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Welcome to River Bend Nature Center Online Store! We currently are not offering any shipping. Products ordered online may be picked up at River Bend Nature Center Interpretive Center on Fridays 10:00 - 4:00 pm or every 1st and 3rd Saturday 10:00 - 2:00 pm.

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Programs & Events

Product Description: Family Painting: Prairie Landscapes</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, July 13, 2024, 11:00 am-12:30 pm</br></br>Join artist Kate Langlais for a fun, free family painting program. Learn all about owls in Minnesota and how to paint them! Pre-registration is required to ensure enough supplies are available for participants. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.Themes coordinate with Storytime with a Naturalist. Make a day of it and attend both!</br>

Family Painting: Prairie Landscapes
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Family Painting: Cool Coyotes</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, July 27, 2024, 11:00 am-12:30 pm</br></br>Join artist Kate Langlais for a fun, free family painting program. Learn all about owls in Minnesota and how to paint them! Pre-registration is required to ensure enough supplies are available for participants. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.Themes coordinate with Storytime with a Naturalist. Make a day of it and attend both!</br>

Family Painting: Cool Coyotes
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Storytime with a Naturalist: Cool Coyotes</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, July27, 2024, 10:00 am-11:00 am</br></br>Join a naturalist for storytime on Saturdays! Free to attend. Topic themes coordinate with Family Paint sessions. Make a day of it and attend both!</br>

Storytime with a Naturalist: Cool Coyotes
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Family Painting: Forest Landscapes</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, August 3, 2024, 11:00 am-12:30 pm</br></br>Join artist Kate Langlais for a fun, free family painting program. Learn all about owls in Minnesota and how to paint them! Pre-registration is required to ensure enough supplies are available for participants. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.</br>

Family Painting: Forest Landscapes
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Family Painting: Duck, Duck, Grey Duck</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 am-12:30 pm</br></br>Join artist Kate Langlais for a fun, free family painting program. Learn all about owls in Minnesota and how to paint them! Pre-registration is required to ensure enough supplies are available for participants. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Themes coordinate with Storytime with a Naturalist. Make a day of it and sign up for both!</br>

Family Painting: Duck, Duck, Grey Duck
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Storytime with a Naturalist: What lives in the pond?</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10:00 am-11:00 am</br></br>Join a naturalist for storytime on Saturdays! Free to attend. Topics coordinate with Family Painting. Make a day of it and sign up for both!</br>

Storytime with a Naturalist: What lives in the pond?
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Storytime with a Naturalist: Harry Hopper</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, August 24, 2024, 10:00 am-11:00 am</br></br>Join a naturalist for storytime on Saturdays! Free to attend.</br>

Storytime with a Naturalist: Harry Hopper
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Member Saturday: Animal Ambassadors</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free, members only program</br></br>Saturday, July 20, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 pm</br></br>River Bend members are welcomed to come and learn about our animal ambassadors! Experience close encounters with our reptiles and amphibians.</br>

Member Saturday: Animal Ambassadors
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Member Saturday: Prairie Sweep Netting</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free, members only program</br></br>Saturday, August 17, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 pm</br></br>Come join us for an afternoon on the prairie! Learn how to use an ID book and sweepnet, then go explore the prairie for insects that call it home.</br>

Member Saturday: Prairie Sweep Netting
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: River Bend Bounty in partnership with PCA</br></br>Ages 55+</br></br>Tuition: $120 PCA & RBNC Members; $144 Non-Members (Scholarships available)</br></br>Tuesdays & Thursdays in August, 9:00-11:00 am</br></br>August 1st, 6th,8th,13th,15th, 20th, 22nd, 27th, 29th</br></br>River Bend Bounty</br>With the sun, prairie, and woodlands of River Bend Nature Center you can bring new life to your creative work.</br></br>If you are a knitter, quilter, painter, artist wannabe. and/or naturalist join us to identify colors you can extract from plants, trees & minerals using it to dye natural fibers during the August Course at River Bend Nature Center(RBNC). (For Ages 55+) Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning August 1 from 9AM-11AM with a concluding event August 29th. Time tbd for the final event. Tuition: Member: $120, Non-Member: $144. (Scholarships available.) If you are a member at RBNC, contact the Paradise Center for the Artsto receive the membership tuition price!</br>

River Bend Bounty in partnership with PCA
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Lunch & Learn: Prairie Seed Collection</br></br>Cost: $10($5for River Bend members).</br></br>Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 12:00-2:00pm</br>Topic: Prairie Seed Collection</br></br>Fall is the best time to harvest seeds from prairie flowers. Learn how to sustainably collect seeds to grow your own flowers with guest speaker and River Bend Naturalist, Matt Johnson.Bring your own lunch and join us as we learnabout a new topic each month.</br>

