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Nature Programs 503-629-6350

Nature Board Game Nights Spring Term
Join us for a fun and educational Nature Board Game Night! Our Spring Wildflower Walk
experienced instructors will guide you through gameplay and strategies Spring is wildflower season! Join our Master Naturalist for a wildflower
as you compete with fellow nature enthusiasts to build habitats, collect walk at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center, where we’ll discover what
resources, and explore a variety of captivating board games inspired by the species grow this time of year. We’ll also learn what roles wildflowers
great outdoors. Drinks will be available for purchase separately. We’ll demo play in their ecosystem, and why they’re so important to our native
one game and have others available to borrow. Must be 21+ and bring ID. pollinators.
Winter Term 4/25 S 10:30 am-12 pm 16+ NP45402
1/16 F 6-9 pm 21+ NP35400 Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $20 OD: $25
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $15 OD: $18.75
2/13 F 6-9 pm 21+ NP35403 Birds and Bagels
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $15 OD: $18.75
3/20 F 6-9 pm 21+ NP35407 Start your morning with a warm bagel and a walk through the park as we
search for and identify local birds. This beginner-friendly birding hike is
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $15 OD: $18.75 perfect for those curious about the feathered friends in our area. Binoculars
Spring Term provided (and of course bagels).
4/17 F 6-9 pm 21+ NP45401
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $15 OD: $18.75 5/2 S 8:30-10:30 am 16+ CM45402
5/15 F 6-9 pm 21+ NP45404 Cooper Mountain Nature Park ID/AP/OD: $22
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $15 OD: $18.75
Winter Term
Night Owls: Hoots and Hops
This is the perfect time of year to step into the forest to listen for sounds
of courting owls. Join other owl enthusiasts for beer, enjoy a talk and
presentation about our local owls, and head out into the park to listen
and look for our residential owls. Drinks will be available for purchase
separately. Must be 21+ and bring ID.
1/23 F 7-9 pm 21+ NP35401
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $22 OD: $27.50

Bees and Brews
Our native pollinators are amazing. Mason bees are non-aggressive and fun
to observe. Learn about their fascinating life cycle, enjoy a beer and receive
the materials you need to start a colony in your own backyard. The fee Fitness Classes at the Tualatin Hills
includes one tube of dormant bees which will emerge later in the spring.
Drinks will be available for purchase separately. Must be 21+ and bring ID. Nature Center
2/20 F 7-9 pm 21+ NP35404
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $28 OD: $35 The Magic of Sound: A Powerful Approach to Well-Being
Enter this 1.5 hour journey into a deeper understanding of self, as you
Forest Ecology are guided through a unique sound healing experience. Set your intention
How is a forest put together? Join us for a guided nature walk with on allowing the magic of sound healing to guide you through a healing
a Master Naturalist and you'll learn all about local types of forest, meditation.
their ecological structures, and the many livings beings who call them 2/27 F 6-7:30 pm 14+ NP32502
home. Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $20 OD: $25
3/14 S 10-11:30 am 16+ CM35401
Cooper Mountain Nature Park ID/AP/OD: $22
Full Flower Moon Hike & Yoga
Common Spring Mushroom of the Pacific Northwest Embrace the renewal of spring as you join us for a Full Flower Moon hike,
(classroom and field) yoga, and a soothing sound bath with Tracy. Experience increased vitality,
mindfulness, and deep relaxation while connecting with nature under our
In this presentation, we will learn some of the most common and luminous moon. Participants can expect a 2 mile hike, followed by a 30
memorable mushrooms found in spring in the Pacific Northwest. We will minute yoga class and 30 minutes of sound bath meditation.
focus on common edibles like oysters and morels, indicator species, as
well as other interesting and beautiful non-edible species. We will learn 5/1 F 6-8 pm 14+ CM42500
how to tell edibles apart from poisonous or just otherwise tricky potential Cooper Mountain Nature House ID/AP/OD: $32
lookalikes, noting particular physical features and habitats that will help you
to identify them on your own. After the presentation, we will take a walk in New Moon Yoga - Taurus
Tualatin Hills Nature Park to look for mushrooms!
The new moon is a great time to reflect and set intentions for the coming
3/21 S 10 am-12 pm 16+ NP35408 lunar cycle. Join us for an all levels yoga practice, designed to align with
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $32 OD: $40 the new moon. All participants will receive a crystal.
5/16 S 6-7:30 pm 14+ NP42501
Tualatin Hills Nature Center ID/AP: $21 OD: $26.25

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