Get an off-ice introduction and on-ice instruction to the sport of curling! At the end of the session, you'll know enough to play the game, and be able to watch the Olympics with a greater understanding of the sport's finesse. You can also join the Richfield Curling Club's 4-week beginners' instructional league running October 7-28. […]
Join us for the Richfield Farmers Market! Fresh produce, meats, cheeses, breads, and prepared foods! Playing this Saturday 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., the Cattadoris Sandberg Duo performing originals and covers on guitar. Enjoy!
Discover the history and age-old tradition of cidering while mashing and pressing apples into cider! Taste a variety of apples and learn how to blend different kinds of apples together into a delicious mix of cider. Enjoy a short fall hike while the cider sweetens through oxidation.
Discover the history and age-old tradition of cidering while mashing and pressing apples into cider! Taste a variety of apples and learn how to blend different kinds of apples together into a delicious mix of cider. Enjoy a short fall hike while the cider sweetens through oxidation.
With less than 1% of Minnesota's natural prairie remaining, volunteers are critical in prairie plant seed collection to help maintain and restore Wood Lake's prairie. Join us to help this vital effort; training is provided.
Come explore the urban night sky. Keep your eyes and ears open for owls and coyotes!
Runs weekly for four weeks; every Friday 6-7:45 p.m. Open to any curler 13 and over.
Join us for the Richfield Farmers Market! Fresh produce, meats, cheeses, breads, and prepared foods! Playing this Saturday 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., folk music by Larry Greenstein. Enjoy!
Get ready for fall at the annual Great Pumpkin Giveaway! Each household can select one pumpkin. Includes a bounce house, photo booth, snacks, warm drinks, and prizes!
It's time to see live music again! Rock/blues and jazz band Johnny O and Fillet-O-Soul have performed with Johnny Winter, Jeff Healy, and Savoy Brown, just to name a few. Come out and see 'em!
Discover which parks have the best fall foliage as we ride bike routes from Wood Lake to parks in Richfield and beyond. Ability to ride 15 miles ad helmets are required. Light refreshments.
Almost the last "Friday Fun" event of the season! Join us for storytime with a Richfield police officer, and stay to play at the inclusive playground!
The best of current-to-classic pop and rock covers LIVE! Lead vocals backed by guitar, bass, keys, and drums that get you up and dancing!
Join us for the last Richfield Farmers Market of the season! Fresh produce, meats, cheeses, breads, and prepared foods! Playing this Saturday 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., youth guitarist Lyle Snyder. Enjoy!
Help fill the hearse with donations for VEAP Food Bank while having family fun! Bring a bag or bucket to collect candy; wear a costume; and bring a food-shelf donation!
Head out on a fall hike seeking the birds that migrate through Wood Lake. We'll discuss where the birds are headed, as well as the challenges they face during migration. Binoculars will be available.
Richfield's premier kids' Halloween event! Enjoy a trip along the Trick-or-Treat trail with activity stations and costumed characters, and watch a magician perform in our outdoor amphitheater while sipping on hot cocoa and eating cookies. And then wind down the evening with a barn dance! Tickets must be reserved ahead of time at woodlakenaturecenter.org.
At 61 years and counting, the Fabulous Del Counts are easily the longest-running rock and roll band in Minnesota. They've opened for everyone from Wilson Pickett and the Moody Blues to Sonny and Cher and the Hollies...and now they're returning to Richfield! Enjoy their special brand of rock and roll; Minnesota band The Bird Dogs […]
The last Augsburg Park Friday Fun event of the year! Come for a story and stay for games and free play at Augsburg Adventure Park!
After a two-year hiatus, the FOWL Dinner is back! Help us preserve our amazing urban oasis...and bring a friend! This annual event helps provide for everything from staffing to exhibits, and it plays a critical role in Wood Lake's success since 1990. This year's speaker is author and dark sky advocate Paul Bogard (professor of […]
Shop through two floors of local artisans, crafters, and farmers market vendors at this annual fall market. Raffles, arts and crafts projects, face-painting, and live music included!
Meet Wood Lake Nature Center's animal ambassadors up close! Learn about the reptiles and amphibians native to Minnesota that call Wood Lake home. See them move, watch them eat, and even feel their skin and shells! Make an animal craft to take home.
Come in costume to this old-fashioned Halloween party with games, treats, and refreshments! Help make fresh-pressed apple cider, play games, and go on a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt to earn a special "treat."
Young explorers (ages 3-5) accompanied by an adult will have an exciting time exploring a different natural topic each visit, based on the season. Together with your child, enjoy stories, crafts, hands-on activities, and outdoor discovery time. Please dress for the weather as we will head outside rain or shine for each session. Online registration […]
Join Starry Skies North, Mike Lynch, and indigenous and cultural astronomers for family-friendly night-sky activities. Listen as author Paul Bogard reads his children's book, What If Night?. After that, you'll learn about indigenous star lore and make planispheres showing indigenous constellations, then stargaze using telescopes and your new planispheres. Learn how our night sky has been […]
Find out about urban coyote research that is going on right here at Wood Lake. Coyotes are remarkably successful at living in urban areas, but little is known about why it works. University of Minnesota PhD candidate Geoff Miller will share some of his research methods and findings.
A variety of music, from blues to rock and roll...with a little country thrown in for good measure! They rock the stage, and keep the dancers on the floor.
