Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

Join our Hour for the Earth on Earth day! Happy Earth Day to all of you. We want to thank all who are part of our Vashon Nature Center community for sharing your wonder for nature with us on our social media groups, in daily life as you participate in community...
Nature at Home 2: Owlcam

Nature at Home 2: Owlcam

“An owl is mostly air.” Ursula K. Le Guin, poet Nature at Home is a series of blog posts on Vashon Nature Center programs and activities. With each post we provide further learning opportunities and community science projects or actions you can do from home. You can...
Nature at Home 1: Salmon release

Nature at Home 1: Salmon release

This is a first in a short series of blog posts from Vashon Nature Center that highlights work we are doing this spring and shares related at home activities you can do. Enjoy! Shortly after the schools closed due to COVID-19, Vashon Nature Center was called by...
Back to your senses, nature and the art of doing less

Back to your senses, nature and the art of doing less

I open my inbox to a flood of emails about COVID-19. Helpful information spills out towards me and I am grateful for it: 50 things to do with kids, best movies to watch during quarantine, 20 arts and crafts projects, 10 meals to make with your hoard of groceries, best...
Odonate Fall Fest

Odonate Fall Fest

I became fascinated by dragonflies by accident. I was swimming in a lake in Canada and the price due for the glory of floating weightless under an open sky was navigating the reeds along the water’s edge afterward. There is something singularly unpleasant about the...