All ages Did you hear that a bill passed in 2016 making rain barrels legal in Colorado? Time to learn what you can do to help conserve water and quench your garden’s thirst. Learn why and how to properly use rain barrels, and make one to take home and install before the summer thunderstorm flurry. […]

Ages 4-10 yrs. and their families Meet the memorable characters in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, with Charlotte Sandkuhler, a Lorax enthusiast!  Class complete with book, crafts, and even madlibs!  "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not!"  Sign up early by registering at Arvada.org/public-classes.

All ages. $5/person, $15/family The Downtown Aquarium’s animal ambassadors will be at the Nature Center to say hello! Learn about their adaptations up close! Sign up in advance at Arvada.org/public-classes, and leave your dogs at home.

All ages, Bring your children for a nature play date in our “Nature: Explore” space, where they can climb on logs, jump stump to stump, build forts, dig in the dirt and connect with their world. No screens, no plans, no slides or swings, rather loads of unstructured imagination and creativity.   Stay as long as […]

Saturday June 3rd, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm All ages, Free! Location: One site for 2017- Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge- West 80th Avenue, just east of Kipling Street Celebrate National Trails Day in Arvada! Get outdoors and move your feet, pedal your bike or just enjoy a day of appreciating the outdoors as you […]

Saturday, June 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Adults & Teens, $5. Do you know what is best for your vegetable and flower gardens? Curious if your gardening knowledge is based on scientific facts or old wives tales? Come learn from a Jefferson County CSU Master Gardener about the truth and myths of back yard gardening. Sign up […]

Saturday, June 10, 3-4:30 p.m. All Ages, Free. Check out the West Denver Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s presentation on water and macro invertebrate (insects) sampling and learn why these processes are key to keeping data on the condition of a river or stream. Pick up fly tying tips geared to the insect life in the […]

Wednesday, June 14, Gather at 6:15 p.m., start at 6:30 p.m. All ages, $3/person, $9 per family. Meet at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St. Back by request: Join Arvada native, Dean Bernard, on a casual walk along one of Arvada’s 150 miles of trails, lasting 1- 1 ½ hours. Dean has lots of stories […]

Saturday, June 17, 9-11 a.m. All ages, Free. Looking for ways to get the whole family involved in volunteering? Put on some work glove and show your love for Majestic View Community Park by gathering with friends and fellow park users to spruce up the place. We will work on the garden, wildlife areas and […]

Wednesday, June 21, 6:30-8 p.m. All ages, $5/person, $15/family. Bring the family to learn about snakes along the Front Range with a naturalist friend from Lookout Mountain Nature Center. Hear how they play an important role in the ecosystem and get over the myth that they are monsters. There will be live snakes to touch […]

Friday, June 23, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. All ages, Free. Bring your children for a nature playdate in our “Nature: Explore” space, where they can climb on logs, jump stump to stump, build forts, dig in the dirt and connect with their world. No screens, no plans, no slides or swings, rather loads of […]

What: Annual Summer Sight-Singing Romp, featuring Mendelssohn's Elijah When: Monday, June 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Where: Hebrew Educational Alliance, 3600 South Ivanhoe Street, Denver, CO 80237 Sponsored by-Colorado Hebrew Chorale Cost:-$5.00 Info & RSVP: -info@coloradohebrewchorale.org, (303)355-0232 The annual Summer Sight-Singing Romp is an evening of instant music-making, where you become the chorus! Join area singers […]

Friday, June 30, 11-11:45 a.m. Ages 3 - 6 yrs. Free. Bring your wiggly worm to get up close with the real thing!  Digging in the garden will turn up worms, and lots of questions from your curious youngster.  Come to the Nature Center for a fun program about worms with books, activities, and even […]