Geauga Park District
Join artisan Holly Michniak to welcome springtime by creating a beautiful glass terrarium with live plants and decorative accents.
For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Spring Terrarium Workshop
April 12, 6-8 p.m.
Join artisan Holly Michniak to welcome springtime by creating a beautiful glass terrarium with live plants and decorative accents. Refreshments will be provided. Ages 10+. Registration required.
Materials fee is $40.
The workshop, for ages 10 and older, will be held in Claridon Woodlands’ Judge Lester Taylor Lodge.
Egg Hunt: Nature Style
April 13, 1:30-3 p.m.
Head to The West Woods Nature Center for a fun take on an old tradition for the whole family.
Two levels of scavenger hunt levels will be offered for age groups 3 to 5 and 6 and older. Participants will pick up a card with questions about egg-laying animals, locate plastic eggs containing their answers and then turn in the answers for a fun prize. Registration is not required.
Spring At Observatory Park
Observatory Park, located at 10601 Clay St. in Montville Township, is open daily 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Memorial Day, then 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. through Labor Day.
The following outdoor movie nights are scheduled for Saturdays: “Ralph Breaks the Internet” on June 22, “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone” on July 27 and “First Man” on Aug. 10. Preshow activities begin at 8 p.m., with each movie starting at dark and including free popcorn and lemonade.
The historic Nassau Astronomical Station, located at 10350 Clay St., will host Nassau Night Sky Viewings these Saturdays, 8-11 p.m.: April 13, May 11 and 25, and June 8. If conditions aren’t favorable, enjoy a planetarium show at the Robert McCullough Science Center instead.
Members of the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society will also host Nassau Astronomy Night with CVASthese Saturdays, 7-11 p.m: April 20, May 18 and June 15.
For bird enthusiasts, bring binoculars to ascend the stairs of Nassau Astronomical Station on May 11, anytime between 6:30-11:30 a.m., to join on the outside catwalk, where the park district naturalists will be conducting a bird count from the elevated perch closer to the tree canopy.
Those who live in the southern part of Geauga County may like to visit Observatory Park, as well as Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Park and the recently acquired former Wicked Woods Golf Course property, during the Cross-Country Van Trip starting at Swine Creek Reservation the morning of June 22. Learn more upon registration online or by phone.
Enjoy full moon programs from 8:30-9:30 p.m. on April 19 (The Frog Moon), May 18 (The Whip-Poor-Will Moon) and June 17 (The Strawberry Moon).
Hands-on astronomy education will be presented from 7-8 p.m. on April 12 (Mapping Mars), May 10 and 24 (Henrietta Leavitt: Visionary Astronomer) and June 7 and 21 (Asteroid Search), followed by night sky until 11 p.m., if weather permits.
Spring Astrotots programs for kids ages 3 to 5 with an adult, will focus on Moon Mysteries during sessions available both April 26 and 27.
The park district will offer Scout Day: BSA Astronomy Merit Badge Workshopon June 12, with an astronomy merit badge counselor onsite to help complete the process. More information is provided upon registration.
For horseback riders, registration is also required to enjoy one or both of the Horseback Trail Rides scheduled for May 19.
Astronomy Naturalist “Astro-Nat” Chris Mentrek will open the Robert McCullough Science Center and Oberle Observatoryfrom 1-4 p.m. April 28, May 26 and June 23, all featuring The Sky Tonight Planetarium Shows at 2 p.m.
Cloudy skies will cancel some programs; to check in before coming, call the Observatory Park hotline the day of the program at 440-279-0820.
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