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Spring is in the air, and the natural world is abuzz. Join the family-friendly spring festival celebrating nature’s renewal. Learn why flowers and pollinators need each other and discover ways you can help pollinators thrive. Join us for lots of fun, including: - Nature Collective Discovery Booths that explore: • Traveling seeds—did you know plants have a unique way of spreading their seeds? Discover the variety of ways seeds may fly, float, or burst into the world! • Amazing nests—spring is an exciting time for birds. Discover all the unique nests built by our feathered friends, from tiny "hummers" to intricate weavers. - Eco Scavenger Hunt + Craft - Live Animals - Face Painting - Bounce House Presented by County of San Diego Parks and Recreation with support from Nature Collective. *We encourage zero-waste and eco-friendly practices at all our events. Please bring reusable bottles and cups Nature Collective on Facebook / Instagram

We need your help to restore precious habitats within the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve and the surrounding areas. By removing invasive plants and helping grow native plants indigenous to the area, you will support a more balanced ecosystem. Ages 6+ (minors with guardians) Nature Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Mid-spring is a kaleidoscope of color: blue sage, white fiesta flower, yellow sea dahlia, red monkey flower, and purple lupine. We have previously found an impressive 52 species in just two hours. Can we outdo ourselves this year? Join us on this nature challenge and keep your peepers peeled. Weather permitting. Wildlife is unpredictable. There is no guarantee of what you will see. Nature Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Welcome all busy bees who are ready to explore the magic of pollinators! Come buzz through activities to learn how birds, butterflies, bees, and beetles help plants in the San Elijo Lagoon reproduce. With free, hands-on activities and crafts, you’ll discover how shape, color, and smell attract different species of pollinators - you may even get to see them in action! Nature Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Who loves BUGS?! We do! Monday through Friday July 20 – 24, from 1 – 4 p.m. Ages 8-12 years welcome! In this week-long kids camp, campers will explore ceramics, woodworking and paper mache’ for five days of insect-inspired crafting fun! Kids will build raised clay bugs using pinch and coil hand building techniques. Campers will score and slip, adding surface textures with leaves, grass, and other simple tools. They’ll create a bug project out of wood and wire, and have creative three-dimensional designs to take home with them and to display. • Military, first responders and sibling discounts • Scholarships available San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Upcycle Recycle Reuse Creativity! Monday through Friday July 27 – 31, from 1 – 4 p.m. Ages 8-12 years welcome! In this week-long kids camp, campers will explore upcycling and its endless world of creative options! Kids will use recycled objects on low-fire clay to create texture. Campers will create with scrap wood and other materials. And, kids will explore mending and making their own patches to sew onto an item and give it new life! • Military, first responders and sibling discounts • Scholarships available San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Join us for an evening of George and Ira Gershwin's timeless love songs and ballads, journeying through the romantic heart of the Great American Songbook and Broadway standards. From "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Embraceable You" to "'S Wonderful," the brothers captured the excitements and disappointments of falling in love that resonate today, especially as sung by real life married partners Colin Donnell (Ragtime, Anything Goes) and Patti Murin ("Frozen," "Wicked"). Please note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this program.

Planets, galaxies, stars & more! Monday through Friday Aug 3 – 7, from 1 – 4 p.m. Ages 8-12 years welcome! In this week-long kids camp, campers will learn and explore a variety of craft mediums. Kids will handbuild with clay to build space-inspired ceramic sculptures. They’ll learn woodworking skills to create a fun interstellar project. Kids will explore painting planets and galaxies. And, kids will have fun creating with a variety of fiber arts techniques. • Military, first responders and sibling discounts • Scholarships available San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Kids explore working with clay & herbalism in the organic garden! Monday through Friday June 22 – 26, from 1 – 4 p.m. Ages 7-12 years welcome! In this week-long camp, kids will explore ceramics while making fun fairy garden decorations to take home. Kids will also learn all about herbs & herbalism–focusing on learning how to identify herbs while making herbal remedies and incorporating herbs into meals. Kids will learn to harvest, create plant profiles, make herb-infused honey or a simple herbal remedy, and make a yummy treat to share with the herb of the day. We will spend time in the garden watching the plants and how they subtly move and shift towards the sun, enjoying their scents, textures, and drawing them. The children will learn how to activate all their senses to listen to the messages the plants have to share with us. At the end of the week, each child will take home their plant profile-recipe booklet. • Military, first responders and sibling discounts • Scholarships available San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram