The Center for Wildlife: Beneficial Garden Creatures

The Center for Wildlife: Beneficial Garden Creatures

Learn about common backyard animals, birds, reptiles, and insects, and how they can actually be beneficial to your garden.

By Bedrock Gardens

Date and time

Friday, August 16 · 10:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Location

Bedrock Gardens

19 High Road Lee, NH 03861

Refund Policy

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About this event

  • 2 hours

With visiting animal ambassadors from the Center for Wildlife in York, Maine, you'll learn about common backyard animals, birds, reptiles, and insects. Discover why so many of these creatures are signs of a thriving ecosystem in your yard, and can even be beneficial to your garden. Class will provide insights on wildlife behaviors, and how to create more habitat in your backyard as a gardener. Adults and kids of all ages will all have fun seeing these fascinating creatures up close.

About the Teachers
For more than 33 years, the Center for Wildlife Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine has treated over 50,000 injured and orphaned wild animals and presented programming to thousands of community members annually. Their vision is to instill a sense of understanding, responsibility, and compassion for our natural world leading to a society connected to nature and empowered to take action, and they do this through conservation medicine, environmental education, community empowerment, and advocacy.

Tickets
$30 for Members. $40 for Non-members. Tickets give you a day pass to Bedrock Gardens and entrance to this program. Kids under 12 get into this program and Bedrock Gardens for free. Great for all ages.

Organized by

​Friends of Bedrock Gardens is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, doing business as Bedrock Gardens. Bedrock Gardens is a dynamic, 30-acre public garden and cultural center that integrates unusual botanical specimens and unique sculpture into an inspiring landscape journey. Weekly events and educational programming for children and adults celebrate gardening, nature, art, craft and wellness, while building a strong sense of community. Described by the Boston Globe as "one of the most beautiful and intriguing landscapes in New Hampshire," our mission is to sustain and enhance Bedrock Gardens as a premier garden of the region. Learn more about Bedrock Gardens at bedrockgardens.org.

$40