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Little Naturalists
Monday, June 8 at 10:00am
Introduce your three to five year-old to nature with this short talk and trail walk.
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Kevin Fitzpatrick
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Rochelle Garwood
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Farm and Barn History Hours
Sunday, June 14 at 10:00am
Come inside the barn at Ivy Creek Natural Area.
Full InfoRochelle Garwood
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Rochelle Garwood
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Little Naturalists
Saturday, June 20 at 10:00am
Introduce your three to five year-old to nature with this short talk and trail walk.
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Gerry Bishop
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Victoria Dye
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Karl Hohenstein
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Rochelle Garwood
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Rochelle Garwood
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This Week at Ivy Creek
Monday, June 8 | 10:00am
Little Naturalists
We start our connections to the natural world of Ivy Creek at a young age with Little Naturalists. Trained guides explore topics such as food chains, hibernation, how trees grow, and more with 3 to 5-year-olds and their accompanying adults. The program starts indoors for 20-30 minutes where the children engage with guides through reading nature-centered books and doing a hands-on activity related to the day’s topic. This is followed by a short hike.
Little Naturalists meet on the second Mondays and third Saturdays. Gatherings are held from 10:00 to 11:30 am. We prefer that people preregister for these programs. The link to register for the next Monday program is here. Siblings are also welcome to attend.
Little Naturalists follow the weather cancellation policies for Albemarle County Schools. When the schools are closed or there is a late opening, the Little Naturalists will not meet on that day.
Friday, June 12 | 8:00pm
Second Fridays Under the Stars
Under The Stars is scheduled for the second Friday of every month in 2026. Learn about upcoming celestial events in a short lecture given in the education building at 8:00 PM. Afterwards, go outside where local area amateur astronomers will help point out constellations, planets, nebulae, star clusters, and distant galaxies. Have a look through telescopes of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society, or bring your own. Telescopes will be in the field next to the parking lot at the Ivy Creek Natural Area.
Cloudy skies cancel.
Although this event is free and open to the public, we ask that you contact the Charlottesville Astronomical Society at ivycreek@cvilleastro.com if you plan to attend. Only if at least one visitor makes contact and confirms attendance, can the CAS guarantee that they will be at Ivy Creek for their presentation and telescope observing session.
Saturday, June 13 | 10:00am
Farm and Barn History Hours
Join us for the opening of the barn at Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm on June 13 from 10 AM - 12 PM. This was the showpiece of the working farm known as River View Farm. It is also one of the reasons that River View Farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the contributions of the Carr/Greer family to their community. Come and learn about the family, their work, and the historic equipment used on the farm.
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About Ivy Creek
Scenically shadowed by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Ivy Creek Natural Area (ICNA) is a 219-acre preserve bordering the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Virginia.
With seven miles of trails traversing a mix of upland woods, pine stands, fields, streams, and shoreline, ICNA is an ideal site to learn about the rich natural history characteristic of Central Virginia.