KAMLOOPS - Hummingbird Adventures
2024-08-25 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join the Kamloops NatureKids BC club for a fun, engaging morning of hummingbird activities!
Can you flap your “wings” as fast as a hummingbird? Make new friends while learning all about hummingbirds, colour your own hummingbird picture, and learn about the big journey that hummingbirds travel each year as they migrate during hummingbird storytime!
Sunday, August 25th, 202410:00am to 11:00am PT
Click here to register!
This event is for families with children ages 5-12.
There is free parking and a shaded picnic area. There are no washrooms onsite but there is a washroom up the road at Kenna Cartwright Park.

TRICITIES - Bird Banding
2024-08-31 07:00 - 09:00
Join the TriCities NatureKids BC Club at the Vancouver Avian Research Centre for an early morning of bird banding! Support conservation work while seeing birds up close and learning all about them.
Saturday, August 31st, 20247:00am to 9:00am PT
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There is parking and washrooms onsite.

NANAIMO - Flowers and Pollinators at Westwood Lake!
2024-08-31 15:30 - 16:30
Let’s explore the world of flowers and their importance! We will take a short walk and look for pollinators and do some fun activities with options for pollinator crafts like flower pressing!
Date: Saturday, August 31Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
There is parking close by. This area has picnic tables and a playground.
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This event will run rain or shine 🙂 Registration is limited to 30 participants. Westwood lake has washrooms available.

NICOMEKL - Painted Turtle Release
2024-09-07 13:00 - 14:00
Join Nicomekl NatureKids and biologist, Andrea Gielens, to release painted turtles into the wild! Date: Saturday, September 7th, 2024Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pmLocation: Silvermere Lake, Mission Meet at the gate on the lake side of the road at the intersection of Hayward Street and Keystone Ave. There is road side parking there and just on the far side of Hayward Street on the other side of the road. To register email nicomekl@naturekidsbc.ca

DELTA - A Community Gathering
2024-09-14 10:00 - 14:00
Bring the whole family to celebrate the Children’s Garden with the Delta NatureKids Club! Enjoy nature-based activities, face-painting, music, freezies and a chalk mandala. Location: 5864 Whitcomb Place (corner of Whitcomb + Enderby in Beach Grove, Tsawwassen). Time: Drop in between 10am – 2pm Date: Saturday, September 14th, 2024 Click here to register! Parking is limited in Beach Grove – please park at Beach Grove Elementary (5955 17A Avenue) and walk/bike in.

KITIMAT - KUTE River Clean-up!
2024-09-14 10:30 - 14:30
NatureKids Kitimat will participate in the Annual KUTE Kitimat River Clean-up event! Join us for a day of family fun and environmental stewardship.
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Date: Saturday, September 14th, 2024Time: 10:30am-2:30pm

NELSON - Redfish Discovery at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park
2024-09-15 10:00 - 12:00
Join NatureKids Nelson to dive into all things fishy at Kokanee Creek Park.
Join park naturalists for a guided walk along the spawning channels and get up close and personal with the kokanee salmon. Observe a salmon dissection to learn about how their bodies are adapted to their underwater world. If time allows and there is interest from the group, we can take a short snack break and then continue our learning by pond dipping for aquatic insects in the river, or venturing further into the park along one of the easy trails. We’ll see what the group would like to do. Kokanee is a great park to explore. If the weather is nice you may want your beach attire!
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Date: Sunday, September 15th, 2024Time: 10:00am-12:00pmLocation: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park

VICTORIA - Have A Go Day
2024-09-22 10:00 - 15:00
Join Power to Be for a fun day in nature at Prospect Lake! They will be offering a variety of free accessible outdoor activities for the whole family! Check out their website for more details!

BURNABY - World Rivers Day
2024-09-22 10:30 - 14:30
Join Burnaby NatureKids to celebrate World Rivers Day!

Date: Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
Time: 10:30am-2:30pm
Location: Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue.

