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		0 events 1 0 events, 1	0 events 2 0 events, 2	0 events 3 0 events, 3	1 event 4 1 event, 4 11:00 am - 11:30 am Tweet, Caw, Screech: the World of Bird Vocalisations July 4 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am PDT Tweet, Caw, Screech: the World of Bird Vocalisations Ever wondered what’s going on after being woken up by a murder of lively crows cawing in the morning, or why you are being yelled at by an angry hummingbird? Come to the Allan Brooks Nature Centre on July 4th where Colter will discuss bird anatomy and behaviour from research past and present relating to bird vocalisations. As it turns out, not only do bird songs have many similarities to human language, but they also have profound, far-reaching implications in several fields. Learn about the wonders of avian intelligence and how they use their voices to communicate at everywhere - not just at Allan Brooks!	0 events 5 0 events, 5
0 events 6 0 events, 6	1 event 7 1 event, 7 2026-07-07 Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10 Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10 July 7 @ 9:00 am - July 10 @ 12:00 pm PDT Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10 Nature's Wardrobe Get your children outdoors this summer and book them in a Growing Up Wild Summer Camp. Our nature camps are hands-on, fun-filled learning at Allan Brooks Nature Centre! Children will learn about our local ecosystems and wildlife through outdoor lessons, play, crafts, games, and activities! Our Growing Up Wild Camp is a day camp for children ages 4 - 5. These are half-day camps that run for 4 days from 9 am - 12 pm, Tuesday - Friday. Growing Up Wild Theme: Nature's Wardrobe Nature changes outfits all year long. Campers explore seasonal colour, weather, and animal changes through outdoor games and simple crafts. We’ll do leaf rubbings, match nature colours, go on a weather walk, make windsocks, and build tiny “season shelters” with natural materials. Day 1: Colour changes Indoor: Introductions, Rules, Ice Breaker/Seated Name Game. Leaf rubbings and make colour wheel Outdoor: Match nature colours to colour wheel, collect fallen leaves/cones/pine needles Day 2: Weather changes Indoor: Make windsocks Outdoor: Test windsock, wind and cloud games, simple “weather walk” Day 3: Animal changes Outdoor: “Migration” obstacle course, “store food”, Marmot hibernation game Indoor: Four-season animal matching craft Day 4: Build a season shelter... $15.00 – $160.00	1 event 8 1 event, 8 2026-07-07 Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10	1 event 9 1 event, 9 2026-07-07 Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10	1 event 10 1 event, 10 2026-07-07 Nature’s Wardrobe – July 7 – 10	1 event 11 1 event, 11 11:00 am - 11:30 am Find out about the Youth Climate Corps BC July 11 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am PDT Find out about the Youth Climate Corps BC Youth Climate Corps BC is a provincial program placing young people in paid, meaningful work at the intersection of climate action and community. From habitat restoration to active transportation initiatives, the Vernon cohort works alongside local partners to build hands-on conservation capacity in the North Okanagan. Our projects touch ecology, cultural stewardship, and the practical question of what it means to care for this place: a community-led answer, built from the ground up, on unceded Syilx Okanagan territory where ecological stewardship and cultural reconciliation are inseparable. In this talk, we'll share project highlights from June and how you can get involved in July and August.	0 events 12 0 events, 12
0 events 13 0 events, 13	1 event 14 1 event, 14 2026-07-14 Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17 Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17 July 14 @ 9:00 am - July 17 @ 4:00 pm PDT Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17 Get your children outdoors this summer and book them in a Nature Explorers Summer Camp. Our nature camps are hands-on, fun-filled learning at Allan Brooks Nature Centre! Children will learn about our local ecosystems and wildlife through outdoor lessons, play, crafts, games, and activities! Our Nature Explorers Camp is a day camp for children ages 6 - 8. These are full-day camps that run for 4 days from 9 am - 4 pm, Tuesday - Friday. Nature Explorers Theme: Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies For kids who love bugs, beetles, and all the tiny things. Learn how to explore micro-habitats safely, use simple survey tools, and discover life cycles. Add navigation challenges and team games, then finish with a Creepy-Crawly Expo where campers share their favourite finds. Day 1 Micro-habitat explorers and bug ethics Indoor: Welcome and camp culture. Name game and “bug names” (each child chooses an insect nickname for the week). Camp rules framed as “Field Scientist Code” (kind hands, gentle feet, return everything). Discovery Room “Meet the Residents”. Track-matching warm-up and wingspan check-in as “measurement practice”. Live critter observation (bee colony/turtle/snake) with sketch-notes. “My favourite micro-habitat” field journal page (draw + 3 labels). Build a “Bug Rules” poster... Get Tickets $15.00 – $250.00	1 event 15 1 event, 15 2026-07-14 Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17	1 event 16 1 event, 16 2026-07-14 Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17	2 events 17 2 events, 17 2026-07-14 Glow, Gloam & Creepy-Crawlies – July 14 – 17 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Polson Artisan Market July 17 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT Polson Artisan Market Join us alongside the Grasslands Conservation Council and the City of Vernon Climate Action Group at the night market. We'll have awesome Taxidermy, Sensory Boxes, a Fur Bar and much more to discover. Come and chat with us