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Events

Upcoming Events
at Nature Collective

Everyone is invited to join us for fun-and-informative events!

Anytime you’re looking for free things to do in San Diego, see what’s happening at Nature Collective. We offer free nature tours and family days. For other events, like a film screening, there’s an admission price that lets us offer these experiences.

Our activities are for anyone in town – from locals to visitors – and all ages.

November 2024

December 2024

January 2025

Discovery Tour | December 7

  • Saturday, December 07, 2024
  • 1 Hour

Discover the beauty of San Elijo Lagoon: where fresh water and saltwater meet and mix, migratory and resident birds share a sanctuary, and many animals find a home.

This guided tour will inspire all to watch and listen for various birds that rest in – and fly across – the salt marsh and mudflats. No matter the season, you can enjoy, photograph, and identify a host of native plants. Our Nature Center Loop Trail is accessible, providing fun for all.

Volunteer Emmy Garnica leads your nature experience.

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Wildlife Tour | December 14

  • Saturday, December 14, 2024
  • 2 Hours

Have you ever seen snow in San Elijo? Come with us to watch the coyote brush shedding fluffy white seeds that sail and fall like snowflakes in a winter wonderland. Glance at a frosty branch and you might spot tiny pink-tinged “pine cones.” These are bud galls, the handiwork of tiny midges that lay their eggs on developing buds. The Toyon celebrates winter with vibrant red “holly” berries, while the Thrasher belts out “Jingle, Jingle, Jingle Bells.”

Weather permitting. Wildlife is unpredictable. There is no guarantee of what you will see.

Volunteers Elizabeth Venrick + Mark Jenne will lead your nature experience.

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Volunteer Restoration Event | December 21

  • Saturday, December 21, 2024
  • 3 hours

Join us in one of our many habitat restoration projects. Your help is needed to restore precious habitats within San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve and the surrounding areas. From removing invasive plants to helping grow native plants indigenous to the area, you help nature thrive, which benefits wildlife and our communities.

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Nature’s Allies: A Queer Habitat Restoration Event | December 14

  • Saturday, December 14, 2024
  • 2 Hours

Join us for a day of re-establishing our relationship with nature and building community! We’ll work together to plant native plants at San Elijo Lagoon while restoring the symbiotic relationship between the individual and the land. This event will include an opening and closing gratitude circle, a place of safety, discovery, healing, and wellness, and a nature tour celebrating the planet’s inherent queerness.

This 2SLGBTQ+ focused event is open to everyone; we especially encourage Queer community to come together, cultivate, and create a more sustainable, positive, and inclusive environment for all.

Hosted by Nature Collective and The Queer Sol Collective

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Have You Seen the Must-Sees?

Slot Canyon

Slot Canyon

See a true natural wonder – right in your county’s backyard

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San Elijo Lagoon

San Elijo Lagoon

Our nearly 1,000-acre reserve is a hiker’s dream

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Nature Center

Nature Center

Visit the friendly hub of the lagoon

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