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a girl wearing a lifejacket and holding a fishing pole next to a man holding a fish
an old man drilling into a maple tree surrounded by children watching
a young woman drawing a bow
a girl wearing a blue coat kneeling on ice and holding an ice fishing pole over a hole in the ice
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Programs & Events

Discover the outdoors, explore history, learn about nature and more. See what's happening at your favorite park or browse programs across all parks below. 

Register online below or by calling 763-559-6700.

Find a Program by Location

Online Programs | Baker Park Reserve | Baker Outdoor Learning Center | Bryant | Carver | Cedar Lake Farm | Cleary Lake | Crow-Hassan | Doyle-Kennefick | Eastman Nature Center | Elm Creek | Fish Lake | French | Gale Woods Farm | Hyland Lake | Lake Minnetonka | Lake Rebecca | Lowry Nature Center | Mississippi Gateway | Murphy-Hanrehan | Noerenberg Gardens | Richardson Nature Center | Silverwood | Sochacki | Spring Lake | The Landing

New Reservation & Registration System

We have launched a new reservation and registration system to enhance your online experience with a more visual and user-friendly process.

Through our new system, you can continue to:

  • Rent equipment
  • Register for programs
  • Reserve spaces
  • Purchase passes

Learn about the new system, including how to access your account, what happens to previously purchased passes and more.

Learn About the New System
A prairie field with yellow wildflowers and blue skies in the background.

Program Registration

Program registration typically opens at 8 AM on the third Wednesday of each month for programs happening two months later.

Accessibility

Nearly all of our program offerings can be adapted or modified. 

Please call 763-559-9000 (for relay services dial 711) or email access@ThreeRiversParks.org to request free modifications and learn about available options.

All Upcoming Programs

Off-site Public Programming

Sunday, September 13: Minnesota River Canoeing Tour 

Online Programs

There are no programs at this time.

Baker Park Reserve

Friday–Sunday, August 21–23: Try-It Camping
Saturday, August 22: Friends & Family Log Rolling 

Baker Outdoor Learning Center

Sunday, September 27: Campfire Cooking: Pie Iron Perfection

Bryant Lake Regional Park

Friday, August 21: Date Night: Disc Golf 

Many monarch butterflies on purple flowers in the prairie

Carver Park Reserve

Saturday, August 22: Grimm Farm Open House 
Saturday, August 29: Grimm Farm Open House 

Sundays, September 27–October 11: Adapted Mountain Bike Club 

Lowry Nature Center

Saturday, August 22: Nature Table: Turtles 
Saturday, August 29: Nature Journal Club: Prairie Party 
Sunday, August 30: Pond Dipping for Teens and Adults with Autism 
Sunday, August 30: Let's Go Sweep Netting 

Saturday, September 5: Community Buckthorn Pull 
Tuesday, September 8: Lowry at Night: Intro to Mothing 
Saturday, September 12: Monarchs and Other Insects 
Sunday, September 13: Raptors Up Close 
Monday, September 14: My Preschooler & Me: Lowry Little Explorers 
Saturday, September 19: Bird Banding 
Sunday, September 20: A Slow Walk With a Naturalist 
Monday, September 21: My Preschooler & Me: Lowry Bookworms 
Tuesday, September 22: Nature Journal Club: Fall Equinox 
Sunday, September 27: Pinhole Nature Photography 
Monday, September 28: My Preschooler & Me: Puppet Escapades 

Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park

There are no programs at this time. 

