In partnership with Natural Area Preservation, take a short stroll guided by a NAP educator through the natural area near Traverwood. Collect items to inspire your block carving, then come back to the library to carve a block and print some simple notecards.

This event involves sharp carving tools and is intended for teens and adults.

Join local organization Natural Area Preservation to make your own nature journal out of recycled paper, then practice adding scientific observations and artistic renderings of what we see and find outdoors!

This month's walk takes place at Mary Beth Doyle Park. Meet at Mary Beth Doyle Disc Golf Course Parking lot on Birch Hollow Drive. The trail may be muddy, please wear appropriate footwear.

Each month we will explore a new park and discover who lives there by focusing on local animals, trees, birds, insects, flowers and more! These walks will be lead by a representative from Natural Area Preservation. Open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult. Please come prepared to hike for a mile or two on uneven terrain, rain or shine.

Join us for crafts that celebrate cicadas! Make a cicada mask, an paper cicada, learn how to draw a cicada and more.

2024 is the first time in 221 years that the 17-year Brood XII and the 13-year Brood XIX will emerge simultaneously! We might not see many of these periodical cicadas in Michigan this year, so let's make our own!

Join Jacco Gelderloos for a presentation on the birds and other wildlife of Cuba’s easternmost province during two trips in June 2022 and February 2024. This remote and under-birded area is ecologically rich and hosts many of the island’s endemic species, as well as a wide range of migrants.

Make a tiny window greenhouse and watch as your very own plant seedlings grow!

Explore Forest Hill Cemetery and the history of Ann Arbor as part of the celebration of the city's bicentennial.

Painters and perfumers capture the fleeting fullness of roses in their respective arts. The artist offers proof by vision. The perfumer offers proof by smell, which evokes memories of encounters with roses stored in the brain.   The creative process for one is more mysterious than the other.

Make a tiny window greenhouse and watch as your very own plant seedlings grow!

Join April Walker, founder of BIPOC Birders of Michigan for an informational talk followed by a walk in the nearby natural area. This event is in partnership with Natural Area Preservation.

This month's walk takes place at Gallup Park. Meet at Gallup Park Boat Launch off Geddes Rd. Bring along a pair of binoculars for viewing basking turtles on the river banks.

Each month we will explore a new park and discover who lives there by focusing on local animals, trees, birds, insects, flowers and more! These walks will be led by a representative from Natural Area Preservation. Open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult. Please come prepared to hike for a mile or two on uneven terrain, rain or shine.

Meghan Navoy from Rosemarine Textiles will guide this workshop, demonstrating how to use stamps and mordant paste to block print patterns onto cotton tote bags or bandanas. Participants will then immerse their pieces in dye baths to reveal the designs.

There’s nothing like the fragrance of a rose in full bloom. A sense of wonder accompanies each inhalation, whether perceived in the wind or nez en fleur. Describing how a rose smells, however, isn't as simple as lingering in the beauty of its perfume.

Rosy is a common descriptor for rose scent, and does little to articulate the multifaceted aspects that shape rose fragrance. It’s unfair to the rose and supports an enchantment that stills our tongues. The enchantment must be broken temporarily in order to cultivate a vocabulary for rose scent.

Washtenaw Bird and Nature Alliance (formerly known as the Washtenaw Audubon Society) holds monthly meetings feature entertaining and informative speakers. The program kicks off with announcements of recent bird sightings and upcoming events. Past speaker topics have included: the impact of climate change on bird populations, birding around the world, butterflies, amphibians, reptiles, endangered species, bird banding, nature photography, and Great Lakes issues with emphasis on birds.

Meghan Navoy from Rosemarine Textiles will guide this workshop, demonstrating how to use wax batik sticks to draw a pattern on a cotton bandana, and then dip the piece into one of three natural dye baths to reveal the pattern.

Musk is one of the first ingredients people think of when it comes to animalic ingredients used in perfumery (aka “animalics”). Musks, however, are also found in essential oils extracted from plants, many of which can be turned in perfume absolutes (concentrates) by reducing tinctures by exposure to air for a specified period of time.

This month's walk takes place at Furstenberg Nature Area. Meet at the parking lot off Fuller Road. Bring your own binoculars if you have them, or some will be available to borrow.

Each month we will explore a new park and discover who lives there by focusing on local animals, trees, birds, insects, flowers and more! These walks will be lead by a representative from Natural Area Preservation. Open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult. Please come prepared to hike for a mile or 2 on uneven terrain, rain or shine.

Make a tiny window greenhouse and watch as your very own plant seedlings grow!

Local Beekeepers Owen and Rebecca Wittekindt will offer games, activities, and crafts to teach you about bees and what beekeepers do.

Make a tiny window greenhouse and watch as your very own plant seedlings grow!