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Join Rachel Mifsud from Will Forage for Food on a walk through the woods. Learn about edible, medicinal and otherwise useful plants and mushrooms that can be found in the Waterloo area. Advanced registration required.
Event cost: $2/person, $5/family
Event time: 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, 2023
For this event, teens will use their phone or a DSLR camera. Photographer Thomas Nighswander, who specializes in State and National Parks photography, will teach this workshop. It will begin indoors followed by a walk on the trails. Bring your own camera or cell phone. Advanced registration required.
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Families can search the woods to find and collect fall mushrooms and then hear from mushroom experts Phil Tedeschi and Kirk Coppernoll. Bring a basket or paper bag and waxed paper for collecting. Advanced registration recommended; limited spots. Call to reserve a space at 734-475-3170.
Event cost: $2/person, $5/family
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Join Eddy Discovery Center for an exciting, hands-on presentation of live reptiles from the Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary. See large and small alligators up close along with other reptiles. Advanced registration required.
Event cost: $2/person, $5/family
Event time: 2-3 p.m. Sept. 17, 2023
Workin' Roots will host a free cyanotype constellation-making activity based on the artwork Finding Freedom by Sonya Clark at Cranbrook Art Museum. Each participant will create their own constellation fabric square to bring home using the sun and seeds.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 27, 2023
Families can come out to The Village of Rochester Hills to see Bugs on Wheels throughout the summer. It will feature free visits with bug experts during two sessions. Attendees will be educated and entertained as they see, touch and hold bugs. Little Donut Factory will be on-site selling donuts.
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The Scavenger Safari & Walk is the Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan's (BCFM) family event. It brings together patients, families and community members for an adventurous scavenger hunt throughout the Detroit Zoo. Registration required.
Event cost: $50/ages 14-plus, $35/ages 5-13, free/ages 4 and under and BCFM patients
Event time: 8 a.m.-6...