Upcoming Events
2024-25 Nature Pop-up Series!
An Emeryville Community Grant Winning Program
Emeryville Children & Nature free nature pop-up series is continuing this spring to bring the benefits of nature into our city. Children of all ages are invited to join us for an opportunity to explore nature through CREATIVITY, CURIOSITY, and PLAY!
Each event will feature local nature experts along with our Create-with-Nature kit and other natural materials that will inspire the imagination, engage the senses, and encourage active time outside.
Saturday, March 22
10am-1pm at Davenport Park
Enjoy the existing natural materials at this beautiful park and marina themed playground surrounded by the SF Bay. We will have two 20 minute sessions of nature inspired music time at 10:45am and 11:45am - led by local musicians Jen & Jon! We will also have more fun with native plants!
Saturday, April 12
Emeryville Spring Festival at ECCL
Visit our pop-up booth at this annual festival to create with nature and to explore the art of nature journaling with Wild Wonder. They will hand out mini-guides for nature journaling, and our prize options will include starter journals!
Sunday, April 27
10am-1pm at Big Daddy's Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden
We will be at this inspiring community garden to tour garden beds and sculptures created by local artists! The Berkeley Baby Book Project will join us for an opportunity to enroll in an early childhood free book program. We will also be exploring the strong connection between art and nature with a variety of nature art projects led by Emeryville 4-H.
Saturday, May 10
10am-1pm at Marina Park
Join East Bay Regional Park District Naturalists from 10am-11am as they explore our diversity of birds from raptors to songbirds, what they leave behind, and their role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Stay after for more bird activities with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, including a bird walk around the beautiful marina!
Sunday, June 1
10am-1pm at Stanford Park
Join us to celebrate the anticipated improvements to Stanford Park. We will also be joined by Resilience Birthright's Green Superhero for storytime focused on environmental stewardship.
Return to this page for updates, or join our mailing list to be notified about all future events.
Please also contact us if you would like to participate in planning the Nature Pop-up coming to YOUR Emeryville park or community garden!
Previous Events
Saturday, March 1
10am-1pm at Doyle-Hollis Park
Our first pop-up of the spring featured Plantify for an investigation of the plant cycle, plant anatomy, and the benefits of native plants on our local ecosystem. We also gave away free native plants to families to take home. At noon we crossed the street for a garden tour of the Emeryville Community Organic Garden.
Saturday, November 2
10am-1pm at Temescal Creek Park
Golden Gate Bird Alliance led us in exploring our local birds and the Temescal Creek watershed ecosystem. They also led us on a nature walk to explore the area and learn about Emeryville’s underground creek, past and present, and be inspired by its potential in the future! Parents enjoyed FREE coffee and tea, all generously donated by Emeryville's very own Ruby's Cafe!
Saturday, October 5
11am-4pm Emeryville Harvest Festival at Huchiun Park
We enjoyed meeting all the families that came by our pop-up booth at this annual festival to get creative with our Create-with-Nature materials! We were also so grateful to be joined by Lindsay Wildlife Experience and their live gopher snake and acorn woodpecker!
Saturday, September 7
9:30am-12:30pm at Christie Park / Whale Playground
We were joined by East Bay Regional Park District Naturalists as they explored the differences between reptiles, amphibians, and humans. It was a real treat to meet their real reptiles! There was also plenty of creative nature play and plant fun with Plantify!
Saturday, August 24 - First Pop-up in Series!
10am-1pm at Doyle-Hollis Park
Our first pop-up of the series was joined by Plantify for an investigation of the plant cycle, plant anatomy, and the benefits of native plants on our local ecosystem. The unseasonal rain did not stop kids (or adults!) from also exploring and creating with our natural materials!
Nature Pop-up at Emeryville Healthy Families Festival and Egg Hunt, March 23, 2024
Our first official Nature Pop-up was a great success. It was held at the Emeryville's spring festival at Doyle-Hollis Park. Festival attendees of all ages enjoyed the Create-with-Nature kit that has since been donated to ECCL. We enjoyed meeting many families and residents and sharing information about our mission and goals. So many signed up for our mailing list to join our community, confirming that nature is a major priority in our city!
