Join us for a social evening

Help us collect data while learning more about arthropods

Churchville Nature Center is planning a day out in the preserve to record as many species of insects, spiders and other arthropods as we can. This is not a program, but a day to get involved in citizen science for those interested in helping to record the biodiversity around the center. We will be using a program called iNaturalist that will allow those in attendance to upload photos they take on their phones to be identified and posted to our Bioblitz survey. Don’t worry if you aren’t exactly an expert, the iNaturalist app will help you identify what you spotted or narrowed down for later confirmation. We will start the day by briefly going over how to use the iNaturalist app, how to upload photos to the survey from the computer and rules for participating in the Bioblitz. We will then split up around the property to see what awesome species we can find! Please let us know if you are interested in participating by calling our naturalist Bill Woodroffe at 215-357-4005 ext. 5033 or by email at wpwooodroffe@buckscounty.org.

Meeting Time: 7:00 am

Join a CNC staff member for a seasonal walk.

Join us for a guided walk through the trails of the nature center. Each walk will be seasonal and focus on what is happening in the natural world during each season.

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Join Head Gardener Dana Ward in our wildlife gardens

This is the second program of our Wildflower Gardening Educational Programs. In this one, we discuss what make a plant a “weed” or a “wildflower”. How we determine this, and native verses non-native plants.

Time: 10-11:30 am Fee: $5 ~ Members Free

Join us for public tours of our Lenape Village

Summer Tours

The Lenape Village will be open this summer for one Sunday tour each month. We will start in the Nature Center’s main building, showing artifacts and a brief overview of history of the time period our Village represents. The group will then, weather permitting, walk to our recreated Lenape Village from the 1500’s, with discussion of currently available plants that would be used for food or medicine. A walking tour of our Village, explaining what each area teaches is included, and ending with a featured topic that changes each month. The guided tour departs from the Visitor Desk at 2pm.

June 16th: Cooking

Learn about the cooking methods used in the 1500’s. Make your own corn bread; pounding corn from a kernel, to corn meal, and then into a biscuit form. Different foods will be cooking while you are there so you can see, smell and maybe taste food as it was 500 years ago.

July 28th: Family Life

Learn about daily life in a Lenape Village. See two styles of housing they would use. Try on buckskin clothing, learn about the musical instruments available and maybe even play them! Finally, make a necklace and take it home with you as a souvenir of your time in our village.

August 25th: Games

Did you know you learn from the games we play? It was no different 500 years ago. We will learn the stories attached to some of the games, what they taught and how they might prepare the children for adult life in the woods. All ages are welcome to play any of the games we cover. At the end of the tour, make your own corn husk pop-it to take home.

Cost: $8 (Children 3 and under are free) ~ Members Free

The tour will begin promptly at 2:00 pm and is the only tour of the day

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Have you ever wondered how or why a firely glows?

Have you ever wondered how or why a firefly glows? Find out the answers to these questions and more as you and your family join us as we enjoy the spectacle of these amazing glowing insects. We will search in the meadows and forest edges; perhaps we can even find glowworms. We will end at the campfire for some roasting of marshmallows.

Reservation are required
Time: 8:00 PM
Fee: $5 per person/Members Free

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

An amazing butterfly experience!

July 6 to September 15