Meadows Matter
Meadows are complex ecosystems dominated by grasses and wildflowers. One acre of a wildflower meadow on a single summer day can contain up to 3 million flowers. Such a bounty…
Event for the Junior Naturalists: Summer Celebration – CANCELLED
Please note this event is cancelled due to weather it may be offered another day. Celebrate the start of summer with a fun afternoon at Kawartha Land Trust’s Dance Nature…
A Morning Walk Around Ashburnham Memorial Park – Cancelled due to weather
A Morning Walk Around Ashburnham Memorial Park in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough Ashburnham Memorial Park is an iconic landmark in Peterborough, and one of the tallest drumlins in the area. It is known…
PFN’s Second Annual Camping Trip -Please be advised this year’s camping trip is now Full
PFN's Second Annual Camping Trip Silent Lake Provincial Park offers a quiet, non-motorized lake (Silent Lake) with a rocky shoreline, great canoeing & kayaking, sandy beaches for swimming, scenic walking…
Pride Walk with Pride Outside
Calling all LGBTQ2S+ nature lovers! PFN and Pride Outside, a local outdoor adventure group for LGBTQ2S+ folks and allies, are organizing a joint outing for Pride Month. Join us as…
Butterflies Along the Lang-Hastings Trail & Picnic Lunch
This outing is an introduction to butterfly watching and identification along a section of the Lang-Hastings trail near Hastings. The focus will be on learning how to distinguish between the…
Van Nostrand Wetland on Indian River
Cattail marshes are highly productive ecosystems that include an abundance of plants and wildlife. And there’s no better way to explore them than from the intimacy of a canoe or…
Nature By Bike Group Ride
This is a collaboration ride with the local community bike shop, B!KE. Join B!KE and PFN on a casual ride up the Rotary Greenway Trail towards Trent University. We’ll stop…
An After Dark Exploration of Jackson Park
Paul Elliott will host an evening outing at Jackson Park. Participants will use ultra-sonic detectors to find and listen to bats, an ultra-violet flashlight to spot plants whose colours are…
Searching for the Subtle and the Secretive
By mid-August, the loss of summer’s vibrancy has begun. Yet the sun still feels warm on the skin, the background hum of crickets and cicadas permeates, and there are wildlflowers…