FALL 2025
for details/registration see: 
 www.scarsdale.gov/catalog
or call 914-722-1160 

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ADULT GARDEN WORKSHOP

WHO: Adults

WHEN: Saturday, 10am-11am, 6 classes

September 20th, 27th, October 4th, 18th, 25th, Nov 15th ,2025

Rain dates: November 8th, December 6th, December 13th, 2025.

WHERE: Weinberg Nature Center, Common Garden and Greenhouse

WHO: Beginner and Intermediate Levels 

COST: FEE: $210 (Scarsdale residents) $242 (Mamaroneck Strip) $252 (non-residents) 

MAX: 14

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Participants will draw from their own gardening goals, embracing traditional and alternative gardening practices, bridging horticultural experiments at Weinberg to one's home environment.

 

Fall 2025 Little Ferns Nature Program (80% outdoors).

WHO:  Ages 2.5 to 5 years old

WHEN: 9:15am - 12pm; September 15th - December 12th,2025

5 classes per week, Monday - Friday

1x-4x day options might be available

For program inquiries and tour/interview please contact: sweinstock@scarsdale.gov​

Classes run in Fall, Winter and Spring semesters​

FEES: $65 (Scarsdale resident) $75 (Mamaroneck Strip) $78 (non-resident)

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Little Ferns integrates nature, skill-building, and applied literacy education, utilizing multiple learning sites at the Nature Center. 6 outdoor educational classroom sites, open green, greenhouse, outside garden, compost station, hiking trails and 2 indoor classrooms (including an Animal Room with 25 animal species). STEAM-programs are 80% outdoors during warm months and about 40-60% outdoors during cold months. Students connect with local flora and fauna as well as the 28 resident animal species, daily. Little Ferns closely follows the Scarsdale school calendar year.

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Fall 2025 Forest Adventures, Afterschool Nature Program (80% outdoors)

WHO: Ages 2 – 5-year-olds accompanied by parent/nanny

WHEN: 8 Mondays, 3:30pm-4:30pm​,

September 22nd,29th,October 6th, 27th, November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th,2025

8 Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm

September 17th, October, 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, November 5th, 12th, 2025

WHERE: Open Green at Weinberg Nature Center

FEES: $250.00 (Scarsdale residents) $288 (Mamaroneck Strip) $300 (non-resident)

MAX: 14

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A Weinberg Naturalist will guide participants and their chaperone through various outdoor settings. Children learn all about nature and animals, through direct observation, petting turns, hiking, planting and the arts.

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Get to know resident Weinberg animals in outdoors settings, learning everything wildlife, going on nature trail hikes, and creating botanical and animal art at multiple learning sites at the Nature Center. Age-appropriate programming.

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YOUTH PROGRAMS--

Fall 2025 Woodworking and Walking Sticks

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FOR: 8 - 12 year olds  

DATES: Fridays, 3:30pm-4:30pm, September 26th, October 24th, November 21st, December12th, 2025

LOCATION: Weinberg Nature Center

FEE: $100 (Scarsdale residents) $115 (Mamaroneck residents) $120 (non-residents) 

MAX: 10

Catch the spirit wood working and hiking at Weinberg Nature Center. Hike to Saxon Woods, develop experience based skills in burn engraving, branding, whittling, making walking sticks!

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program questions, ask Sam sweinstock@scarsdale.gov