top of page

Upcoming Events

  • Tales of Summer: Nature Storytelling
    Tales of Summer: Nature Storytelling
    Jun 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Let's work together to let nature inspire us to create, journal and collaborate as a community!
  • Tales of Summer: Bird Buddies
    Tales of Summer: Bird Buddies
    Jul 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Let's look at these beautiful birds and celebrate how much wonder they bring to the trees and skies!
  • Tales of Summer: Explore Local Foods & Gardens
    Tales of Summer: Explore Local Foods & Gardens
    Jul 26, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Try locally grown foods, learn about food systems, gardening and get your hands dirty!
  • Tales of Summer: Frogs and Toads and Friends
    Tales of Summer: Frogs and Toads and Friends
    Aug 02, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Let's celebrate our amphibious friends and their reptile buddies!
  • Tales of Summer: Pollinator Party
    Tales of Summer: Pollinator Party
    Jun 21, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Join us to celebrate National Pollinator Week with free, family fun activities!
  • Symmetry in Nature
    Symmetry in Nature
    Mar 23, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Free community event - We will have two tables of information and activities about leaves and plant symmetry. There will also be other organizations with activities and free family fun.
  • Kids Activities at Willowwind Harvest Fest
    Kids Activities at Willowwind Harvest Fest
    Nov 09, 2024, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    We will be hosting a kids activities and craft space at Willowwind School's Harvest Fest - a free community event and auction.
  • Haunted Bookmobile at Big Grove
    Haunted Bookmobile at Big Grove
    Oct 27, 2024, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Come and join us from 11:00 am-1:00 pm on October 27 for Halloween fun at Big Grove Iowa City! 🎃 Activities will include a Haunted Bookmobile walk through, jumbo yard games, sensory station, pumpkin activity, face painting, photo backdrop, and popcorn & candy!
  • Reptile Rendezvous Family Storytime
    Reptile Rendezvous Family Storytime
    Oct 12, 2024, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Stop by during our drop in activities features real reptile friends from 9:30-11:30am in the Discovery Garden at Robert A. Lee Rec Center! We will also feature a storytime portion at 10am and meet a few reptile and amphibian friends!
  • Caterpillar to Butterfly: Activity at Bio-Blast
    Caterpillar to Butterfly: Activity at Bio-Blast
    Sep 22, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
    Join us at Bio-Blast for fun butterfly life cycle activities alongside other organizations like the ISU Insect Zoo!
  • You can be a botanist! Plant science with Ms. Veronica & Antelope Lending Library
    You can be a botanist! Plant science with Ms. Veronica & Antelope Lending Library
    Jul 12, 2024, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Get hands on with Ms. Veronica of Engaged Early Education exploring and investigating plants and flowers as we join Antelope Lending Library for one of their regular stops at Mercer Park in Iowa City! All ages welcome!
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

© 2023 by Ms. V

Powered and secured by Wix

bottom of page