Irvine on April 8th during National Volunteer Week to volunteer their time! They collected trees to repair our Native American lean-to that had collapsed with all the winter snow and to repair our Native American garden fence that was falling over! They did an excellent job with… Read more »
I reached for the water bottle next to my bed a few nights ago to take a gulp of water before rolling over and going back to sleep. As the cool water passed over my lips I felt immediately that something was horribly wrong. My tongue sensed a solid where only liquid should be and my… Read more »
Project Clean Stream will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 9 a.m. – noon. Join Irvine Nature Center to participate in the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s PROJECT CLEAN STREAM on Saturday, April 5th! If you have a neighborhood stream, work at a school or office whose grounds are in need of some… Read more »
It is hard for me to write a weekly green tip since all I can see from my window is white. So this week (I know it has been actually a few weeks since my last post), I am dedicating the blog to things wintery and white, and how we might make the most of… Read more »
