Kortright Centre 2012 Event Listing

Special Event

Food Event

Evening Event

Regular Programing

Snow and Ice

Family Fun Day

Dog Sled Races - cancelled

Weekends,
February 11-12, 18-19, 25-26

1:00 pm Snowsnakes
2:30 pm Snowshoe Hike

Race a wooden "snowsnake" along an icy track. Take a snowshoeing journey and learn "cool" facts about snow.

Monday, February 20

10 am - 4 pm

Get outdoors and spend a fun Family Day at Kortright! Take part in a winter nature hike, build a snowman, and drop by the Kortright Café for a warm hot chocolate or a delicious pancake breakfast.

Saturday, February 25
(Tentative Date*)

Due to the lack of snow conditions, the Dog Sled Races scheduled for this Saturday February 25 at Kortright will have to be cancelled.

Owl Prowl

Saturday, February 25

7 pm - 9 pm

Come and experience an evening with live owls! Take a walk through the Owl habitat and learn some owl calls.

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

TRCA Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

Maple Syrup by Lamplight Dinner

Saturday, March 3 to
Monday, April 9

It's a sure sign of spring!  Come out and 'tap into nature'. Demonstrations, wagon rides, live entertainment and, of course, pancakes and maple syrup! Special March Break activities.

For daily times visit MapleSyrupFest.com

Sunday, March 31

7 pm

Tap into Spring with a magnificent evening that begins with a delicious maple themed dinner. Once your appetite has been satisfied, take advantage of a twilight guided walk through the Kortright Sugar Bush.

Menu available online

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

Nature Awakening

Kortright by Twilight

Four Winds Kite Festival

Weekends,
April 14-15, 21-22, 28-29

1:00 pm Forest Walk
2:30 pm Pond Walk

Take a walk into the forest or by the pond to see what animals are waking up after a long cold winter. Look for signs of white-tailed deer, squirrels, butterflies, toads and more!

Saturday, April 21

7 pm - 9 pm

Join us for an evening and learn about the animals that ?wake up? when the sun is going down. At the close of the evening, enjoy roasting marshmallows around a campfire.

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

Saturday and Sunday,
May 5 & 6

10 am - 4 pm

It's time to look up ? way up to see the fabulous and fascinating kites that will take to the air. A great family
outing where you can see professional kite flying demonstrations and enjoy some great springtime
activities.

Spring Wetlands

GPS/Geocaching Weekend

Mother's Day Brunch

Weekends,
May 12-13, 19-21, 26-27

1:00 pm Spring Peeper Pond
2:30 pm Windmill Pond

Visitors are given a dipnet and will be looking in the water for the many invertebrates and other animals that live or start their life in the water. This includes dragonflies, tadpoles and more.

Saturday and Sunday,
May 12 & 13

10 am - 4 pm

Find hidden geocaches on the Kortright property. Also enjoy a beginner GPS workshop Archetype Sustainable House, a BBQ, and more!

Sunday, May 13

11 am

Celebrate Mother?s Day weekend with a delicious brunch and delightful
springtime nature walk through the beautiful forest
at Kortright!

Menu available online.

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

Art in Nature

Energy

The Kortright Organic Farm

Weekends,
June 2 - July 1

1:00 pm Oudoor Sketching
2:30 pm Sketching or Workshop

Come and sketch outdoors, in nature. At 2:30 pm, Sundays only, participate in a workshop led by the McMichael Gallery staff*.
*Additional fees apply to McMichael workshops

Weekends,
July 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29

1:00 pm Fly a Kite
2:30 pm The Energy Trail

Use the wind's energy to fly kites. Pump water, ride bikes as you try to match the energy produced by the wind and sun.

Weekends,
August 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26

1:00 pm Visit the Farm
2:30 pm Make Soil

Visit Kortright's working organic farm. Learn to "make soil" and take home a pot with seeds ready to grow.

Fall Migration

Doors Open Vaughan

Fall Colours Celebration

Weekends,
September 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23

1 pm & 2:30 pm

Learn about migrating birds and butterflies. Watch for raptors, visit the Canadian Peregrine Foundation site to see the live birds.

Weekend, September 29 & 30

10 am - 4 pm

Come out and visit Kortright, as part of the Doors Open Vaughan Event.
Admission is FREE.

Weekends,
October 6-8, 13-14, 20-21

10 am - 4 pm

Lots to enjoy including guided fall colour walks, Archetype Sustainable House tours, self-guided activities and more.

Marvelous Mammals

Animals that Hoot and Howl

Weekends, October 27-28,
November 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25

1:00 pm Forest Mammals
2:30 pm Wetland Mammals

Hike with a naturalist to look for Kortright?s marvelous mammals.

Saturday, November 3

7 pm - 9 pm

Meet a live Owl. Go on a nature hike looking for night animals. Roast marshmallows around a campfire.

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

Christmas Dinner & Nature Hike

Natural Christmas Lore

Saturday, December 15

7 pm

Celebrate the season with family & friends, and enjoy a traditional Christmas Dinner and a guided nature walk at Kortright.

Menu available online.

Advance Tickets Required:
416-667-6295

Weekends
December 1-2, 8-9, 15-16

1:00 pm Christmas Natural Lore
2:30 pm Campfire stories

Learn about natural Christmas traditions and listen to Christmas stories around a campfire.