The 43rd Annual Family Nature Day

Name: The 43rd Annual Family Nature Day
Start: 2025-09-27T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-27T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield, CT, United States, Connecticut 06759

Schedule

Sat Sep 27 2025 at 11:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield, CT, United States, Connecticut 06759 | Litchfield, CT

Our annual celebration of Mother Nature is a must for folks of all ages. This edition is chock full of the greatest presenters! Riverside Reptiles’ introduces you to some of Nature’s most underappreciated and beneficial creatures. Learn all about North America’s only marsupial with the incomparable Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue and their Opossum Ambassadors! Meet a cavalcade of birds of prey with Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation and Education Center! Masters of the Skies is a first time presenter with free-flying birds of prey! Music will be provided by Wry Bred and Jen Vanderlyn! The day is filled with live animals, guided nature walks, information booths, wagon rides, goats, and White Memorial's Animal Ambassadors!, and yummy food provided by MERAKI, Lucky Dog, Peter Doda's Ice Cream Truck, and Winter Wind Farm! Our PIE SALE is extremely popular but don't wait...they sell out quickly! Shop until you drop at the artisan market! Soaps, pottery, books, textiles, home grown meats, honey, and flowers....and more! Lots of nature crafts for the kiddies too!
Who will be the winner of a trip for two to The Galapagos Islands (donated by Redfern Natural History) with Stewart McPherson and Gerri Griswold in April 2026 or use a $2000 gift card to AirBNB that can be used anywhere in the world! Third prize is a gorgeous vintage 14' Huron Canoe! One lucky winner will take away a $500 gift card to L.L. Bean as fourth prize! These are the prizes up for grabs in our annual raffle!
So much to see and do! It’s the greatest annual celebration of Nature! 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Admission: $6.00, Center Members and children under 12 are FREE!