Food Events

Name: Earth Day Celebration
Start: 2024-04-20T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-20T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

January 2024

Fri, January 12 • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Winter Artist Showcase Exhibit Opening

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Fri, January 12 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Teen S’mores Night

Dan Ryan Woods Visitor Center • Chicago, IL 60620

Fri, January 12 • 7:30 pm

Stories of the Stars

Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

Mon, January 15 • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

MLK Day of Service & Brush Pile Burn

Eggers Grove • Chicago, IL 60617

Sat, January 20 • 8:30 am

Bird and Bagel Bird Walk

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Sat, January 20 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Restoration and S’mores

Sand Ridge Nature Center • South Holland, IL 60473

Sat, January 27 • 8:00 am

Birds and Bagels

Dan Ryan Woods Visitor Center • Chicago, IL 60620

Sat, January 27 • 10:30 am - 1:30 pm

All About Fire

Thatcher Woods Pavilion • River Forest, IL 60305

Sun, January 28 • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Crabtree Hygge

Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

February 2024

Sat, February 3 • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sweetheart Night Hike

River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062

Thu, February 15 • 6:00 pm

Winter Fire Building Workshop

Camp Sullivan • Oak Forest, IL 60452

March 2024

A Forest Preserves staff member showing how to light a fire in front of a small group at a Camping 101 event.

Fri, March 8 • 5:30 pm

Outdoor Cooking

Camp Reinberg • Palatine, IL 60074

Sat, March 16 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Restoration & S’mores!

Sand Ridge Nature Center • South Holland, IL 60473

Children learning about maple syrup tapping using a tree stump and tool.

Sun, March 17 • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Maple Syrup Festival

River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062

a group doing arts and crafts at Dan Ryan Woods

Sat, March 23 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Spring Eggstravaganza

Caldwell Woods • Chicago, IL 60646

a person climbing a net on the Go Ape Tree Top Adventure Course in Bemis Woods

Sun, March 24 • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Truckin’ Into Spring

Bemis Woods-South • Cook County, IL 60558 (near Western Springs)

April 2024

People setting up two tents during a CLIC training at Camp Sullivan.

Sat, April 13 - Sun, April 14 Camping Leadership Immersion Course

Camping Leadership Immersion Course

Camp Sullivan • Oak Forest, IL 60452

Fri, April 19 • 5:30 pm

Outdoor Cooking

Camp Bullfrog Lake • Willow Springs, IL 60480

Sat, April 20 • 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Poetry in the Forest: A Forest Therapy Walk

Caldwell Woods • Chicago, IL 60646

an Earth Day banner at Sand Ridge Nature Center

Sat, April 20 • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Earth Day Celebration

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480

Forest Preserves of Cook County

Food Events

Winter Artist Showcase Exhibit Opening

Teen S’mores Night

Stories of the Stars

MLK Day of Service & Brush Pile Burn

Bird and Bagel Bird Walk

Restoration and S’mores

Birds and Bagels

All About Fire

Crabtree Hygge

Sweetheart Night Hike

Winter Fire Building Workshop

Outdoor Cooking

Restoration & S’mores!

Maple Syrup Festival

Spring Eggstravaganza

Truckin’ Into Spring

Camping Leadership Immersion Course

Outdoor Cooking

Poetry in the Forest: A Forest Therapy Walk

Earth Day Celebration

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