On World Rivers Day, we celebrate the amazing water highways that flow across our planet. Burnaby Village Museum is hosting displays, tours, crafts, live entertainment and activities to demonstrate how rivers provide fresh water to drink, places to swim and play and a habitat for countless plant and animal species. We will explore what we can all do keep our local rivers healthy
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There is free parking at the museum, washrooms and a water fountain onsite. Please bring snacks with you.
Bust Route Info: Take Bus 133, Bus 144 or Bus 129 to WB Canada Way @ Sperling Ave (walk 4 minutes to Burnaby Village Museum)

NANAIMO - Rivers Day
2024-09-22 11:30 - 12:30
Join Nanaimo Naturekids in exploring the magic of Bowen Park and the Millstone River! Fall is a beautiful time at Bowen. There will be community booths, a StoryWalk, entertainment and a public art presentation at 11:30 am with artist, Curtis Grahauer. Anshdeep will lead this event! Date: Sunday, September 22Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMLocation: Bowen Park, by the lower picnic shelter off Wall Street This event will run rain or shine 🙂 Registration is limited to 30 participants. Bowen Park has washrooms available. Click here to register!

SALMON ARM & KAMLOOPS - Tree Planting for BC Rivers Day
2024-09-22 13:00 - 16:00
Celebrate BC Rivers Day with the Salmon Arm and Kamloops NatureKids BC Clubs! Join us at Tsútswecw Provincial Park for an afternoon of meeting new friends and supporting the local ecosystem by planting trees and learning about salmon. Locations: Tsútswecw Provincial Park Date: Sunday, September 22nd, 2024Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm Everyone is welcome, meet at the main parking lot at The Adams River Salmon Society cabin. Parking is free are there are washrooms on site. This event is supported in partnership by The Adams River Salmon Society, Interfor, SASCU and BC Parks.

QUALICUM - Streams & Salmon
2024-09-25 15:30 - 17:00
Join NatureKids Qualicum for an outing that will focus on streams and salmon. It will include data gathering, restoration and walking through Heritage Forest.
Date: Wednesday, September 25th, 2024Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pmLocation: Heritage Forest, Qualicum Beach
To register email qualicum@naturekidsbc.ca

WILDROOTS - Lynn Canyon Plant Walk
2024-09-26 10:00 - 11:00
Join Sierra Club BC on a plant-walk through Lynn Canyon! This hour-long event will take us down on a small loop past the 30-foot pool and the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge. We will talk in-depth about second-growth forests and the variety of life that inhabits temperate rainforests! (Those who want to stay longer, can continue hiking with us) We will be led by Kate Sotelo, Education Program Lead at Sierra Club BC. She is passionate about teaching and learning from people of all ages! They graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Forestry, and are passionate about Sierra Club BC’s mission to protect old-growth forests. Click here to register! Date: Thursday, September 26Time: 10:00am-11:00am (arrive at 9:45am for check-in)Location: Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre: 3663 Park Rd, North Vancouver, BC V7J 3G3, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Accessibility: The area around the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, the Lynn Canyon Café, the public washrooms, and the covered picnic area are all wheelchair accessible. The trail will have stairs or steep inclines. The path is sometimes muddy, but relatively flat for the beginning portion of the trail.

VIRTUAL - Coastal Wolves
2024-09-28 10:00 - 10:30
Join NatureKids BC and Gary R. Allan, President of the Tundra Speaks Society and the SWELL Wolf Education Centre to learn all about coastal wolves!
Learn about the unique habitat that coastal BC wolves live in, what they eat and the territory that they defend. We will also learn about current research that is being done on these majestic wolves by Parks Canada.
Saturday, September 28th, 202410:00am to 10:30am PT
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TRICITIES - Celebrate BC Rivers Day!
2024-09-29 09:30 - 12:00
Join NatureKids TriCities for a fun day of family-friendly activities to celebrate BC Rivers Day at the Fraser River Discovery Centre. Make new friends and learn how to keep our rivers healthy. NatureKids families will meet before the RiverFest event takes part to enjoy a fun group activity. Families are then welcome to enjoy the RiverFest event on their own.
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Date: Sunday, September 29th, 2024Time: 9:30am-12:00pmLocation: Fraser River Discovery Centre
This venue is accessible by transit and there are washrooms onsite.
Parking around the Centre is highly restricted due to ongoing construction, and is limited to paid parking lots. The nearest lots are at the Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street) and the Inn at the Quay (900 Quayside Drive). Paid street parking is also available on Front Street.

