Forest Festival Family Fun Night Returns on September 8th!

Join us for FREE outdoor fun!

Activities will include tree-climbing, inflatable axe throwing, archery, wildlife encounters, hayrack rides, kids' game, nature scavenger hunts, and much more! Free hot dog meals will also be provided (first-come, first-served).

Forest Festival Family Fun Night takes place on September 8th, 2023 from 4 to 8 PM (admission ends at 7:30) at Horning State Farm Demonstration Forest. 2106 Horning Rd #7650, Plattsmouth, NE 68048

Partners with Activities Include:

• Arbor Day Farm:  Antique Cider Pressing and Apple Tasting
• Nebraska Department of Natural Resources:  Duck, Duck, Guess
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln:  Second Annual Tree Hugging Contest
• YMCA Camp Kitaki:  To Be Announced
• UNL Extension Early Childhood Team: Early Childhood Education Activities
• Fontanelle Forest: Leaf Rubbing Art
• Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska: Girl Scouts Tree Promise - The Power of One Tree
• Keep Cass County Beautiful: The Nebraska Trail
• Wildlife Encounters: Wildlife Encounters Interactive
• Stuhr Museum: Playful Pollinators - Butterflies of Nebraska
• Nebraska Mycological Society: Fun with Fungi
• Agriculture in the Classroom: Source Search
• Dusk & Dawn: Giant Silk Moths & Butterflies
• Plattsmouth Public Library: Nature Storytime
• Raptor Encounters: Raptor Conservation Alliance
• Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium: Not-So-Creepy Crawlies
• Nebraska Wildlife Rehab: Are You Me?
• Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience with Young Nebraska Scientists: Nanoscience in Nature
• Tick Tag Go: What Makes You Tick
  
• University of Nebraska State Museum: Forest Tracks
• Nebraska Extension in Otoe County: The Fallen Log
• Audubon Society of Omaha: Bird Identification
• Conservation Nebraska: Tree Craft Activity
• Nebraska Department of Education - Farm to School: We All Need Trees
• Big Gumdrop Outdoors: Let's go fishing!
• National Park ServiceLewis and Clark National Historic Trail: Lewis and Clark Expedition!
• Lincoln Children's Museum: Forest Fox Friends
• UNL School of Natural Resources: Every Tree for Itself
• Nebraska Game and Parks - Fish & Wildlife Ed: Forest Safari
• Nebraska Game and Parks - Hunter Ed: Archery
• Hastings Museum: Collecting Nature's Colors
• Lauritzen Gardens: Nature's Skyscrapers
• Agriculture in the Classroom: Source Search
• Stuhr Museum: Playful Pollinators

• And more to come...