Watch for bats darting and zigzagging as they leave their day roosts at dusk to feed on night flying insects.
Learn about bat food, roosts and enemies and take home memories of walking in the dark.
Ages 6+ $4/child/youth/senior $7.50/adult, $20/family
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Date: Aug 13, 2010
Location: Minnekhada Regional Park
Contact: Metro Vancouver 604-432-6359. Email: programs.info@metrovancouver
Discover native trees found in our region.
Use your senses to learn about leaves, bark and buds during a walk in the woods.
Share this lovely outdoor experience with your child and play tree games.
$12/child, adult pair. Registration required, call 604-927-4386, quote barcode 295303.
Co-sponsored by Coquitlam Leisure & Parks Services.
Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location: Minnekhada Regional Park
Contact: 604-432-6359, email: programs.info@metrovancouver.org
Owls, salamanders and bats go about their business by night. Come out and experience a west coast rainforest at night beneath the moon shadows of tall trees and moss-strewn branches.
If we’re lucky, we’ll catch a glimpse of a flying squirrel, hear the hooting of an owl and see a salamander stalk insects on the forest floor.
Learn about the wild night life in our magnificent rainforests.
Ages 7+ $4/child/youth/senior $7.50/adult, $20/family
Registration required, call 604-432-6359
Time : 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Minnekhada Regional Park
Contact: programs.info@metrovancouver.org
Inspire your senses at this event, the 1st Annual Art in the Park Festival.
Take a scenic walk through the park to historic Minnekhada Lodge.
Be delighted by a wide range of artists work. Enjoy music, be entertained by performers, explore charming gardens, indulge taste buds at the outdoor cafe, go on a guided nature walk, create a craft in the children’s area and attend a workshop.
Free admission and parking at the Quarry Road Parking Lot. Free shuttle bus from parking lot (donations welcome) Presented by Metro Vancouver and the Minnekhada Park Association.
Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam
Contact: Jeremy Plotkin, 604-520-6442
Email: artinthepark@metrovancouver.org
Website
Explore the world of insects, spiders and other creepy-crawlies. Join a bug hunt, follow a snail and count spider legs.
Share in a fun, hands-on introduction to invertebrates. Ages 3 to 5 $12/child, adult pair.
Time: 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: Minnekhada Regional Park
Contact : Metro Vancouver Regional Parks 604-432-6359
email: programs.info@metrovancouver.org
Metro Vancouver website.
Spend a spring evening at the marsh for an unforgettable experience! Smell spring fragrances, learn about frogs and other amphibians and sing along with the frog chorus. Ages 7+ $4/child/youth/senior, $7.50/adult, $20/family
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Apr 17, 2009
Minnekhada Regional Park
Contact: Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, 604-432-6359 or visit the Metro Vancouver website.