Events
Join us at one of our many Special & Community Events where we embrace the seasons and enjoy our amazing 40 acres of natural wonders.
New Canaan Dog Days
May 7 2023
11AM – 4PM
The 12th annual New Canaan Dog Days presented by Pet Pantry Warehouse will once again be hosted right here at the New Canaan Nature Center in Spring 2023.
You won’t want to miss our live demonstrations, lectures, and meet-and-greets. This year’s activities and special event features include, but are not limited to: Dog Lovers Lure Coursing, Radar Run, Kid Zone, Face Painting, Caricature Artist, Bone Bar, Ice Cream Pawlour, All New Sniffari!, and Food Trucks.
Donations are greatly appreciated and will benefit both Adopt-a-Dog and the New Canaan Nature Center.
*This FREE event is rain or shine.*
6th Annual
Lecture & Luncheon
With TBC
May 11 2023 11:00am – 2:00pm
The Country Club of New Canaan
We invite you to join us at the Fifth Annual Lecture & Luncheon to benefit the New Canaan Nature Center. This year’s Lecture & Luncheon will feature Christopher Spitzmiller & Ashley Whittaker. Christopher Spitzmiller just published his first book, he treats readers to a full year at his country retreat, Clove Brook Farm. He is also known to his many friends and Instagram fans as the ultimate weekend farmer, who raises his own chicks, grows his own flowers, and makes his own jam, cider, and honey. Ashley Whittaker’s work is distinctively classic and sophisticated, but also inviting and warm. Dubbed a neo-traditionalist, she fearlessly marries adventurous colors and patterns in rooms yet still manages to retain a sense of elegance and restraint. In The Well-Loved House, she shares a selection of dwellings, from gracious Connecticut estates to chic Manhattan pieds-à-terre to waterfront beach houses on the Florida coast, most exclusively photographed for this book, including her own house never before seen. The event will take place at The Country Club of New Canaan.
Harvest Festival
September 2023
The New Canaan Nature Center is hosting our 10th Annual Harvest Festival! This event will be outside under a tent in the meadow.
This is one of our largest fundraisers for the New Canaan Nature Center, it will take place in the meadow, under a tent with beer, bites, wine, and live music.
Individual Tickets: $75.00
VIP Tickets (2 Tickets & Parking): $250.00
Tickets At the Door: $90.00
Fall Fair
October 2023
Join the New Canaan Nature Center for two days of traditional family fun at our 52nd Annual Fall Fair! Come and enjoy carnival rides and so much more!
Food, drinks, & snacks will be available for cash purchase as well.
Friday Night Under the Stars: Unlimited Carnival Rides Wristband
Members: $30/wristband
Non-Members: $35/wristband
Online Wristband Sales: Now CLOSED.
*Both Unlimited Carnival Rides Wristbands and individual tickets will still be available on Friday night, at the door.*
Saturday:
Tickets will be available at the door! (No wristband sales on Saturday)
$1/ticket and all attractions are 3-5 tickets
Holiday Market
November 2023
The New Canaan Nature Center will kick off the holiday season by hosting our Holiday Market! We are thrilled to be bringing it back! There will be unique gifts items including jewelry, clothing, candles, and much more. School of Rock will also be playing some holiday cheer!
10:00am – 5:00pm
Free Admission
No Preview Party
If you are interested in being a vendor at the Holiday Market please contact: Jrayher@newcanaannature.org
Is Your Dad the Bees Knees?
A Virtual Cooking Event to celebrate Father’s Day
June 17, 2020
6:00 pm
The flowers at the Nature Center are full of honey and so is our menu. Join us for a Virtual Cooking Event to support the Nature Center! We’ll learn how to prepare a delicious Honey Marinated Chicken, paired with refreshing summer Rose. Julia Deane from Culinary Works will be showing us around the kitchen. Thank you to 84 Sports New Canaan & Stewart Spirits for sponsoring this event!
A Virtual Lecture with David Sibley
June 25, 2020
7:00pm
This is a free lecture but you must register
Please join us for a virtual lecture with David Allen Sibley, author and illustrator of the series of successful guides to nature that bear his name, including The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has contributed to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, BirdWatching, and North American Birds, and to The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York’s Eisenmann Medal. He will be exclusively discussing his newest book, What it’s like to be a bird. You will also be able to purchase the book from our local book store, Elm Street Books.
Proud to Partner with New Canaan Library & Elm Street Books
