Celebrate Monarch Butterflies and their importance to our natural world! Enjoy crafts and hands-on educational activities including monarch releases and caterpillar adoptions (one per family) while supplies last.* must register for your caterpillar BEFORE the event). Local monarch experts will talk about conservation issues and planting pollinator-friendly landscapes. Free. *Must register for your caterpillar BEFORE […]
Take your practice to the prairie as some of Cedar Rapids’ best instructors teach a different style of yoga or Pilates each week to keep you on your toes! Bring a yoga mat and dress for the outdoors. Class is held on the Amazing Space patio, and in case of rain, will need to be […]
Step inside Indian Creek Nature Center to view and touch some of our resident animals! A staff member will be present to show visitors the animals up close and help answer your questions. Come and go at your leisure as there will not be a formal program. Fee: $2/person, registration is optional. Register
See Indian Creek property in a whole new way! Have a seat in our quiet, electric golf cart as we tour prairies east of the nature center in style. Other routes/stops on this one-hour journey will include a stop at the blue bridge, peek inside the lower level of the old barn and drive through […]
Lace up your hiking shoes and venture out at dusk to join a small group of adventurers for a guided night hike. The ICNC prairie and woodland trails will be lit by the light of the full moon, but you'll also want to bring a flashlight or headlamp, just in case of cloud cover. Encounters […]
SOLD OUT! All new registrations will be added to the waitlist. Campers must have completed the grade listed All sessions are drop off only Camp Description: How many critters can you find? Can you catch them all? (Catch and release, of course!) Let your imagination run wild as we search for all of the connections […]
Parents and their children from birth to school age are invited to join the Cedar Rapids Hike It Baby chapter for a family-friendly hike at the Nature Center! Hike It Baby is a national non-profit organization that offers new parents an opportunity to connect and get into nature with their young children. Dress appropriately for […]
SOLD OUT! All new registrations will be added to the waitlist. Campers must have completed the grade listed All sessions are drop off only Camp Description: How many critters can you find? Can you catch them all? (Catch and release, of course!) Let your imagination run wild as we search for all of the connections […]
Take your practice to the prairie as some of Cedar Rapids’ best instructors teach a different style of yoga or Pilates each week to keep you on your toes! Bring a yoga mat and dress for the outdoors. Class is held on the Amazing Space patio, and in case of rain, will need to be […]
SOLD OUT! All new registrations will be added to the waitlist. Campers must have completed the grade listed All sessions are drop off only Camp Description: How many critters can you find? Can you catch them all? (Catch and release, of course!) Let your imagination run wild as we search for all of the connections […]