Cleary Lake Regional Park

Wednesday, August 19: Outdoor Yoga for Mobility 
Mondays, August 24–31: Morning Stretch & Stroll: 55+ Walking Club 
Wednesday, August 26: Outdoor Yoga for Mobility 
Thursday, August 27: Grandparent Picnic & Paddleboat with Juggler Tuey 
Saturday, August 29: Paddle with a Naturalist 
Sunday, August 30: Paint & Paddle 

Mondays, September 7–28: Morning Stretch & Stroll: 55+ Walking Club 
Saturday, September 12: Fall Colors Family Kayaking 
Saturday, September 19: Fall Colors Family Canoeing 
Mondays, September 28–October 26: Fall Hiking Club 

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Tuesday, August 25: Prairie Seed Collection
Thursday, August 27: Prairie Seed Collection

Thursday, September 3: Monarch Tagging on the Prairie 
Saturday, September 12: Bees, Bergamot & Birds: BioBlitz on the Crow River 
Tuesday, September 15: Prairie Seed Collection
Saturday, September 19: Prairie Seed Collection
Saturday, September 19: Biking Through History: As the Crow Flows 

Thursday, October 1: Prairie Seed Collection
Saturday, October 3: Prairie Seed Collection
Tuesday, October 6: Prairie Seed Collection

Doyle-Kennefick Regional Park

Saturday, September 26: Prairie Bathing Under a Harvest Moon 

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Thursday, September 3: Prairie Seed Collection
Saturday, September 19: Family Archery 
Sunday, September 20: Pierre Bottineau Open House 

Eastman Nature Center

Wednesday, August 19: Women, Woods and Wine Hike 
Thursday, August 20: My Child & Me: Picnic Blanket Program 
Saturday, August 22: My Child & Me: Creek Adventure with an Author 
Sunday, August 23: Drop-In Discoveries: Monarchs Up Close 
Tuesday, August 25: Chaos to Calm 
Tuesday, August 25: Youth Drop-off: Go Deeper—Water Engineers
Wednesday, August 26: Wellness Wednesday 
Thursday, August 27: Prairie Flowers & Pollinators 
Friday, August 28: Pond Dipping After Dark 
Friday, August 28: Migración de la mariposa monarca 
Saturday, August 29: Monarch Migration from Minnesota to Mexico 
Sunday, August 30: Drop-In Discoveries: Monarchs Up Close 

Tuesday, September 1: Biking the Rivers of Ice 
Saturday, September 5: Big Year of Rivers: Creek Walk 
Saturday, September 5: Monarch Migration from Minnesota to Mexico 
Sunday, September 6: Drop-In Discoveries: Big Year of Rivers Geocaching 
Tuesday, September 8: My Preschooler & Me: Puppet Escapades 
Wednesday, September 9: Women, Woods and Wine Hike 
Wednesday, September 9: Wellness Wednesday 
Thursday, September 10: Hike with Baby 
Sunday, September 13: Drop-In Discoveries: Cyanotype Art 
Thursdays, September 17–November 19: Preschool Drop-off Series: Kits & Cubs (morning) 
Thursdays, September 17–November 19: Preschool Drop-off Series: Kits & Cubs (afternoon)
Saturday, September 19: The Secret Insides of Fishes 
Sunday, September 20: Drop-In Discoveries: Prairie Insect Hunt 
Wednesday, September 23: My Preschooler & Me: Bookworms Story Hour 
Wednesday, September 23: Wellness Wednesday 
Saturday, September 26: Ecology of Dice & Dragons: Fury of the Elementals 
Sunday, September 27: Drop-In Discoveries: The Wandering Naturalist 

Fish Lake Regional Park

Thursday, August 27: Drop-In Discoveries: Monarchs Up Close 

Wednesday–Sunday, September 9–13: Advanced Communications Workshop 
Saturday, September 26: 50+ Adventures: Fall Colors Canoeing 
Saturday, September 26: Fall Colors Canoeing 

French Regional Park

Thursday, August 27: Drop-In Discoveries: Monarchs Up Close 

Tuesdays, September 8–November 17: Trails Club for Women 
Wednesdays, September 16–November 4: GreenFit Club: Nordic Walking 
Monday, September 28: My Child & Me: Eco Art—Cyanotype & Plants 
Wednesday, September 30: Rooted in Art: Mosaic Shells 

