Enjoy one or all in our four-week program series this October that celebrates the misunderstood, unappreciated and gross in the natural world around us. Held in our open-air picnic shelter around the fire, this series will let you enjoy night sounds while you learn about some of our spookier residents. Be sure to dress for chilly evening temperatures, and we’ll bring the hot cocoa and apple cider.
Squishing, oozing, these sometimes-parasitic organisms aren’t plants, aren’t animals, but are something all their own. Find out more about some of the mushrooms and molds—edible and otherwise—that you might encounter in the area and learn about the Wood Wide Web of fungus that connects the forest.