Where Leisure Meets Learning
There’s still space in our last Fall Camp of the season! Instead of sitting around the house, lost in their devices, send your children outside!! Fall Camps are a great opportunity for socializing, fresh air and exercise, and a little nature education.
Join our guides for an educational adventure as you and your children take in the many sights and sounds of the Preserve. For families with children aged 5 to 12. Meet at the main pavilion. Discovery hikes are free – donations welcomed.
Join us Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM for our AUsome Amphibians & Reptiles show. Just $5 per person, you’ll get to see all kinds of reptiles and amphibians from Alabama and beyond!
Pre-registration is not required.
Halloween Enchanted Forest is this Friday & Saturday!
Fall Camp enrollment is now open!!
When schools are closed this fall, get your kids outside!!
Nature Explorers Home School Program (2nd Mon, Sep-Oct, 10-11:30 AM, $15)
Forest Friends (Sep 17 – Oct 22, 9:30–11 AM, $60, 2-5 years old)
Tree Tots (Sep 16 – Oct 21, 9:30–11 AM, $60, walking to 3 years old)
The KPNC welcomes bat expert Vicky Beckham Smith for an incredible up-close look at bats and their fascinating lives in the dark! See live bats and join a night hike to look for wild bats. Saturday, May 22, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Tickets available now!
Continue reading “Science on Saturdays: Bats!”Join us for S’more Fun with Mom, Lee County’s mother/son adventure, co-hosted by the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center and the City of Auburn. For boys aged 4 to 12 and their moms, this fun evening will include a night hike, cookout, storytelling, and s’mores! Our mother/son duos may visit a craft station to create their own keepsake art project, and a photographer will be available for photos.
S’more Fun with Mom will be offered two evenings: Thursday and Friday, May 6 and 7 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM. The cost is $30 per mother/son duo ($10 each for any additional children).
COVID precautions will be in place, in accordance with University, State, and CDC recommendations at that time. We will communicate these requirements with ticket holders as the event gets nearer.
This program is held at the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center located at 2222 N. College Street near the AU Fisheries and Hwy 280. For more information, visit auburn.edu/preserve, email preserve@auburn.edu, or call 334-844-8091.
Join us for Science on Saturdays, this Saturday, May 1st from 10 to 11 AM.
The KPNC welcomes Dr. Adam Cooner to take you on an exciting adventure into the world of wildlife medicine. Learn all about veterinarian work with exotic animals and see live animals up close and in-person.
This is a one-hour, lecture-style program that will provide exciting and interactive nature education. Admission is $5 ($4 for members); children 3 and under are free. Cancelled in the event of rain.
