Events

Walk with Pride!

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439

Take a self-guided walk to learn about LGBTQ2S+ people in conservation.

Free

Let’s Play! Forest Exploration Day

Erickson Woods • Cook County, IL 60093 (near Winnetka)

Engage in creative, imaginative and child-directed, outdoor free-play as a family.

Free Registration Required

Summer Nature Camp

Rolling Knolls • Elgin, IL 60120

From 12 pm to 3 pm, learn the significance of summer in […]

Free Registration Required

Live Healthy, Discover Nature

Daley Plaza Chicago, IL 60602

Learn how to connect to nature, book an event in the Forest […]

Free

Baby Buds

Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

Join us for nature-themed interactive songs and simple stories. 0-23 months. Tickets […]

Free

After Life in the Forest Walk

Spears Woods • Cook County, IL 60480 (near Willow Springs)

A 2.5-mile guided walk where we learn about decomposition, fungi and the […]

Free

Senior Nature Collaging

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Join local artist Phyllis Frick in making collages of plants, animals and […]

Free Registration Required

Pride Night

Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

Celebrate Pride and join us for an evening nature walk with s’mores […]

Free Registration Required

Little Calumet River Clean-up

Kickapoo Woods • Riverdale, IL 60827

Canoe and kayak while helping clean the Little Calumet River. Event is […]

Wellness in the Woods: Yoga

Rubio Woods • Cook County, IL 60445 (near Midlothian)

Join a 30-minute yoga session. Please bring your own yoga mat. Grove […]

Free

Weed Busters

Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

Help us improve biodiversity by removing invasive plants.

Free Registration Required

Community Book Swap

Swallow Cliff Woods-North • Cook County, IL 60464 (near Palos Park)

Bring in your gently used books and leave with some new-to-you books. […]

Free

Sounds of the Slough

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480

Learn about common animals heard and seen around the water on a […]

Free Registration Required