Nature

FREE Earth Day Events

FREE Earth Day Events
Celebrate Earth Day at Blandford Nature Center! We will be hosting a veggie and flower garden seed swap, spring ecosystem scavenger hunt, making Michigan wildflower seed bombs/balls, and encouraging visitors to enhance their hikes by…

Storytime with the Opossum

Storytime with the Opossum
Interested in meeting our resident opossum? Come join one of our Wildlife Education Specialists who will read an animal-themed story and after introduce you to our resident opossum! The story for each session will be…

Storytime with the Opossum

Storytime with the Opossum
Interested in meeting our resident opossum? Come join one of our Wildlife Education Specialists who will read an animal-themed story and after introduce you to our resident opossum! The story for each session will be…

Storytime with the Owls

Storytime with the Owls
Interested in meeting a couple of our resident owls? Come join one of our Wildlife Education Specialists who will read an animal-themed story and after introduce you to a couple of our resident owls! The…

Storytime with the Owls

Storytime with the Owls
Interested in meeting a couple of our resident owls? Come join one of our Wildlife Education Specialists who will read an animal-themed story and after introduce you to a couple of our resident owls! The…

Storytime with the Turtles

Storytime with the Turtles
Interested in meeting a couple of our resident turtles? Come join one of our Wildlife Education Specialists who will read an animal-themed story and afterwards introduce you to a couple of our resident turtles! This…

Nature Touchable Artifacts Table

Nature Touchable Artifacts Table
Visit the table in our lobby where one of our Wildlife Education Specialists will have some animal artifacts and touchables set up for you to explore to learn more about Michigan wildlife, their adaptations, survival…

Guided Shinrin-yoku: Earth Day

Guided Shinrin-yoku: Earth Day
Join Blandford and In Your Element Wellness for a special Earth Day program focused on relaxation and enjoying the peace of nature and beauty of our planet. Guided Shinrin-yoku ("forest bathing") is internationally recognized as…

Earth Day Birthdays with Wildlife Ambassadors

Earth Day Birthdays with Wildlife Ambassadors
Did you know that two of Blandford's wildlife ambassadors have birthdays during the week of Earth Day? Let's throw them a birthday party! You'll meet Archimedes, the Long-eared Owl, and Quillber, the North American Porcupine,…

Birds & Bagels

Birds & Bagels
Come out and enjoy an early morning of birding, bagels, and coffee in this monthly warm weather series! Coffee provided in partnership with Outside Coffee Co, and bagels from Bagel Kitchen! Mallary Webb from the…