Corporate Sponsorship

January 24 (Iowa City) & 25 (Cedar Rapids), 2025

The Winter Wildland Alliance Backcountry Film Festival is a compilation of films that celebrate the human-powered experience through winter adventures. Raffle prizes, beer and food, and more!

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March 29 & 30, 2025

Come to Indian Creek Nature Center’s signature event to enjoy a taste of real, handcrafted maple syrup fresh from the tap, and stay for a weekend of family fun! Features syrup-making demonstrations and a pancake breakfast with ICNC’s real maple syrup. Over 3,000 attendees!

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May 3, 2025

This event features a variety of native plants, flowers and shrubs for sale from the Friends of the Nature Center and a variety of vendors, just in time for spring planting. Learn more here!

Seasonal (Winter, Summer, Fall) 

Enjoy unforgettable culinary experiences on the Amazing Space patio featuring local, farm-to-table cuisine presented by the Corridor’s best chefs. Learn more here!

June-August 

At Creek Camp summer nature camps, children are guided by naturalists as they explore the outdoors, learn about wildlife, enjoy unstructured play, practice outdoor skills, and observe the wonders of nature.

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May – September 

Led by some of the area’s best yoga & Pilates teachers, Practice in the Prairie is a FREE community wellness event occurring every Tuesday evening on Amazing Space’s outdoor patio and lawn, surrounded by the beauty of the restored natural prairie and woodlands. In the case of rain, we move indoors to the auditorium. Learn more here!

July 12, 2025

Enjoy a fun-filled day of games, activities and learning at this family-friendly festival. Celebrate the journey these extraordinary butterflies make every year and why they are so important to our planet.

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August 2025

Clean up our waterways during the annual Indian Creek Clean Up each summer. Join a crew of staff and volunteers walking our namesake creek from where it meets the Cedar River upstream until the Rosedale Bridge to make the water healthier and safer for all.

August 28, 2025

Enjoy live music and wood-fired pizza while strolling the beautiful prairie and sampling from Eastern Iowa’s best craft beverage producers at this outdoor celebration.

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October 18, 2025

This is a day for women to retreat into nature, take a break from the every day and learn how to enhance their lives by nurturing a meaningful relationship with the natural world.

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September 27, 2025

Cyclists will ride together from the Penningroth Barn to enjoy a farm-fresh breakfast at Etzel Sugar Grove Farm complete with ingredients harvested right on our organic permaculture field.

December 6, 2025

The Friends of the Nature Center create a spectacular outdoor and indoor holiday market featuring natural decor, frozen foods, wreaths, kissing balls and more. Fun family activities include visiting Santa, children’s crafts, nature hikes, and more.

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Fun, educational public programs offered monthly for preschoolers and parents, exploring a variety of nature topics such as frogs, water, insects and more. Offered free thanks to generous sponsors. Learn more here!

Indian Creek Nature Center’s school field trip program immerses over 5,000 students from throughout the Corridor in the beauty and wonder of nature each year. Children use all their senses to learn classroom math and science concepts outdoors. Learn more here!