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Brown Family Environmental Center Calendar

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    Family Nature Quest: Cheerful Chipmunks and Sassy Squirrels

    May 10, 2025

    Chipmunks and squirrels have incredible adaptations that allow them to find and store food. They also play a role in supporting our ecosystems. Discover similarities and differences between chipmunks and squirrels.

    When 10:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Yoga in the Garden

    May 12, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Yoga in the Garden

    May 12, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
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    Family Nature Quest: Active Ants

    May 17, 2025

    Ants have been around eons. During this program, we will explore how these insects survive in our modern world.

    When 10:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
  • Yoga in the Garden

    May 19, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Plein Air Painting Workshop: Watercolor Pencil

    May 20, 2025

    Join the BFEC for our yearly Plein Air (outdoor painting) workshops. This summer’s theme is “Card Club.” Pre-registration is required.

    When 5:00 pm
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • BFEC logo

    Poison Hemlock: Safe Removal and Control

    May 22, 2025

    Join Sabrina Schirtzinger, agriculture and natural resources educator at the OSU Extension Office, to learn the differences between plants and how to safely control them.

    When 6:00 pm
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
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    Family Nature Quest: Befriending Bats

    May 24, 2025

    Discover fascinating facts about bats and discuss how they may even provide the answer to solving cancer. Each family will make and take their own bat house.

    When 10:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Land conservation map

    Green Space Connections

    May 24, 2025

    During Reunion Weekend, celebrate 30 years of the Brown Family Environmental Center, 25 years of the Philander Chase Conservancy and 30 years of Knox County Parks with a guided tour of the newest BFEC-managed parcel.

    When 2:00 pm
    Where Kenyon College Bookstore
    Category
    • Nature Activities
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    Friction Fire Making

    May 31, 2025

    Shawn Dailey will demonstrate multiple friction fire methods using a variety of local materials, followed by a workshop where participants can learn firsthand.

    When 10:00 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jun 2, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jun 9, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Kokosing River Stream Exploration with ODNR

    Jun 12, 2025

    Learn more about stream quality monitoring and discover the aquatic critters that populate our streams and how they help determine water quality of Ohio’s rivers.  

    When 6:30 pm
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jun 16, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Plein Air (outdoor painting) Workshop: Ink

    Jun 17, 2025

    Join the BFEC for our yearly Plein Air (outdoor painting) workshops. This summer’s theme is “Card Club.” Pre-registration is required.

    When 5:00 pm
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jun 23, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Event poster

    Ribbon Cutting and Guided Hike

    Jun 28, 2025

    Join the Brown Family Environmental Center, the Philander Chase Conservancy and the Knox County Parks District to mark the grand opening of the BFEC's North Trail System, Yauger Road Entrance.

    When 10:00 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Nature Activities
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jun 30, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jul 7, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Jul 14, 2025

    Use your Monday lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class. This free class is open to all ages.

    When 11:30 am
    Where Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC)
    Category
    • Athletics & Fitness
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