Celebrate winter in Minnesota with tours, displays, and more focused on this season in the North Star State. Every half hour, house tours will focus on the Hill family's involvement with the St. Paul Winter Carnival and how they and other St. Paul residents survived, and even celebrated, Minnesota's most famous season.
Bring family and friends together to celebrate the end of 2023 with a magical walk through the Arboretum’s Winter Lights display, family-friendly games and live music from Traveled Ground. Take your picture in a photo booth, add your hopes and dreams to the New Year Wish Tree and make a craft to bring home. Enjoy countdown celebrations on the hour at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. and again at 8, 9 and 10 p.m.
Join us on select nights Nov. 16-Dec. 31!
Stroll through the Arboretum gardens decked out in Winter Lights. Enjoy fresh air as you explore outdoor light displays, highlighting flowers, trees and the beauty of nature, on the one-mile self-guided walking route.
Winter Fun Day at Prairie Woods ELC
Date: Sunday, February 11th, 2024
Time: 1-4:00 pm
(With new non- winter activities)
Cost: $5 per person, $20 max per family
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow. ( well that didn't work )
Head to Historic Forestville for a day of winter fun. Build a snowman, play old-fashioned winter games, and go on a sleigh ride. Warm up by the outdoor fire pit while roasting s'mores and sipping hot chocolate, and stop in the visitor center for unique gifts.
Shake off the winter blues by heading outdoors at the Snake River Fur Post. Learn about winter travel during the fur trade and join in activities like tossing a curling stone, playing a round of Ojibwe snow snake, snowshoeing around the site or visiting the historic ice fishing tent. Guests can also relax indoors, enjoy a cup of cocoa before a blazing fire and watch the outdoor festivities from the visitor center.
The 2022 Winter Flower Show will feature a stunning display of flowering trees and shrubs.
Note: Facemasks are required inside and outside.
Warbler Wednesdays are a fixture for summer birding, but we don’t have a counterpart to winter birding… until now! Join us for a few winter birding field trips. The intention of these field trips is to give you an introduction on how to approach birding in the Sax-Zim Bog in the winter months. We will not be targeting owls, but will take a look at any we come across. This is a good field trip series for you to learn how to approach winter birding in the Sax-Zim Bog.
Sargent's Nursery is hosting for a spectacular winter art fair in their warm, sunny greenhouse with: sculpture, photography, painting, textiles, jewelry, pottery and more!
Make the most of winter at the Forest History Center by heading outdoors to take a horse-drawn sleigh ride around our site through the forest.