DELTA - Restoring Nature at the Air Park
2024-10-05 13:00 - 15:00
Have you ever been to the Delta Heritage Air Park right on the edge of Boundary Bay? We’re going to join Sam Cousins, a biologist with the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, to learn about this unique regional park and help renaturalize it.
We will be weeding a planted restoration site and laying weed barriers between plants. We might even have the opportunity to seed a restoration site.
Sam will teach us about the history of the site, current operations, current restoration projects, and the importance of hedgerows for biodiversity. We might also have a chance to tour the air park and look at some of the planes!
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Date: Saturday, Oct 5, 2024Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm (please arrive 15 minutes early to fill out the consent form)Location: Delta Heritage Air Park

NICOMEKL - Learn to Fish
2024-10-06 10:00 - 13:00
Join Nicomekl NatureKids and how to fish for trout! Date: Sunday, October 6th, 2024Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm Location: Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery 34345 Vye Road, Abbotsford Families should bring a lunch or snack to eat at the picnic tables as we fish.Minimum Age: 5 years old Program costs will be covered by one of our mother clubs, the Langley Field Naturalists, so it will be free for NatureKids Nicomekl families. Participants will learn about freshwater habitats, conservation, and how to fish responsibly. Includes lessons on fish identification and biology, fishing techniques and equipment set-up, safety, proper fish handling, and a hatchery tour. The highlight – catch and release trout fishing at on-site ponds! To register email nicomekl@naturekidsbc.ca

NELSON - Artful Hike
2024-10-06 12:30 - 14:30
Fall is a beautiful time to explore nature in the Kootenays. From golden larches to expansive mountain views, sometimes it inspires great works of art! This month the NatureKids club will trek into our local mountains. We’ll bring along our art supplies and stop to let the colours around us inspire some artistic creations.
Where: Whitewater ski area
When: Sunday, October 6, 1230 to 230pm (end time approximate)
Meet at Hummingbird Lodge (lodge and café are closed for the season)
Click here to register!

KELOWNA - Hikers' Etiquette
2024-10-09 17:00 - 18:00
Join Kelowna NatureKids with your family to learn how to hike!
Learn the basics of hiking, a fast way to tie shoes, how to respect nature and other hikers, what to bring when hiking, and fun facts about local flora and fauna!
Date: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024Time: 5:00pm to 6:00pmLocation: Knox Mountain Park Click here to register!

VANCOUVER - What's in the Night Sky??
2024-10-09 18:30 - 20:30
We’re pleased to welcome back astronomer Justin Lee to share his knowledge and passion about the night sky with us. On October 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, we’ll meet at Kitsilano Beach where we’ll have a good view of the moon and Saturn through Justin’s telescope. This is an all-ages event, and you can drop by anytime. We hope to see some of the younger sky-gazers around 6:30. Feel free to bring some friends as well. To give us an idea of numbers, please register here.
Justin Lee is an amateur astronomer, an interest he has had since he was 11. Throughout university, he was a member of the UBC Astronomy Club. Now Justin loves to host public observation events and to share the night sky with others. You can see some of his photos on Instagram here.
Click here to register!
Please note: This event is weather-dependent and we will confirm with you a few days before. If it is cloudy, we’ll postpone until Friday, Nov. 10, another good opportunity to see the moon and Saturn.

Meeting location: Kitsilano Beach Park, just north of the Boathouse Restaurant and playground. See map attached.

Parking: There are several paid parking lots close to the playground. If you have time to look around, you might find free street parking.
Transit: Several buses go close to Kits Beach, such as #s 2, 4 and 84. Check transit directions from your home here.
What to bring: Dress for the weather.
Washrooms: At the nearby concession stand.

SURREY - Community Tree Planting
2024-10-12 09:30 - 12:00
Join Surrey NatureKids and the City of Surrey for a morning of tree planting! Help grow Surrey’s urban forest by planting trees with us.
Click here to register!
Date: Saturday, October 12th, 2024Time: 9:30am to 12:00pmLocation: Robertson Drive Park
Tools and training will be provided. Please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes and be prepared to get dirty.
There are covered picnic areas and washrooms at this park. This event is limited to 20 participants.