Gale Woods Farm

Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (5:30–6 PM) 
Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (6–6:30 PM) 
Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (6:30–7 PM) 
Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (7–7:30 PM) 
Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (7:30–8 PM) 
Friday, August 21: Pizza Date Night (8–8:30 PM) 
Saturday, August 22: Saturday Morning on the Farm 
Monday, August 24: Field to Fork: Cooking with Kids 
Wednesday, August 26: Family Fiber Fun 
Friday, August 28: Felted Rug 
Saturday, August 29: Saturday Morning on the Farm 

Saturday, September 5: Saturday Morning on the Farm 
Thursday, September 10: My Preschooler & Me: Farm Beginnings (morning) 
Thursday, September 10: My Preschooler & Me: Farm Beginnings (afternoon) 
Saturday, September 12: Saturday Morning on the Farm 
Friday, September 11: Garden Mocktail Party (6–6:30 PM) 
Friday, September 11: Garden Mocktail Party (6:45–7:15 PM) 
Friday, September 11: Garden Mocktail Party (7:30–8 PM) 
Monday, September 14: Farm to Jar: Basic Canning 
Saturday, September 12: Needle Felted Wildlife Sculpture 
Mondays, September 14–October 26: Preschool Drop-off Series: Little Farmhands 
Tuesdays, September 15–October 27: Preschool Drop-off Series: Little Farmhands 
Saturday, September 19: Saturday Morning on the Farm 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (4:30–5 PM) 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (5–5:30 PM) 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (5:30–6 PM) 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (6–6:30 PM) 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (6:30–7 PM) 
Saturday, September 19: Family Pizza Night (7–7:30 PM) 
Monday, September 21: My Preschooler & Me: Farm Beginnings (morning) 
Monday, September 21: My Preschooler & Me: Farm Beginnings (afternoon) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (5:30–6 PM) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (6–6:30 PM) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (6:30–7 PM) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (7–7:30 PM) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (7:30–8 PM) 
Friday, September 25: Pizza Date Night (8–8:30 PM) 
Saturday, September 26: Saturday Morning on the Farm 
Saturday, September 26: Felted Fall Flowers 

Glen Lake Golf

There are no programs at this time.

Black cows sticking their heads over a wooden fence.

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

Thursday, August 27: 50+ Adventures: Sunset Canoe 
Friday, August 28: Date Night: Sunset Canoe 

Tuesday, September 8: Prairie Seed Collection
Thursdays, September 17–November 19: Dryland Fitness Club 
Sunday, September 20: Fall Colors Family Kayaking 
Saturday, September 26: Prairie Seed Collection

Bush Lake

There are no programs at this time.

Richardson Nature Center

Sunday, August 23: Drop-In Discoveries: Honeybees 
Friday, August 28: Nature at Night: Sounds of Summer 
Saturday, August 29: Marvelous Monarchs 
Sunday, August 30: Drop-In Discoveries: Forest Free Play 

Wednesday, September 2: My Preschooler & Me: Puppet Escapades 
Thursday, September 3: Friends and Family Canoeing
Sunday, September 6: Drop-In Discoveries: Richardson 
Sunday, September 6: Drop-In Discoveries: Prairie Insects 
Monday, September 7: Marvelous Monarchs 
Saturday, September 12: Bugs, Blankets & Bluegrass 
Tuesdays, September 15–29: Preschool Series: Kits & Cubs (morning) 
Tuesdays, September 15–29: Preschool Series: Kits & Cubs (afternoon) 
Friday, September 18: My Preschooler & Me: Fall Harvest 
Sunday, September 20: Drop-In Discoveries: Meet the Amphibians 
Sunday, September 27: Drop-In Discoveries: Fall Leaves 

Hyland Hills Ski Area

There are no programs at this time.

Lake Minnetonka Regional Park

There are no programs at this time. 

Lake Rebecca Park Reserve

There are no programs at this time.

