Events
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Earth Day
Join The Brenton Arboretum team as we kick off our 2026 classes and programs with a fun-filled Earth Day celebration! 🌎✨ 📅 Sunday, April 26🕐 1:00–3:00 PM Bring your family and friends and drop in anytime for an afternoon of FREE, open-house–style crafts, games, and hands-on activities for all ages. Come explore, create, and celebrate...
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Experience Nature’s Healing: Nature Meditation
Nature Healing and Yoga with Nature will be on holiday break until Wednesday January 15th. Have a great season with family and friends and we hope to see everyone back January 15th, 2025 Research proves that meditation in nature is a powerful and productive technique to improve your quality of life. Join us each Wednesday...
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Birds and Bagels
Welcome Back, Feathered Friends!Spring Bird Walk with local bird enthusiast John Bissell As migratory birds return to Iowa, join local bird enthusiast John Bissell for an engaging and educational walking adventure through the Arboretum. Together, you'll explore the grounds, identify bird species, and dive into fascinating conversations about habitats, migration, and all things birds. Your...
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Experience Nature’s Healing: Nature Meditation
Nature Healing and Yoga with Nature will be on holiday break until Wednesday January 15th. Have a great season with family and friends and we hope to see everyone back January 15th, 2025 Research proves that meditation in nature is a powerful and productive technique to improve your quality of life. Join us each Wednesday...
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Acorn Academy (Ages 6 and up)
Come explore some of the arboretum's favorite butterflies and moths and the trees they call home.
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Nature Club (Ages 2-5)
Come for story time and exploration of some of our favorite winged friends.
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Trees For Bees
Want to learn how to support our pollinator population with trees? Join Brenton Arboretum Executive Director, Melissa Burdick, for review of excellent trees for Iowa landscapes that are especially beneficial to our local pollinators. Our conversation will range from large overstory trees to selections for the smaller landscape as well as shrubs that will have...
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Experience Nature’s Healing: Nature Meditation
Nature Healing and Yoga with Nature will be on holiday break until Wednesday January 15th. Have a great season with family and friends and we hope to see everyone back January 15th, 2025 Research proves that meditation in nature is a powerful and productive technique to improve your quality of life. Join us each Wednesday...
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Experience Nature’s Healing: Nature Meditation
Nature Healing and Yoga with Nature will be on holiday break until Wednesday January 15th. Have a great season with family and friends and we hope to see everyone back January 15th, 2025 Research proves that meditation in nature is a powerful and productive technique to improve your quality of life. Join us each Wednesday...
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Acorn Academy (Ages 6 and up)
Travel from the Cretaceous period to now on a tale of adaptations, resiliency, and change.
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Nature Club (ages 2-5)
Have you ever seen a tree fully armored and ready for defense? Have you seen a tree that is pollinated by beetles? Explore the arboretum with us and investigate some amazing adaptations.
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Experience Nature’s Healing: Nature Meditation
Nature Healing and Yoga with Nature will be on holiday break until Wednesday January 15th. Have a great season with family and friends and we hope to see everyone back January 15th, 2025 Research proves that meditation in nature is a powerful and productive technique to improve your quality of life. Join us each Wednesday...