about how we can help you discover more about the amazing natural world around us - what we're losing and what's invading our neighbourhood - I guarantee we'll surprise you.	1 event 18 1 event, 18 11:00 am - 11:30 am NATIVE BEES: WHY THEY NEED YOU with Nancy Holmes July 18 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am PDT NATIVE BEES: WHY THEY NEED YOU with Nancy Holmes The Okanagan Valley has more bee species than any region of Canada! Come learn about the amazing variety of native bee species and what you can do to support them. Nancy is a retired professor from UBC Okanagan and she worked for several years on an art and science initiative around native pollinators. Nancy has published six collections of poetry, most recently Arborophobia (University of Alberta Press). She is the editor of Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems. With Denise Kenney, Nancy established the Eco Art Incubator, an initiative which supports ecological art in the Okanagan Valley and with Dr. Cameron Cartiere she established an award-winning community-based art project about native pollinators called Border Free Bees. Nancy won the 2015 Robert Kroetsch National Teaching Award in Creative Writing for her innovative student project, Dig Your Neighbourhood, and The Malahat Review’s Constance Rooke Creative Non-Fiction award in 2017.	0 events 19 0 events, 19
0 events 20 0 events, 20	1 event 21 1 event, 21 2026-07-21 Nature Scientists July 21 – 24 Nature Scientists July 21 – 24 July 21 @ 9:00 am - July 24 @ 4:00 pm PDT Nature Scientists July 21 – 24 Get your children outdoors this summer and book them in a Nature Scientists Summer Camp. Our nature camps are hands-on, fun-filled learning at Allan Brooks Nature Centre! Children will learn about our local ecosystems and wildlife through outdoor lessons, play, crafts, games, and activities! Our Nature Scientists Camp is a day camp for children ages 8 - 12. These are full-day camps that run for 4 days from 9 am - 4 pm, Tuesday - Friday. Nature Scientists Theme: Ecology Field Lab Turn into a real field scientist. Campers learn survey skills (quadrats, transects, notebooks), compare habitats, and collect data on soil, water, and biodiversity. Indoors, we’ll graph results and interpret findings. The week ends with a mini conference where teams present what they learned. Day 1 Field methods bootcamp, notebooks and data basics Indoors: Welcome and lab expectations: ‘Scientist’ introductions and team roles (data lead, equipment lead, timekeeper, safety lead). Methods bootcamp: Build quadrats and practice consistent placement. Transect basics: spacing, repeating measurements, avoiding bias. Field notebook standards: date, location, conditions, method, results. Data basics: What makes data “good”? - consistent units, neat tables, clear labels. Quick practice using Discovery Room for measurement activities as a baseline (wingspan wall, animal... Get Tickets $15.00 – $250.00	1 event 22 1 event, 22 2026-07-21 Nature Scientists July 21 – 24	1 event 23 1 event, 23 2026-07-21 Nature Scientists July 21 – 24	1 event 24 1 event, 24 2026-07-21 Nature Scientists July 21 – 24	1 event 25 1 event, 25 11:00 am - 11:30 am Don’t Move a Mussel and Make Water Work July 25 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am PDT Don’t Move a Mussel and Make Water Work Water connects us all in the Okanagan This presentation explores how our lakes, streams, and drinking water are under increasing pressure from population growth, climate change, drought, and invasive species—and what’s being done to protect them. Learn how the Okanagan Basin Water Board manages threats like invasive aquatic plants, prepares for future water challenges, and promotes FireSmart, WaterSmart choices that can keep our communities and ecosystems healthy. You’ll also discover simple, practical actions everyone can take—especially in gardens and around homes—to conserve water, protect water quality, and help prevent the spread of invasive species. Check out MakeWaterWork.ca, DontMoveaMussel.ca and Obwb.ca to learn more.	0 events 26 0 events, 26
0 events 27 0 events, 27	1 event 28 1 event, 28 2026-07-28 Featured Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31 Featured Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31 Featured July 28 @ 9:00 am - July 31 @ 12:00 pm PDT Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31 Get your children outdoors this summer and book them in a Growing Up Wild Summer Camp. Our nature camps are hands-on, fun-filled learning at Allan Brooks Nature Centre! Children will learn about our local ecosystems and wildlife through outdoor lessons, play, crafts, games, and activities! Our Growing Up Wild Camp is a day camp for children ages 4 - 5. These are half-day camps that run for 4 days from 9 am - 12 pm, Tuesday - Friday. Growing Up Wild Theme: Little Sprouts & Big Changes From seeds to pollinators, this camp is all about how plants grow and change. Campers plant seeds, hunt for “invasive” seeds, and go on a pollinator safari. Expect mud-and-water play, hands-on experiments, and a mini show-and-tell to celebrate what we discovered. Day 1: Seeds and starts Indoor: Introductions, Rules, Ice Breaker/Seated Name Game. Invasive plant seed collage Outdoor: Invasive plant hunt and seed planting Day 2: Pollinators Outdoor: Pollinator safari and pollination game Indoor: Make pollinator crowns or wings Day 3: Water and mud Outdoor: Puddle-to-dry comparisons, mud kitchen style play Indoor: “Where does water go?” demonstration Day 4: Growth party Outdoor: Check planted seeds, “growth games” Indoor: Mini show-and-tell... Get Tickets $15.00 – $160.00	1 event 29 1 event, 29 2026-07-28 Featured Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31	1 event 30 1 event, 30 2026-07-28 Featured Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31	1 event 31 1 event, 31 2026-07-28 Featured Little Sprouts & Big Changes – July 28 – 31