Beyond the stage at Ijams Park: tree school, EcoArt, and the banders
Saturday stacks up for families — learn your oaks from your hickories at 9:30, stories at 10, EcoArt for the 6-to-12 crowd at 3 — and Sunday morning the banding table returns.
- Sat Aug 1
- Tree ID workshop 9:30 · Storytelling 10 AM · EcoArt (ages 6–12) 3 PM
- Fri & Sat
- Evening Paddle · 7:30–9:30 PM
- Sun Aug 2
- Bird Banding 7:30 AM · Self Care yoga 11:30 AM
Saturday at Ijams Park is a full curriculum. The beginner Tree ID workshop at 9:30 teaches you to tell an oak from a hickory before lunch; free storytelling runs at the Nature Playscape from ten; and the EcoArt Adventure puts the six-to-twelve crowd to work making art out of the ecosystem from three to five. Evening paddles go out both Friday and Saturday at 7:30 — register ahead, boats provided.
Sunday morning
Sunday belongs to the early birds: the banding table is back at 7:30 AM, researchers netting and releasing songbirds close enough to count the feathers, followed by Self Care Sunday yoga in the trees at 11:30. Coffee first; the birds set the schedule.
