Event for the Junior Naturalists: Insect Safari
Our adventure will begin indoors at the Environment Centre to expand our knowledge about beetles and other insects. Then we’ll head out to the great outdoors with sweep nets and…
Monthly Meeting: Fossils and the Incredible Stories They Tell Us
Among other things, this presentation by Ken Lyon is about ancient life forms and nature stretching back four billion years. He will discuss the Paleozoic mass extinctions and the implications for today's biodiversity loss. He’ll also tell us about the shallow inland sea that once existed over Peterborough when trilobites ruled. Ken is a professional…
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 Sanctuary. Enjoy games, crafts, and a nature hike through fields, forests and wetlands, then relax with a cool drink (please bring your own cup). Hand…
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 kayak. Join us for a rare water outing as we paddle to Kawartha Land Trust’s van Nostrand wetland located on the shoreline of Rice Lake…
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 to enjoy some of the nature areas along the way with different nature activities. Bring your bike, helmet, bell and water. No registration required. Stay…