Friday, August 19th 2011

The winners of the 2011 Species on the Edge Art & Essay Contest are on display at Flat Rock Brook Nature Center in Englewood.

Eric Sambol uses the medium of photography to reawaken his childhood passion for nature. The exhibition, curated by Eric, showcases the remarkable wildlife he has had the pleasure to interact with. The show features wildlife from four different and distinct locations in New Jersey, Alaska, Manitoba, and British Columbia. www.EricSambol.com

The artist is donating all the proceeds from the sales at this exhibit to the Scholarship Fund of Monmouth University and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

Learn about nature through hands-on activities and crafts. This fun learning environment is filled with exploring, discovering, observing and creating. They will relate to nature by participating in a variety of activities including hikes, pond explore, ecosystems and me, games, animals, trees, plants, scavenger hunt, water aware. Children will learn-by-doing nature crafts such as painting with nature, creating a nature name tag, making nature musical instruments, nature montage, necklace and box. Jr. Naturalists will take home skills on how to protect and preserve nature.

4 Sessions will run Fridays 9:30 to 3:30.

July 8, 15, 22 & 29

and again

August 5, 12, 19, 26 (July & August sessions are the same)

$160 for 4 consecutive days or $40 per child/per session

Registration required, visit http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/getinvolved/programs/allaire/ to download a registration form.

Bring a completed copy of the registration form to present at the toll booth to provide you drop-off access to the Nature Center.