Lunch & Learn: Prairie Seed Collection
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Ramble: Building Community Through Nature</br></br>Cost: $100/person</br></br>Saturday, August 10, 2024</br></br>Social hour & games, dinner and fund-a-need askat the Inn at Shattuck</br></br>Please join River Bend staff Saturday, August 10, for social hour & games, dinner and fund-a-need ask at the Inn at Shattuck. All proceeds directly support River Bend Nature Center's mission to inspire curiosity, respect and care for nature.</br>

2024 Ramble Fundraiser
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Animal Ambassadors - Meadowlarks (K-2)</br></br>July 8 & 9, Mon-Tue, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Come meet our Animal Ambassadors! This is the perfect camp for animal lovers who want to get a closer look at the animals that call River Bend home. Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Animal Ambassadors Summer Camp - Meadowlarks (K-2)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Homeschool: Aquatic Ecosystems</br></br>ages 5-12. Cost: $10/person, $5/member</br>Monday, May 13, 2024, 1-3pm</br></br>Explore the ponds and river while learning what an aquatic ecosystem is, why it's important, and how we can help protect them.</br>

Homeschool: Aquatic Ecosystems
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Lunch & Learn: Wildflowers (Dwarf Trout Lily)</br></br>Cost: $10($5for River Bend members).</br></br>Wednesday, May15, 2024, 12:00-2:00pm</br>Topic: Wildflowers (Dwarf Trout Lily), Guest speaker Andy Wendt from Nerstrand State Park</br></br>Bring your own lunch and join us as we learnabout a new topic each month.</br>

Lunch & Learn: Wildflowers (Dwarf Trout Lily)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Bagels & Birds</br></br>All ages. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, June 1, 2024, 10:00 am-11:00 am</br></br>Join us on the first Saturday each month. Enjoy coffee and bagelsin a relaxed atmosphere while watching wildlife from the comfort of the Interpretive Center through our Windows on the Wild viewing area. Bagels provided by The Inn at Shattuck.</br>

Bagels & Birds
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Woodland Flowers Walk</br></br>All Ages</br></br>Cost: $10($5for River Bend members).</br></br>Saturday, May18, 2024, 1:00-2:00pm</br></br>Take a walk with a naturalist and learn tips and tricks for identifying different woodland flowers.</br>

Woodland Flowers Walk
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Dinosaurs - Meadowlarks (K-2)</br></br>June 10& 11, Mon-Tue, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Take a trip back in time as we explore dinosaurs! Come learn all about the prehistoric world as we play games, make art, and look for fossils. Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Dinosaurs Summer Camp - Meadowlarks (K-2)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Creepy Crawlies - Meadowlarks (K-2)</br></br>June 12& 13, Wed-Thurs, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Join us as we inspect the pond, look under logs, and explore the forest looking for critters. From insects to snakes discover all that creeps and crawls and calls River Bend home. Come ready to explore!Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Creepy Crawlies Summer Camp - Meadowlarks (K-2)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Survival Skills - Herons(3-5)</br></br>June 17& 18, Mon-Tues, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Come sharpen your survival skills! Campers will spend time learning what it takes to survive in the wilderness and then get hands-on experience applying their skills.Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Survival Skills Summer Camp - Herons (3-5)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Archery and Atlatls - Herons(3-5)</br></br>June 19& 20, Wed-Thurs, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Come learn the basics of archery and atlatls at River Bend Nature Center. We will learn the fundamentals, play games, and hone these time-honored skills. All equipment will be provided.Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Archery and Atlatls Summer Camp - Herons (3-5)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Wild About Animals, AIOT Summer Camp - (3-5)</br></br>June 24& 25, Mon-Tues, 8:30am – 4pm</br></br>$75 ($50 for members)</br></br>Calling all animal lovers! This camp will provide an up close look at a wide variety of animals through enriching experiences at places such as zoos, nature preserves, state parks, and right here at River Bend.Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Wild About Animals, AIOT Summer Camp - (3-5)
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Sweet Reads Book Club</br></br>Teens and Adults. Cost: Free</br></br>Saturday, August 3, 2024, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm</br></br>Join us on the 1st Saturday of each month for a one group discussion on topics that includeEnvironmentalism, Forestry, Wellness, Sustainability, Climate Change, Etc...</br></br>August Theme: Sustainable Agriculture</br></br>Book 1:Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall-Kimmerer</br>

Sweet Reads Book Club August
Type: Programs & Events

Product Description: Explorers - Meadowlarks (K-2)</br></br>July 10 & 11, Wed-Thurs, 9am – 4pm</br></br>$55 ($30 for members)</br></br>Come ready to get messy as we dive into nature using our senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, and sound. We will dig into nature as we explore different habitats and create art inspired by what we discover. Each camp has limited space available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring a lunch and snacks needed to get through a busy day.</br></br>Upon completion of registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Within the month following registration, you will receive an additional email with an attached information packet including the River Bend liability form and health form. These forms can also be found here.</br>

Explorers Summer Camp - Meadowlarks (K-2)
Type: Programs & Events

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