Snow on the ground (and the mud it leaves behind when it melts) is the perfect place to search for tracks of animals out in the winter weather! Get outside at WPNR or in your own yard to use our Tracks Discovery Guide to identify who else is out enjoying the snowy season!

Over the past 4 years, Wild Ones has become one of our most popular programs! Undergraduate early childhood students plan and provide hands-on activities for children 3-5 years old with their grown-ups! They hear a story, get outside, do a craft, and more during this free program.

In partnership with the SVC Education Department, we are so excited to announce the expansion of our Wild Ones program over the next year! This expansion will allow us to have additional kids participating in the program and give our education students a more in-depth teaching experience in a unique educational setting outside the confines of a formal classroom. We will start to implement some changes this spring and continue to refine and enhance the program during the Fall and Spring 2026!

Registration for the Spring 2025 session will be available mid-month. Stay tuned!

Venture Out for a Frosty Hunt

Warm Up with Spring Programs

Plan Your Garden this Winter

The Seed Savers Exchange is a community of gardeners and seed stewards, sharing and swapping rare seeds. It works to keep biodiversity strong and garden traditions thriving. WPNR participates in this project as a way to put the power of sustenance in the hands of the people. In keeping with our priority of teaching members of our community how they can grow their own food and medicine, we maintain an ever-growing seed bank.

The WPNR Living Library contains approximately 400 seed varieties, but the number fluctuates throughout the season as they are used and/or donations are received. Some seeds have been grown in WPNR gardens, while others are leftover packages donated by staff and visitors. WPNR is listed on the Seed Savers Exchange and can be found at seedsavers.org. Not all of our varieties are listed on the SSE, but we are constantly adjusting our listings based on availability. 

SHARING IS CARING...We only accept seeds of known variety (ie: “I don’t know what these are”). Seeds must be cleaned from chaff - no dried flower heads, etc., and we only accept one bag or less of seeds (ziplock, paper, etc.). Please fill out the seed donation/request form. If you do not know the botanical name, that’s okay. Record any important information they share with you in the notes. 

We often get asked, "How do I find out about your events?", and our answer is always overwhelmingly "social media!"

While we can certainly appreciate the love of a slower pace and the need to unplug, social media does have its merits, like giving us the ability to offer our community the most up-to-date information in real time.

Of course, you can always stop in the barn during business hours or visit our outdoor wayside exhibit after hours for a paper flyer. There's also our super informative website with lots of fun things to explore too. And last but not least, you can subscribe to our email list to receive occasional updates, and our monthly eNews...but if you're reading this, you already knew that!

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