Get up close and personal with awesome farm animals: sheep, cows, chickens, pigs and goats! Along the way, you will try new plants in the Education Garden, and learn a bit about Hidden Villa’s natural ecosystem and progressive history. Tours last between 60-90 minutes. Come for the tour alone, or pack a picnic and spend the day enjoying our peaceful farm and wilderness.
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Deer are a very common sight here at Hidden Villa. Come put your puzzle skills to the test as you reassemble a real life deer skeleton! This is a great chance to see how a deer’s bones help it to survive and thrive.
The streets will transform into a colorful marketplace featuring artisanal vendors offering organic vegetables, local cheeses, flowers, herbs, olives, mouthwatering rotisserie chicken and more. Take the kids to the kids’ corner for a different weekly activity or to see the cooking demonstrations.
Experience the first-ever museum exhibit based on Disney Junior’s Peabody Award-winning television series “Doc McStuffins” as it opens at Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. The highly interactive English and Spanish bilingual experience will transport kids and families from Doc’s backyard clinic to the McStuffins Toy Hospital. There, families are invited to help Doc perform check-ups and diagnose toy patients while learning about healthy habits, compassion and nurturing care. Museum hours are Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun. noon-5 p.m.
Now in its third year, this hugely popular, all-age, hands-on event is a celebration of the marine life in the waters surrounding the five boroughs. Top marine biologists and scientists will work with kids to discover–and count–the many species of fish and marine creatures (even seahorses) right here in city waterways.
Events are happening citywide. Check the website for more locations.
Get up close to tropical reptiles with the Lick Your Eyeballs team. Meet geckos that lick their eyeballs, hold a 3-foot friendly lizard, and hang out with a colorful chameleon. Lick Your Eyeballs will introduce you to the wonderful world of tropical reptiles and amphibians and their ecology.
This old fashioned festival will include carnival rides and games, mad scientist shows, a bounce house, a rock climbing wall, STEAM demonstrations and activities, robots, a solar car, lasers, and entry to the museum.
The nation’s largest All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival returns for a second year to Manhattan’s Bryant Park! Try ice cream from the nation’s leading companies and craft creameries. Proceeds benefit the Jimmy Fund, which supports pediatric and adult cancer care and research at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, one of the nation’s leading academic rehabilitation institutions committed to patient care, teaching, research and advocacy.
Interpreter Jeremy Lin will lead an approximate two-mile hike to observe and enjoy morning wildlife at Rancho del Oso. We will take our time and explore the beautiful coastal valley. No previous experience necessary. It is helpful to bring binoculars, bird guides and a readiness for patient observation as we witness wildlife awakening on a crisp Waddell Valley morning. Meet at the deck in front of the Nature Center.
Find out what’s growing and blooming right now in the Waddell Valley on this approximately 1 mile, 1.5 hour guided walk with docent naturalist Ann Garside. She will share information about the plants of Rancho del Oso as the group walks from coastal scrub through one of the last native stands of Monterey Pine left in the world. Hike starts at the Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center.
