Have fun learning to code! At CodeCampKidz we will teach you to write real code in a fun and achievable way working on projects of your own creation. You will work face to face with an online instructor in real time for mentoring, guidance and code reviews right from home. We can monitor your progress […]

A Festive Holiday Tea Party – for Girl Scouts at The Macaron Tea House At this festive holiday tea party, Kimberlee Franz a certified etiquette instructor will present essential etiquette skills. The afternoon will start with an etiquette presentation that includes: tea party dining etiquette, polite conversation skills, being a hostess and a guest, and […]

Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:00AM Saturday, September 29, 9 am through Sunday, September 30, 3 pm Instructors: Doug Dunn, Julia Swanson and Mark Kollecker Join Museum staff for an overnight program at Penn-Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Preserve in New York. Explore this geological treasure and collect and keep Devonian fossils from 385 million years […]

Join us on our fourth part of our Birding 101 series with Naturalist Nick Parish. With the breeding season coming to a close, most birds transition into their non-breeding plumage. This transition is called molting. Molting birds can look quite different, but are still beautiful to see! Binoculars recommended. Call Ford Nature Center at 330.740.7107 […]

Ages 3-5, plus adult. Join us for a National Potato Month activity. We will be digging potatoes and enjoying potato snacks along with story time and other activities. Space is limited. Register by 9/21. $5 R; $6 NR, cash only

Celebrate the new season with a hike in Hitchcock Woods looking for Ohio’s largest native fruit, the pawpaw, with Naturalist Marilyn Williams. Call Ford Nature Center at 330.740.7107 for details. Moderate, 2 mi.

Break out your most comfortable hiking shoes and join us for an energizing ten-mile fall hike starting at FNC and travelling around Lake Cohasset, Lake Newport, and Lanterman’s Gorge. (A 5 mile option, turning around at Lanterman’s Mill, will be available for those interested in a shorter hike.) Call Ford Nature Center at 330.740.7107 for […]

Traditional fun, family event with a corn maze, old-fashioned games, tractor-wagon rides, campfire entertainment, and more. Explore the barns and corn maze. Watch cider and homemade apple butter being made. Listen to music around the campfire as you roast marshmallows and watch the sun set on the horizon as you enjoy the change from summer […]

Enjoy a wonderful walk through the Gorge Trail, while taking in the beautiful autumn colors, on the Autumnal Equinox with Naturalist Nick Parish. Call Ford Nature Center at 330.740.7107 for details. Moderate, 2 mi.

Join local artist, educator, and Park volunteer John Guy Petruzzi for a guided bird walk at the Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. The walk coincides with Sanctuary, a new exhibition of watercolor paintings and photography by the artist, on view September 7 – October 26 at YSU’s John J. McDonough Museum of Art. Rain or shine, […]

Travel with Lynn Zocolo on the Cohasset Express to visit Mill Creek Park icons and learn their stories. Enjoy a box lunch by Kravitz’s Garden Cafe at one of the Parks’ unique pavilions. Limited seating. Register/pay at Ford Nature Center by 9/12. Adults: $21 R; $23 NR. Ages 12 & under/60+: $19 R; $22 NR. […]

Ages 13+. A Sound Bath is a deep meditative experience where you will relax by lying on your mat and just receive the sound that is played around you. The low frequency sound and vibrations of our gongs, crystal singing bowls, pyramids, flutes and other instruments take you on an inward healing journey, awakening every […]