Discover Nature Festival 2020
Presented by the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon, Discover Nature Festival offers over 35 outdoor activities for the whole family to enjoy! Due to COVID-19, our 2020 event has been cancelled.
Originally scheduled for September 19, 2020 at Riverbend Park, this free event is a major fundraiser for our organization. If you’ve attended this event in the past, or want to contribute to our mission of connecting kids to nature, please consider making a donation to support our organization.
Check out what was offered at our 2019 event:
- Gear Repair Station – The Gear Fix, Presenting Sponsor
- Climbing Wall – Bend Park and Recreation District
- Wild Side Play Area – Bend Park and Recreation District
- Fire Fighter Challenge – Deschutes National Forest
- Bat Cave – Deschutes National Forest
- Every Kid Outdoors – Deschutes National Forest
- Read with a Ranger – Deschutes National Forest
- Stream Tables – Discover Your Forest and Deschutes National Forest
- Bike Obstacle Course – Bend Endurance Academy
- Fly Casting Practice – Deschutes Redbands Chapter
- Story Walk – Discover Your Forest
- Watery Wonders – Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
- Skulls, Tracks, and Pelts – High Desert Museum
- Nature Mandala – The Environmental Center
- The 10 Essentials – Camp Fire Central Oregon
- Composting Cornhole and Scavenger Hunt – Camp Tamarack
- Got Bugs? – Oregon Parks and Recreation
- Crosscut Saw Demonstration – Heart of Oregon Corps
- Braintan Leather Demonstration – Wildheart Nature School
- Milkweed Planting – Deschutes Land Trust
- Birds of Bend – East Cascades Audubon Society
- Slacklining – Tula Movement Arts
- Health Snacks – OSU-Extension
- Obstacle Course – Mosaic Medical
- Solar Viewing – Sisters Astronomy Club
- Mural Project – Children’s Forest of Central Oregon
- Geocaching – Children’s Forest of Central Oregon
PLUS, the Tiny Explorers Zone with:
- Butterfly Art – Children’s Forest of Central Oregon
- Nature Crowns – Bend Forest School
- Mini-Obstacle Course
Thank you to our 2019 Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
Media Sponsor
Three Sisters Sponsor
Broken Top Sponsors
Tumalo Mountain Sponsors