BURNABY - Noons Creek Hatchery Tour
2024-10-12 10:00 - 11:30
Join Burnaby NatureKids and visit the wonderful Noons Creek Hatchery where their lovely volunteers will take us on stroll through the salmon’s habitat, teach us about their place in the food chain, and how they go from a tiny red egg to a powerful and iconic fish. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get close and personal with one of the West Coat’s super star animals: the salmon! Date: Saturday October 12, 2024Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Location: Noons Creek Hatchery Click here to register!

WILDROOTS - Fall Fungal Diversity
2024-10-15 13:00 - 14:30
Join us to explore the fungal diversity in this lovely fall season. We’ll be examining the leaf litter, logs, twigs, and wood chips for fungi big and small. Learn different parts of a fungi and get some basic tips for identifying fungi.
Featured nature mentor – Ludovic Le Renard: Ludo studied fungi for his PhD dissertation which he defended at UBC in 2019. He worked as a researcher at UBC until 2021, and then worked for a startup developing medicines from mushrooms for the last two years. He is an active member of the Vancouver Mycological Society and loves sharing his passion for these overlooked organisms.
Date: Tuesday, October 15Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm (arrive at 12:45pm for check-in)Location: Central Park, on the unceded territories of the hən̓̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples in Burnaby, BC
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VIRTUAL - Weather Ready
2024-10-17 19:00 - 20:00
Join NatureKids BC during this engaging webinar to explore how to be outside safely when it it is wet and cold, how to stay healthy and dress for the weather with advice from our animal friends.
This webinar is tailored for adults with children who are new to experiencing nature or have limited experience venturing into parks during the wet and cold months.
Thursday, October 17th, 20247:00pm to 8:00pm PT
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MERRITT - Godey Creek Hike
2024-10-19 10:00 - 11:30
Join Merritt NatureKids for a family hike up Godey Creek!
Date: Saturday October 19thLocation: the old visitor’s center by exit 286Meeting time: 10am
We will meet rain or shine. Bring appropriate gear, water and snacks.
Please register by emailing merritt@naturekidsbc.ca

KITIMAT - Create in Nature
2024-10-20 13:00 - 15:00
Join Kitimat NatureKids for a fun nature walk and create nature crafts!
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Date: Sunday, October 20th, 2024Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pmLocation: Radley Park

QUALICUM - Streams & Salmon
2024-10-23 15:30 - 17:00
Join NatureKids Qualicum for an outing that will focus on streams and salmon. It will include data gathering, restoration and walking through Heritage Forest.
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pmLocation: Heritage Forest, Qualicum Beach
To register email qualicum@naturekidsbc.ca

GIBSONS - Be A WildSafe Ranger
2024-10-26 09:30 - 11:30
Join Gibsons NatureKids BC and WildSafe BC to learn how to stay safe around wildlife, what these species need to survive and much more!
There is parking, washrooms and a covered picnic area at this park.
Click here to register!
Date: Saturday, October 26th, 2024Time: 9:30am to 11:30amLocation: Whispering Firs Park

NICOMEKL - Tree Planting
2024-10-26 10:00 - 12:00
Join Nicomekl NatureKids and the City of Surrey for tree planting at Sullivan Park!
Sullivan Park (15300 block of 62A Ave.)Saturday October 2610 am-12pm
Dress for the weather (and to get dirty)Closed-toed shoesThey will provide instruction, equipment and snacks!
Please RSVP by September 30th so we can let them know numbers, thank you!
To register email nicomekl@naturekidsbc.ca

KAMLOOPS - Bats!
2024-10-26 10:00 - 12:00
Come join Liliana Ortega of BC Bats to learn about our batty friends! It will be Bat Week, so it’s a perfect time to learn about these amazing creatures. Let Liliana’s bat enthusiasm guide you on a discovery of local bat species! https://bcbats.ca/ Date: October 26, 2024Time: 10:00am to 12:00pmLocation: To be determined For information reach out to kamloops@naturekidsbc.ca
