BLESS Nature Centre

BLESS Nature Centre The Big Lake Environment Support Society (BLESS) Nature Centre provides nature education experiences.

The BLESS Nature Centre offers free nature activities for kids and adults to participate in all summer! This summer the program is open from June 26th to August 25th 2023 Monday to Friday. Join us to learn about nature while having fun and participating in outdoor activities. Each week there is a different theme with different activities to inspire curiosity about the natural world.

As an add-on to our summer nature program, we are running a couple nature classes this week at Grey Nuns White Spruce Pa...
08/25/2025

As an add-on to our summer nature program, we are running a couple nature classes this week at Grey Nuns White Spruce Park! 🌲🦉

Join us for a new adventure, and learn all about a habitat different than the one we explored all summer! Broaden your horizon and witness how different soils, plants, and trees create a distinct type of environment suited to different wildlife (which we will also hopefully be seeing!) 🐾

Highlights will include many songbirds and chickadees, a boardwalk through an old growth forest, and applying the knowledge you’ve learned all summer to a new environment!

Hope to see you there! Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-program-bonus-exploring-white-spruce-park-tickets-1626642223679?aff=oddtdtcreator

🦉📢 Tomorrow night; Raptors Up Close event! We are once again teaming up with the Alberta Society for Injured Birds of P...
08/22/2025

🦉📢 Tomorrow night; Raptors Up Close event! We are once again teaming up with the Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey to provide you all the opportunity to meet and greet a Great horned owl, and a Swainsons hawk!
Hope to see you out there, no tickets needed- just show up! 😊

Happy long weekend everybody! ☀️🕶️ Links for Week 7 are now live, and the theme is “Wetland Wonders!” 🐸Come learn about ...
08/03/2025

Happy long weekend everybody! ☀️🕶️ Links for Week 7 are now live, and the theme is “Wetland Wonders!” 🐸

Come learn about the different types of wetlands in the area, cover some aquatic ecosystem basics, and discover how wetlands benefit both people and wildlife! In addition, become acquainted with the types of threats these ecosystems face.

Hope to see lots of you out there! 😊 Please note that on Monday there is no programming due to the long weekend!

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-program-week-7-wetland-wonders-tickets-1554980581779?aff=oddtdtcreator

The kids located quite an interesting (rare) find this afternoon! 🙊 What you’re looking at is called Ghost pipe (Monotro...
07/16/2025

The kids located quite an interesting (rare) find this afternoon! 🙊 What you’re looking at is called Ghost pipe (Monotropa uniflora)!

You may have noticed that this plant doesn’t have any green parts…this is because it lacks chlorophyll! Therefore it’s unable to photosynthesize to produce its own energy as other plants do. Instead it functions via parasitism; where fungi in the soil connect it to nearby tree roots to steal energy and nutrients!😮

Credit to our 12pm class for the observation!

Links are now live for next week’s “Plants of the Park” theme! 🌿🌲🍃Join us to learn all about what plants and trees are i...
07/12/2025

Links are now live for next week’s “Plants of the Park” theme! 🌿🌲🍃

Join us to learn all about what plants and trees are in the park/ how to identify them, the role these plants have in their ecosystem, and the uses these plants have for us! In addition we will also touch on the basics of invasive plants.

Hope to see you there! 🌸🌿🌾

Registration link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/plants-of-the-park-tickets-1486255683759?aff=oddtdtcreator

Links are now live for our upcoming week of programming: “Insect Safari”! 🐝🐞Join us to learn through hands on activities...
07/03/2025

Links are now live for our upcoming week of programming: “Insect Safari”! 🐝🐞

Join us to learn through hands on activities the most common insect orders and catch some butterflies! You will become familiar with various field methods scientists use to capture insects, the ecological importance of insects- as well as what an entomologist is! 😊🥼🦋

Registration Link:🪲

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-program-week-3-insect-safari-tickets-1462351034309?aff=oddtdtcreator

NOTE: If the weather is rainy, still show up because we will look for frogs! 😎🐸

Week two registration is now live for “Birds of the Boardwalk”🦆 which will run from June 30th- July 4th! (Note: no progr...
06/28/2025

Week two registration is now live for “Birds of the Boardwalk”🦆 which will run from June 30th- July 4th! (Note: no programming on Tuesday as it’s Canada Day!)

Come join us to learn all about the diversity of bird species that hang out in the John E. Poole wetland! We will have your little ones get familiar with using binoculars, learn how to identify common marsh birds, and observe a wide diversity of species up close from our boardwalk! (Hopefully we will also see a bunch of cute baby ducklings!🐥)

Looking forward to seeing you out there! 🦆

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-program-week-2-birds-of-the-boardwalk-tickets-1442687730839?aff=oddtdtcreator

Hello wildlifers! 🫎 🐥🦆After a long winter, we are ecstatic to announce the return of our Summer nature program on June 2...
06/16/2025

Hello wildlifers! 🫎 🐥🦆After a long winter, we are ecstatic to announce the return of our Summer nature program on June 23rd!

Simular to previous summers there will be a new theme each week, with both pre-registered and drop in sessions available.

Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement tomorrow regarding next week’s theme, and registration! 🐸 Hoping to see many nature kids out there again! 🦋

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1 Sturgeon Road
Saint Albert, AB
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