Back by popular demand is Beth Woods and her animal menagerie. Indiana Wild inspires live animal conservation through outreach education programs. Live animals present.

Come play with us at the Hermon Woodlands Imaginature Playscape! Join a naturalist at the West Shelter for a mini-program, then spend the rest of the time playing and exploring in the Playscape and creek. Feel free to pack a picnic lunch. Caregivers might want to pack extra shoes and/or clothes for the ride home. …

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Come play with us at the Hermon Woodlands Imaginature Playscape! Join a naturalist at the West Shelter for a mini-program, then spend the rest of the time playing and exploring in the Playscape and creek. Feel free to pack a picnic lunch. Caregivers might want to pack extra shoes and/or clothes for the ride home. …

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Let’s see what nighttime summer activity is going on in our park. Come join a naturalist on a nighttime stroll in the moonlight. Compare your experience to our New Moon hike earlier in the month. Please dress for the weather and ground conditions. Registration required by July 12.  Please call 419-221-1232.

Inducted in the 4-String Banjo Hall of Fame, Glenn Parks is a banjo legend. Whether it’s promoting, conducting or playing he is at home behind the 4-string banjo, the most popular instrument in Dixieland swing. Join us for a fun evening of entertaining banjo music.

Come start your Sunday at Hermon Woodlands with a grab at that elusive worm. We will watch some birds, but will certainly enjoy the rest of the park as well. No experience necessary and a limited number of binoculars will be provided. Birder or not, this is a good opportunity enjoy the wonder of nature. …

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Let’s go back in time to the 1940’s as we host a formal children’s tea party. Wear your best “Sunday clothes” as children and their adult companions will enjoy light refreshments, fun games and story about farm life in the 1940’s. Each child will also create a take-home craft. Cost is $15 per child and …

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Animals have incredible features that help them survive in all sorts of environments and situations. Come and learn about a few of my favorites. We’ll explore how birds fly, fish, swim and mammals crawl, climb or dig. We’ll test some of our own adaptions while we’re at it. Please bring a sack lunch and water …

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Moths are an incredibly diverse and fantastic group; some would even argue they are better than their cousin butterflies! Come decide for yourself and join a Naturalist to celebrate National Moth Week and observe these nocturnal beauties. We will set up blacklit sheets to attract moths, put out bait, and explore the woods at night! …

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Children, ages 4 and up, will enjoy this new and unique program. A Park Naturalist will join Joanna Marie Walt, Local drama and yoga teacher and owner of Creative Dramatics, to offer a fun class combining nature, literacy, drama, and yoga. Learn about native wild animals while listening to and acting out the adventures found …

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