Autumn Celebration at Sugar Grove Nature Center

[October 10, 2015]  LINCOLN - Sugar Grove Nature Center in Funks Grove will host its annual Autumn Celebration on Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Visit our pumpkin patch and choose your favorite to take home and carve or stop by and decorate it at the pumpkin salon! Enjoy live music, fall color walks, a scarecrow factory, and other entertainment with an autumn theme. Children will delight in old-fashioned fun like bobbing for pumpkins and pumpkin bowling. Step back in time to visit a 1750’s trading post and frontiersman’s camp, and meet other historical re-enactors.

Explore booths featuring handmade, nature-inspired items. Watch the Illinois Valley Blacksmith’s and Central Illinois Woodturners demonstrate their skills. Indulge in seasonal treats, roast marshmallows at the campfire, tour the Sugar Grove Observatory, and explore over 7 miles of hiking trails on a delightful autumn day. Admission will be charged with children 3 and underfree. There is small fee for some activities.

Sugar Grove Nature Center is located in beautiful, historic Funks Grove, just south of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, off of Old Route 66. Visit www.sugargrovenaturecenter.org  for directions and a detailed scheduled of events as the date approaches.

[Janet Rasmussen, Environmental Support Specialist]