North State Parent magazine

Guided Garden Walk
2025-12-27 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Turtle Bay’s McConnell Botanical Gardens, 1100 Arboretum Dr, Redding, CA, United States
Bring your smartphones or notebooks, cameras, and gardening questions for this FREE participant-driven program. We’ll go through the Gardens, with frequent stops for discussions about beautiful plants that will thrive in your home garden! Then, you can stop by the Nursery to bring home some plants ideally suited for your garden!
Free
Monthly on the Last Saturday
Meet us at the Botanical Gardens West Gate by the Turtle Bay Garden Nursery
1100 Arboretum Drive, Redding

Reptiles Alive!
2025-12-28 14:00 - 14:15, 2026-01-04 14:00 - 14:15, 2026-01-11 14:00 - 14:15, 2026-01-18 14:00 - 14:15 | Turtle Bay — Mill Building in Paul Bunyon’s Forest Camp, 844 Sundial Bridge Dr, Redding, 96001, United States
Head on down to Turtle Bay Exploration Park on a Sunday afternoon now through mid-February for our new exciting reptile program!
Reptiles have existed for hundreds of millions of years, from ancient crocodilians and mosasaurs, to modern snakes and lizards. Join us for a 15 minute program as we introduce you to some living species from this ancient group of animals.
*This event is included with regular Turtle Bay admission!

Aquarium & Pets: Pet Visits!
2025-12-29, 2026-01-02, 2026-01-05, 2026-01-09, 2026-01-12, 2026-01-16, 2026-01-19, 2026-01-23 | Aquarium & Pets, 345 S Main St, Red Bluff, 96080, United States
If you are looking for a free way to spend those extra days over the school holiday breaks, head on down to Aquarium & Pets where you and your children can visit and learn about an array of pets, from reptiles and fish to the furrier kind! No purchase necessary to visit!
Regular business hours: 7 days/week, 9am-6pm

Charlie Rabbit & Friends - Winter Wonderland in the Garden
2026-01-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, 1100 Arboretum Drive, Redding, CA, 96003, United States
Dr. Farnaz Chegini with Chegini Family Dentistry presents Charlie Rabbit & Friends

Get out your wiggles and have a ton of fun at Turtle Bay’s Gardens (or Nursery Building if it rains!) Charlie Rabbit features gardening and nature activities for young children, their siblings, parents and grandparents. Remember to wear your favorite gardening clothes!

Free for members | Included with park or garden admission

Regenerative Arts Learning Center RAD Camp
2026-01-06 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-07 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-08 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-09 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-13 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-14 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-15 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-16 09:00 - 15:00 and 3 more dates | Regenerative Arts Learning Center, 954 Old Stage Road, Mount Shasta, CA, United States
Kids ages 4-12, come join the fun at Regenerative Arts Day Camp! Tuesdays through Fridays, 9am-3pm, now until March 20.

Recycled arts and nature crafts
Kids’ garden and nature studies
Solar cooking
Music and movement
Weekly special guests
Homeschool support
Tutors
After school classes
5:1 child to instructor ratio

Plant Talk: Fruit Tree Selection and Cultivation
2026-01-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, 1100 Arboretum Drive, Redding, CA, 96003, United States
This talk will be taught by Consulting Certified Arborist Rico Montenegro, a tree expert with extensive regional and worldwide knowledge and experience. In this class you will learn about fruit tree selection, IPM or natural techniques of pest control, soils, and fertilization, how to train young and newly planted trees, pruning methods that include ways to maintain fruit trees in a compact or reduced-size as well as an introduction on how to restore old, neglected and abused fruit trees. Much of this information will apply to all types of trees as well.

$10 for members and $12 for non-members
Register at our Event Website link below

Family 2nd Saturday: Nature’s Connections
2026-01-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial Bridge Drive, Redding, CA, United States
Discover the amazing ways nature uses shapes, patterns, and design! In this hands-on Saturday program, we’ll explore how living things—from tiny insects to towering plants—use shapes to build, grow, and survive. Family Second Saturday is an all ages educational program which provides fun activities and projects for the whole family to enjoy.

Free for members | Included with admission

Plant Workshop: Indoor Seed Propagation
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, 1100 Arboretum Drive, Redding, CA, 96003, United States
January is the ideal time to get a head start on spring gardening! Join Turtle Bay Nursery Specialist Emeritus, Lynne Klocke to learn, hands-on, all about indoor home seed starting, planting mediums, different propagation set-ups, and more. for starting plants for your spring garden! Participants will take home planted seeds and seedlings.

$12 for members and $14 non-members
Register at our Event Website link below

26th Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
2026-01-22, 2026-01-23 | Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
The Sandhill Cranes are calling; heralding the great gathering of winter birds in the northern Sacramento Valley. Join us on four days of action-packed field trips with experienced trip leaders, and more.
Event Highlights:

Over 55 field trips, workshops, educational exhibits, and FREE engaging activities for families
“Gathering of Wings” Banquet at Bell Memorial Union, Chico State University, on Saturday, January 24th
Kate Marianchild, Banquet keynote speaker, is an environmental educator, naturalist, and author of Secrets of the Oak Woodlands
“Perch, Flutter, Soar” Art Exhibit at MONCA (the Museum of Northern California Art) from January 22nd – March 15th

Additionally, Explore.org added a webcam at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Snow Geese, Northern Pintails, and Greater White-fronted Geese can currently be seen! Visit our Event Website for direct access to this link, along with all of the information you’ll need to plan your trip (including registering for specific events, field trips, and workshops).
