As our staff gear up for Playful Nature Explorers’ return March 1st, we’ve been busy onboarding our new educators, Kelsey Brewster and Jason McClevish.

An unexpected delight of orienting new staff for an ICG signature program is revisiting past years’ adventures.  We’ve been exploring old caregiver newsletters and browsing photo albums.  It turns out that the shortest month of the year is one of the most fun at Playful Nature. 

Sometimes you want to create art, but all the paint is frozen.  

Roasting apples on the fire is the best snack. 

In years that spring comes early, we start tapping the maples.

Forest exploring on the Black Diamond Trail is always an adventure.

On bitter, windy days, strapping on some wings lets you fly inside. 

Exploring who we share the Garden habitat with through animal tracking. 

It will be March when Playful Nature returns to the Garden but these February flashbacks propel us forward to the promise of spring and the adventures and explorations that lay ahead.

Learn more about Playful Nature Explorers, register online, or drop us a line at register@ithacachildrensgarden.org if you have any questions.