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Buzz over to Dunwoody Nature Center for a visit to see the park and Educational Exhibits — It's FREE!
We can be reached at (770) 394-3322.
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Educational Exhibits at
Dunwoody Nature Center
We feel that it is important to help children (and adults) learn about science, nature, and the world around us in fun and creative ways. We strive to share accurate information presented in formats that will encourage further investigation by inquisitive visitors.
Toward that end, with the help of many volunteers (individuals and organizations), we maintain a small reference library and a number of educational exhibits for the public. These are FREE and open to the public from 9–5, Monday through Friday, when the building is open (provided we are not holding a class in that area of the building at the time you visit).
Drop by sometime for a visit! You might want to have a picnic in the park, walk the trails, or splash in the creek while you are there. Learn about some of our ongoing exhibits below:
» Compost Demonstration Site
» Honeybee Observation Hive and Pollinator's Paradise Garden
» Raptor Information Corner
Compost Demonstration Site
A collaboration between DeKalb County Master Gardeners and Composters Bobbi Sedam, Lucinda Headrick, and Jackie Heyda in 1997, this area is one of several county-wide sites designed to educate the public about the benefits of composting. Our site features three types of compost bins.
The site is currently maintained by Bobbi and Bonnie Barton. Bobbi has also set up a Vermicomposting (WORM composting) site inside the building to teach about setting up and using that type of composting as well.
Help yourself to all kinds of composting literature at the display inside the building and if you are lucky enough to catch one of our "Compost Queens" at work she can help answer your questions on the subject.
and Pollinator's Paradise Garden
If you have ever wondered just WHAT all those bees did to keep themselves so busy, now you have a chance to find out for yourself. Come see the new hive, with its queen bee (marked with a red dot on her back).
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If you sit and watch for a few minutes you may see the workers come in with their leg sacks full of pollen to do the "bee dance" and show the others where she found the pollen. You could be lucky enough to see a new bee chew her way out of the brood chamber, clean herself up, and almost immediately start to work. Or you could see the queen laying eggs and being tended to by many of the workers.
These things and a number of honeybee educational exhibits to teach you more about the bees are available at Dunwoody Nature Center for you and your family to see.
Pollinators Paradise Garden has been created just outside the bee entrance to the hive. It is filled with plants to attract and feed bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and the other important pollinators of our gardens.
Benjamin Hillis Raptor Information Center
If you're interested in ogling owls, hung up on hawks, avidly eyeing eagles, or viewing vultures: This exhibit is for you!
Have you ever wondered how big your armspan (or height or weight) is compared to the raptor of your choice — come check it out. There are photos and descriptions of the "local" big birds as well as a wingspan and height graphic (at kid's eye level) and a scale with bean bags that weigh as much as each of the raptors descibed.
Don't just read about them — come get a feel for each of these magnificent birds! Learn about their habitat, food, habits, building nest boxes for owls, and much more.