Upcoming Events

Study and de-stress with a certified therapy dog.

No registration required.

Meet us at West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook for a spring nature walk with Town of Brookhaven's Environmental Educator Nicole Pocchiare. 

Please register one spot per family.

Dress for the weather.

Study and de-stress with a certified therapy dog.

No registration required.

Study and de-stress with a certified therapy dog.

No registration required.

Plant an edible vegetable and flower garden to take home, that in time, can be transferred into your yard or a patio pot. Registered adults may attend with family.

Enjoy the fresh air while exploring our outdoor classroom. Up to 24 months. Rain or shine.

Study and de-stress with a certified therapy dog.

No registration required.

Learn all about composting, while making your own wormery. Bring a 24 oz. glass jar for your wormery. Registered adults may attend with family.

Start off our gardening season by planting our new butterfly garden.  Learn about pollinator gardens while setting up a new bed of plants for our community to enjoy. In the event of inclement weather, there will be an alternative act

Help us fill our Community Garden by planting a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Registered adults may attend with family. Weather permitting.

Help us fill our Community Garden by planting a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Registered adults may attend with family. Weather permitting.

Have fun playing outside in our outdoor classroom.  Siblings welcome please register them. Rain or shine.

Study and de-stress with a certified therapy dog.

No registration required.

Learn how to make a gardener's hand scrub with Tara Penske, certified aromatherapist. Share tips and stories about gardening, plants, and the healing benefits of both. Registration Required.

Join Sweetbriar Nature Center for a journey around the globe with wildlife. We will explore the diversity of species from across the globe, including a chinchilla, an owl, a uromastyx, and more.

Children will use items found in nature to design, decorate, and furnish their own fairy house camper. Rain or shine.

 "Paddling Around Paumanok: A Kayak Trip Around Long Island to Home" is a personal narrative about a journey of day paddling trips over three years around the whole of Long Island, starting and ending on the Peconic River behind my home.

Help maintain our Community Garden by weeding, watering, sweeping, pruning, and harvesting. Each session will also include an interactive nature activity.

Assist the library with mud-filled activities for children. Dress for a mess. This program is rain or shine. 

Time to get dirty! Join us in Discovery Grove for our forth annual celebration of International Mud Day with many mud-filled activities.  Rain or shine. Dress for a muddy mess and bring a towel.

Assist the library with mud-filled activities for children. Dress for a mess. This program is rain or shine. 

Time to get dirty! Join us in Discovery Grove for our fourth annual celebration of International Mud Day with many mud-filled activities.  Rain or shine. Dress for a muddy mess and bring a towel.

Help maintain our Community Garden by weeding, watering, sweeping, pruning, and harvesting. Each session will also include an interactive nature activity.

Students will learn about insects beginning with their unique eyesight and the way they defend themselves against predators. See how camouflage works and take home fun finger puppets!