“Raising a Child in Nature,” presented by educator Matt Flower Sierra Club Great Waters Group public program Monday, May 16, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Urban Ecology Center at Riverside Park, 1500 E. Park Place Join Matt Flower, a nature-based early childhood educator for the Urban Ecology Center,  for a guided hike and talk in Riverside […]

Event Description(For everyone) Come catch the big one in the Washington Park lagoon with guided fishing lessons for kids, adults, and families with our DNR Angler Educator. All equipment provided.  

Learn to catch the big one at Washington Park!

Enjoy learning about masks from around the world and throughout time. See all the color and designs brought to life by this form of art. Make your own mask inspired by nature and bring you creativity to life!

Have you ever created your own herbal tea blend with plants found at the park? We’ll hike through these ancestral lands and scavenge for plants right in our backyard to see how their herbal properties best connect to our lives.

Come ‘dig in’ to some soil science in Riverside Park.

Come spend a Spring evening with us as we hike along the Milwaukee River.

Riverside Park (formerly River Park) has many stories woven into its landscape. We’ll take a leisurely stroll to look for evidence of those stories (some tangible, some left to the imagination) that shaped the land.

(For everyone) Looking to fish this summer, but don’t know how? Or perhaps, just don’t have the gear? The UEC has got you covered! We’ll supply the bait, poles and have you reeling them in before you know it!