Upcoming Events
at Nature Collective
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.
Join our Family Fun Day featuring: Spiders!
Enjoy hands-on activities, from craft-making to animal encounters. Nature gets the spotlight with Nature Collective and San Diego County Parks + Recreation rangers with family-friendly experiences, live presentations, and more. Every month, Nature Collective features a new topic for all the fun.
Each Family Fun Day includes TRACK Trails activity guides. Plus, young attendees can earn a Junior Ranger badge.
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.
Join us for our nature-themed Fall Festival and discover that creepy crawly creatures are not as frightening as they seem!
• Costume contest at 11:00 am and 12:30 pm, prizes for the Most Environmentally Friendly costumes
• Eco-friendly craft-making
• Live Animal Encounters featuring bats, reptiles, and raptors
• Interactive nature activities
• Bounce house
• Activities available in English + Spanish
This event follows a zero-waste approach to maximize recycling, minimize waste, and reduce consumption, ensuring that items provided at the event are either reusable or recyclable. If you can, please bring your cup. Complimentary coffee and fruit offered.
Presented by Nature Collective + San Diego County Parks and Recreation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Experience San Diego wildlife in a fresh way.
Nature is constantly changing: day to night, spring to fall, wet to dry—add our recent restoration efforts, and nothing is ever quite the way it was on your last visit. This tour attempts to keep up with the changes—to visit the “now” spots for birds, blooms, spiders, or restoration sites. Tours are loosely scripted, leaving flexibility to respond to your interests and questions.
Volunteer Elizabeth Venrick leads your nature experience.
