PROGRAMS: Advanced Registration is required for all programs. Unless noted, all programs meet in the Nature Center and are $7 per person or FREE for members. Please register by calling (914) 762-2912 ext. 110. | Nature Matters: Managing Deer to Protect Our Forests- 7 pm In the Theater at the Ossining Public Library Speaker: Dr. Mark Weckel, Postdoctoral Conservation Research and Teaching Fellow, American Museum of Natural History This event is co-sponsored by the Ossining Public Library. Free. | It is migration season for raptors as they take wing to fly south. Meet Teatown’s raptor ambassadors and find out the migration stories that make them take flight. Not suitable for children under 5. | Before the days get colder take one last hike into the fields at Cliffdale Farm where we will look for insects. | |
1600 Spring Valley Road Ossining, NY 10562 Teatown Lake Reservation’s mission is to inspire our community to lifelong environmental stewardship. | | Nature Center hours: 9 am – 5 pm daily Trails are open 365 days a year from dawn to dusk. Click here for Teatown membership benefits, details, and to purchase or renew your membership online. | | Your donation can make an immediate impact and help support our environmental education programs and the stewardship of our 1,000 acre preserve.
Shop on Amazon? Click the link below and a portion of your Amazon purchase will be donated to Teatown! Click here. | | | Upcoming Events and Workshops: | Join author David Steinberg for this informative talk about his book Hiking the Road to Ruins. The Hudson Valley has a wealth of abandoned iron mines and rock quarries, deserted buildings, and historic military sites that make great hiking destinations, especially when you learn the ins and outs of these locales. This is an adult program. | Celebrate autumn by taking a hike with a Teatown educator. Collect autumn leaves and learn how and why leaves turn color in the fall. Work with leaves and other botanicals to create a fall medallion to put in your window for autumn light to shine through. Guided by Strawtown Studio.. | Lighthouse Illumination Art Workshop 2 pm – 4 pm at the Kathryn W. Davis RiverWalk Center, Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow Join Teatown educators and artists from Strawtown Studio at the Kathryn W. Davis RiverWalk Center, in Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow for this illuminating workshop! The Tarrytown Lighthouse will serve as inspiration to create lanterns from foils, mirrors, beads and other reflective materials to light up the long winter nights ahead. Learn the importance of light as a guide for animal and human navigation. Please bring a flashlight! | | In the Nature Center Gallery: | Recent Works by Melissa Bisbee Orme Opening Reception: October 9 at 6pm On exhibit October 2014 Click here for more info | Great volunteers are always making improvements to our trails. Last weekend, 12 individuals and 7 families (40 people total) from the Yorktown Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to Teatown Lake Reservation as part of their Helping Hands Service to help get our trails ready for autumn hiking. Plan your employee or group volunteer opportunity here. | | |