Come meet Santa on Saturday December 16th 2-4 pm in the alley at Northwest Nature Shop. Enjoy face painting, live music and hot cider.
Join our local mushroom expert Mike Potts for a slow-paced, off-trail walk through the woods and learn your way around the world of wild fungi. The emphasis will be on finding fungi and learning about identification and the diversity of mushroom species and how to sustainably harvest wild mushrooms. Edible … Read More
Celebrate the season at Northwest Nature Shop with a Holiday Magic Show starring Magical Michael outside in the Northwest Nature Shop alley. Magical Michael delivers a fun, engaging, interactive magic show that provides laughter to kids and adults alike. There will be 2 magic shows, one at 1:00 and the … Read More
Join our local mushroom expert Mike Potts for a slow-paced, off-trail walk through the woods and learn your way around the world of wild fungi. The emphasis will be on finding fungi and learning about identification and the diversity of mushroom species and how to sustainably harvest wild mushrooms. Edible … Read More
Ashland becomes your own game of mystery during the Ashland Mystery Festival October 21-22. On Saturday October 21st, mystery authors will be at stores throughout downtown. Tamara Berry, author of By the Book Mysteries will be here at NW Nature Shop 4:45-5:45pm.
In the By the Book series, a famous thriller … Read More
Hi there local Naturalists!
I, Nolan Richard, am thrilled to lead a Lichen Hike from 10am-3pm on Saturday October 21st to Pilot Rock!
This hike will serve as an introductory field lichen class focusing on lichen anatomy, biology, ecology, and of course… identification. I chose Pilot Rock for the diversity of habitats … Read More
Whoa, where is that???
Local Ashlanders,
Do you ever feel tired of doing the same local hikes over and over again? Or maybe you’re just craving an adventurous day of guaranteed solitude?
Join local naturalist and cross country hiker Nolan Richard to learn about SEVEN different “secret” hikes all within a 45 minute … Read More
After doing a casual survey of folks coming into the Northwest Nature Shop in downtown Ashland, I got a pretty good picture of which local hikes get the most love. In my questionnaire, I asked people what their favorite local hike is, and allowed them to choose three favorite hikes: … Read More
First Friday, September 1st in the alley.
All live music canceled if it rains because we don’t have a covered area for musicians.
5-7 pm Irish music,
7-8 pm African drumming,
8-9 pm DJ Room Service
9-10 pm Alquimistas
10-11 pm DJ Room Service
Delicious tacos at Tacos Libertad, sandwiches … Read More