Family Fun At DNC
There are always fun activities to enjoy at DNC. Bring the whole family and enjoy the outdoors. Dunwoody Nature Center features wetland, woodland and streamside trails, display gardens, a picnic meadow and a shaded playground.
The park is open sun-up to sundown, seven days a week, free of charge. Dunwoody Nature Center is open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays by prior arrangement.
Here are just a few of the special things you can do at DNC this spring and summer:
Concerts in the Park
- Brian Ashley Jones - Saturday, July 12; 5-7 pm
- Kristin Tinsley - Saturday, August 16; 6-8 pm
- Nick Edelstein - Saturday, September 13; 6-8 pm
- Amon Yatta & Family Affair - Saturday, October 4; 6-8 pm
Bring your chairs, blankets and picnics for an evening of music in the meadow. FREE TO DNC members and children 2 and under.
DNC Members: Free
Non-members: $3/child 3-12 and $5/adult
"Go outside and play!"
Summer break is usually associated with outdoor fun, but how many of our kids today think "skipping a stone" means overlooking a rock? Or that the phrase "go fly a kite" is an insult? Or that "going fishing" is a reference to the TV show "Deadliest Catch"? Or even that "playing" can only happen in front of the large-screen television? National Wildlife Federation aims to make the answers to all these questions "none" with the release of Connecting Today's Kids With Nature: A Policy Action Plan.
On a walk through a typical American neighborhood this summer, one might be hard pressed to find a bare-foot kid chasing down a toad, or building a tree fort in the woods, or flying a kite in the park. Organized play at the soccerplex has replaced unstructured play down at the creek. As American childhood has moved indoors, research shows that many of today's children are actually gaining weight during the summer break. And as electronic entertainment replaces both structured and unstructured outdoor experiences, many children are being raised so cut off from their natural world that they are not developing a connection with nature. Not only is this connection an important quality-of-life issue by contributing to emotional and physical well being, it also forms the cornerstone of an environmental stewardship ethic.
For more information and suggestions for getting your children OUTSIDE, visit the National Wildlife Federation web site. The full press release is here: "New Report Aims to Save America's Kids from an 'Indoor Summer'"