Briar Bush Nature Center
A 12.5-acre preserve in the middle of suburban Abington with about a mile of trails, a pond, and the free Dede Long Nature Museum of live animals and a touch table. The Griscom Bird Observatory is a climate-controlled cabin where you watch the feeder traffic through big windows; kids get a Nature Playscape of balancing logs, stumps, and boulders.
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Garden Insects and Native Plant Swap
An hour on the bugs that actually help a garden, plus a swap. Bring a native plant you have too much of, leave with something you do not have. Saturday morning at the nature center.
Family Nature Night: Animal Signs
Tracks, scat, chewed twigs, all the evidence animals leave behind when you are not looking. An evening walk for families, ninety minutes, ending about when the light goes.
School's Out, Get Outside!
Local schools are closed and Briar Bush runs a full day outdoors: hikes, live animal encounters, games in the woods. Drop-off at 8:30, pickup by 3:30, registration required.
Feather Our Nest Gala 2026
Briar Bush's annual fundraiser at North Hills Country Club: dinner, drinks, a live auction and games. Tickets required, and the money keeps the animal care and the trails going.
Magic Mornings
An hour for the youngest naturalists: a live animal up close, a story, and a short walk on the trails. Weekday mornings at the nature center, registration required.
Magic Mornings
An hour for the youngest naturalists: a live animal up close, a story, and a short walk on the trails. Weekday mornings at the nature center, registration required.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
Slugs, Spiders, and Sorcery Campfire Program
Meet the animal ambassadors people call creepy, walk the trails at night looking for them in the wild, then eat s'mores round the campfire. An hour on the Friday before Halloween, registration required.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
School's Out, Get Outside!
When school is closed, grades K through five spend the day outdoors at Briar Bush meeting live animals, making crafts and playing in the woods. Pack a lunch and a change of clothes.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
Outdoor Survival
Shelter building, safe fire starting, and how to work out what you can eat or drink in the woods. An hour at the nature center on a Saturday afternoon, pitched at ages six and up.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Nature Pioneers
Thursday afternoons for ages four to six, dropped off on their own for walks, animal encounters, crafts and games with a Briar Bush educator. One hour, running through the school year.
The Fungus Among-Us
Ninety minutes on mushrooms: why they matter, which animals live off them, then a guided hike to find them along the Briar Bush trails. Saturday morning, registration required.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
Magic Mornings
Toddlers bring a grown-up for a walk, an animal encounter and a craft with a Briar Bush educator. Ages two to five, an hour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the school year.
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