Holiday Break Craft Class at NW Nature Shop Drop off your kids at the NW Nature Shop while you do some holiday shopping! Think owls are pretty awesome? Come create a little owl out of recycled materials! Bring your toilet paper/paper towel tubes and turn them into feathered friends while you learn about one of […]
Join KS Wild and Rogue Riverkeeper to support local artists who draw inspiration from nature. Hosted by the NorthWest Nature Shop in the newly renovated "Oak St. alley between Oak and Pioneer St., we are excited to unveil local artist Deb VanPoolen's 40 Butterflies of Southwest Oregon, large painting and host other artists drawing inspiration […]
Magical Michael stars in a magic show that will delight children of any age at Ashland’s Northwest Nature Shop’s annual Holiday Open House on Friday, November 24th from 12-5 pm. 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 […]
Make useful and unique natural gifts for family and friends. Join the Northwest Nature shop in a fun, hands-on afternoon class to make holiday gifts for loved ones and take them home, ready for gifting. We'll make natural bath bombs (lovely homemade bath fizzies) and herbal massage oil. The kids love making these gifts as much […]
Join Northwest Nature Shop for a guided night hike under the full moon! Night hiking is a unique experience that everyone should experience; for the luminous stars, the serenity, and the June "strawberry" moon. We will hike to a vantage point along the Rogue Valley rim in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and watch the full […]
Summer skygazing at NW Nature Shop. Look through a telescope to discover the beauty of our night sky. Friday July 13th 9-10 pm. Free
Explore the amazing wild edible and healing plants of the Mount Ashland. Join the Northwest Nature Shop and Jolie Elan of the GoWild Intitute for a walk to learn about wild edible plants on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mt. Ashland Meadows. Recognized as a Forest Service 'botanical area,' this spectacular portion of the […]
In the mid-1600s, most people believed frogs, mice, and insects generated spontaneously from mud, dung or dead animals, and were evidence of the devil’s presence. Young Maria Sibylla Merian collected insects and recorded metamorphosis by painting insects in secret. Her very passions put her at risk of being charged, sentenced, and executed for being a witch. […]
The AUTUMN SKYGAZING PARTY is CANCELED due to smoky skies. Stay tuned to future skygazing parties! Whether you are an experienced star gazer or you have never looked through a telescope come to the Northwest Nature Shop, 154 Oak St. to view a variety of celestial wonders through telescopes provided by volunteer astronomers from Southern […]
Join a culinary adventure into world of oaks and acorn food and eat your way into the oak web of life. A presentation by ethnobotanist and forester, Jolie Elan of the Go Wild Institute will cover fascinating oak ecology and ethnobotany and will be followed by a hands-on playshop to handcraft acorn flour and taste […]
