A Night at the Woods
A unique nighttime experience at Baltimore Woods Nature Center!
Blacksmithing Workshop: Forge Your Own Fire Poker
This three hour hands-on class will introduce you to blacksmithing and working with hot iron to make useful objects. You will learn techniques like drawing out, bending, twisting, scrolling, and more to create a unique fire poker to take home with you.
Bumbling Around Baltimore Woods
The November forest is full of surprises! Let’s take a walk around the Boundary Trail to see what’s happening in the woods. Along our bumble, we’ll keep an eye out for birds, mammals, insects, moss, and anything else we find as the forest settles in for the coming winter. This program is intended for ages [...]
Sketching the Skeletons of Trees
As the seasons change, deciduous trees lose their leaves to reveal the beauty of their winter skeletons. This is a great time to compare the structure of trees in various habitats by sketching them. In this program, we will explore the trails, draw trees that we meet along the way, and learn how field sketching [...]
Delightfully Deciduous: Trees in Autumn
Autumn leaves are celebrations of the change in the seasons, in nature, and in ourselves. Come explore the colorful lives of trees as they prepare for the oncoming winter. Together we'll take a walk, make observations, and collect leaves. Later, we'll gather to make nature art and compare your collections with leaves from your own [...]
The Mushroom Connection
This event is sold out. Check out our other offerings and watch for new nature education programs coming in November! Have you ever seen a mushroom that caught your eye? Join us as we hike the trails in search of the great diversity of fungi growing on our preserve! We'll learn techniques to identify fungi [...]
Autumnal Fairy Festival
One remarkable day in autumn, when the trees are a flutter with the colors of fall, the enchanted side of Baltimore Woods shimmers through. Fairies, trolls, and other fantastical creatures can be seen and heard frolicking through the forest. Those bridge trolls are at it again! They have imprisoned the Fairy Queen and it is [...]
Gifts of Fall
Let's welcome fall and celebrate all the things we love about this time of year. Together we'll embark on a scenic foliage hike to enjoy the crisp autumn air and discover the gifts fall has to offer. Bring your appetite because afterwards we’ll warm ourselves with a pioneer style dessert! Hike is easy-moderate with hills. [...]