Mississippi Gateway Regional Park

Tuesday, August 18: Mississippi Muse: Mussels & Printmaking 
Saturday, August 22: Introduction to Archery for Adults 
Saturday, August 22: Intro to Archery for Families 
Sunday, August 23: Drop-In Discoveries: Meet the Animal Ambassadors 
Tuesday, August 25: Dinner Over the Campfire for Adults 
Friday, August 28: Mississippi River Kayak Tour 
Sunday, August 30: Drop-In Discoveries: Fish of the Mississippi River 

Tuesday, September 1: Mississippi River Clean Up 
Wednesday, September 2: River Concert: Pickup Truck Opera 
Saturday, September 5: Catch A Crayfish 
Sunday, September 6: Drop-In Discoveries: Slacklining 
Monday, September 7: Drop-In Discoveries: Insect Collecting 
Thursday, September 10: Fall Migration on the Flyway 
Sunday, September 13: Drop-In Discoveries: Meet the Animal Ambassadors 
Sunday, September 13: Adapted Mountain Bike Ride 
Fridays, September 18–November 20: Park Pals: Fall Series 
Saturday, September 19: River Insects and Water Quality 
Sunday, September 20: Drop-In Discoveries: Meet the Animal Ambassadors 
Sunday, September 20: Watercolors at the River 
Thursday, September 24: Fall Migration on the Flyway 

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

Thursday, August 20: Rolling Hills Hike 

Tuesday, September 8: Paint the Prairie 
Thursday, September 10: Prairie Seed Collection
Monday, September 21: Fall Equinox Hike & Campfire 
Tuesday, September 22: Prairie Seed Collection

Noerenberg Gardens

Saturday, August 29: Noerenberg History Hike 

A painted turtle sunbathing on a log.

Silverwood Park

Tuesday, August 18: Sunset Yoga 
Wednesday, August 19: Silverwood OnStage: Brandt, Hager, Mullis & Carranza 
Sunday, August 23: Skate-the-Park: A Roller-Skating Event in the Park 
Tuesday, August 25: Sunset Yoga 
Tuesday, August 25: From Plant to Pigment: Natural Dye Series 
Wednesday, August 26: Mixed Precipitation's Pickup Truck Opera Vol. 6 

Tuesday, September 1: From Plant to Pigment: Natural Dye Series 
Tuesday, September 1: Sunset Yoga 
Wednesday, September 2: My Preschooler & Me: Acorn Club 
Wednesdays, September 2–October 7: Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel Throwing Series 
Tuesday, September 8: From Plant to Pigment: Natural Dye Series 
Tuesday, September 8: Sunset Yoga 
Wednesday, September 9: Rooted in Art: Mosaic Shells 
Wednesday, September 9: Mindful Creations 
Thursday, September 10: Opening Reception: Creatures in the Playing Field 
Thursday, September 10: SPARK! Art and Nature 
Thursday, September 10: Opening Reception: In the Sky by Kim Wetzel 
Friday, September 11: My Preschooler & Me: Family Clay—Prairie 
Saturday, September 12: Field Trip: Art & Nature Festival 
Monday, September 14: My Preschooler & Me: Family Clay—Prairie 
Tuesday, September 15: Sunset Yoga 
Tuesdays, September 15–November 17: Preschool Drop-off Series: Doodlebugs (morning) 
Tuesdays, September 15–November 17: Preschool Drop-off Series: Doodlebugs (afternoon) 
Monday, September 21: Gentle Yoga Flow 
Monday, September 21: My Child & Me: Eco Art—Cyanotype & Plants 
Tuesday, September 22: Sunset Yoga 
Tuesday, September 29: Sunset Yoga 
Saturday, September 26: Fall Embroidery on Paper Workshop for Beginners 

Sochacki Park

There are no programs at this time.

Spring Lake Regional Park

Sunday, September 13: Guided Forest Bathing 

The Landing

Saturday, August 22: Big Year of Rivers: 10,000 Years at The Landing