In partnership with Nickelodeon and their Worldwide Day of Play, encouraging families and children to turn off the television and play together outdoors, the Children’s Museum of Colorado invites you to our Day of Play on September 30th from 12pm – 3pm at Chapungu Sculpture Park in Centerra. Families will experience activities and stations around […]
Join us on on the FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH from 9:00am-11am for Bird Banding with Scott Rashid (Director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute) followed by a casual bird walk at Equalizer Lake with Sheila Webber of the Fort Collins Audubon Society. Participants meet at the High Plains Environmental Center, 2698 Bluestem […]
Interpretive Guides: Kristin Oles (Restoration Ecologist & Project Manager), Jack Landen (Lead Field Technician), OR JT Love (Field Technician) Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, January-December from 9am – 10:30am, for a fun and casual interpretive walk between Hout Reservoir and Equalizer Lake, guided by our Restoration Ecology staff & Certified Interpretive Trail Guides. […]
Sheila Webber will be guiding a bird walks at Chapungu Sculpture Park on Saturday, October 28. This walk combines two of our favorite things- Art & Birds! Walking will be at a slow pace on approximately 2 miles of level walking paths. Consider bringing binoculars and a field guide to enhance your birding experience. The […]
The annual Centerra Wild Wonderful Weekend returns this September. Come to Centerra — Colorado’s first Certified Community Wildlife Habitat* — for a three-day celebration of all things wild, wonderful and delicious. With family-friendly activities (see below) that will engage your imagination, tickle your tastebuds and give you the chance to enjoy the parks, trails, gardens […]
High Plains Environmental Center’s 2023 Native Plant Sale starts March 31st and will run through September. New varieties of prairie and Rocky Mountain native plants will be added throughout the season as they become available in the HPEC nursery. Native plants help to conserve water and support native wildlife, especially pollinators! Get a sneak peek […]
Winter Wonderlights™ returns for the 2022 holiday season from Saturday, November 19, 2022 through Sunday, January 1, 2023 at the Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra in Loveland, Colorado just east of the Promenade Shops retail center at U.S. Hwy. 34 and I-25. About Winter Wonderlights Each night, visitors can walk through the beautiful park and enjoy 150,000 lights including holiday […]
Centerra’s Wild Wonderful Weekend returns this September. The weekend celebration of Colorado’s first Certified Wild Community – the Centerra master-planned community in Loveland – will kick off Friday, September 23 with an interactive outdoor family-friendly scavenger hunt around Centerra. The fun will continue Saturday, September 24 with morning wild nature walks at Chapungu Sculpture Park […]
High Plains Environmental Center’s 2022 Native Plant Sale is now on, through September. New varieties of prairie and Rocky Mountain native plants will be added throughout the season as they become available in the HPEC nursery. Native plants help to conserve water and support native wildlife, especially pollinators! All plants come in a 2 3/8 […]
The annual Sweetheart Festival, hosted by Visit Loveland, invites lovers and families from around the world to gather in the “Sweetheart City.” And then it showers them with music, love potions (a.k.a. craft brews) and more. So grab that special someone and come make a day of it. Loveland Sweetheart Festival – Feb. 11-12, 2022 […]