Programs & Special Events

The Nature Center offers a variety of adult/child, family or child only nature programming throughout the year including stargazing and butterfly gardening in the summer, to snow shoeing in the winter. For specific programs, download the current Park District Brochure and view the Nature Center pages.

Earth Day 2010

Saturday, April 24 • 12 noon to 4 pm (Rain or Shine!)
Our Earth ~ Our Future

Party with the planet! Come celebrate Earth Day’s 40th birthday with The Bartlett Nature Center and Bartlett Parks Foundation at our 10th annual Earth Day event.

There will be a wide variety of educational exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities. Fun for the entire family tree! Some of your favorites are returning this year, DuPage Valley Settlers, Bartlett Historical Society, ABC Humane Wildlife Control, Husky Forge Blacksmith, Victory Centre of Bartlett drumming circle, Bartlett Public Works, and the Bartlett Public Library, just to name a few.

Meet Jim Nesci’s Cold Blooded Creatures. Both entertaining and educational, you will have the opportunity to experience his hands-on approach with reptiles and learn about conservation of the animals.

The Village of Bartlett Building Department will be here with Home Improvement Day; Building Green Today - Save Earth Tomorrow. Learn how to make your next home improvement project more energy efficient and friendly to the environment.

Celebrate with music and meet THE MIX 101.9 Road Crew. Make a stop at their music van and you too can spin to win a prize!

The world around us is always changing, and so is our Earth Day celebration! One thing that hasn’t changed – this event is FREE! No reservation required.

For more information on how to become a sponsor or participant call The Bartlett Nature Center @ 847-608-3100.

 

Winterfest 2010

The Bartlett Nature Center and Bartlett Parks Foundation would like to thank everyone who came to celebrate winter on the prairie and everyone who helped make this event a success! Over 600 spectators attended, and we couldn’t have done it without the help from our partner, Adopt A Husky, Inc., a non-profit Siberian Husky rescue club.

Adopt A Husky, Inc. provided dog sledding demonstrations, mushing on the snowy trails with a variety of teams of Siberian Huskies! They also provided an indoor program on the Iditarod, “The Last Great Race”, commemorating the heroic effort in 1925 when mushers and their dogs delivered life-saving diphtheria serum to the children of Nome, Alaska as demonstrated in the movie “Balto”.

Cabela’s of Hoffman Estates, provided ice fishing demonstrations and a children’s treasure hunt with metal detectors searching for gold coins.

Costco of Bloomingdale served refreshments of cake and hot chocolate providing a wonderful way to warm up after spending time in the snow.

Target Super Store of Streamwood sponsored the snow painting and brought out the creativity in our younger spectators.

YMCA Camp Pinewood came all the way from Twin Lake, Michigan to experience this family, friendly winter event and to encourage outdoor activities and adventure.

Streamwood High School Key Club volunteers came to help with the activities and to monitor the trails when the dog sleds were mushing.

February 13th proved to be a wonderful way for Suburbanites to experience winter in a whole new way and without you the experience would not be the same. Thank you so much for your involvement and effort in making this a great event. We hope you consider joining us again in 2012.