Save the date for the 25th anniversary celebration of Claytor Nature Center! Free admission all day! Guided hikes, tours of the farmhouse and the observatory, music, and activities for the whole family. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from 5 to 7 p.m.
Join Claytor Nature Center staff for an evening social at historic Cloverlea Farm! This is an OPEN event and anyone over 21 years of age can attend. As the sun sets, enjoy after-hours access and mingle with friends, family, and supporters of the Center. Please note: attendees should enter the grounds via the Woods Road...
This class is three days: June 1, 2, and 3 from 9-noon at Claytor Nature Center! Pre-registration is required. The goal of the class is to complete a landscape painting in three sessions by completing a major part of the painting each meeting. What you’ll learn: How to begin a painting, line in, block in,...
This class is three days: June 1, 2, and 3 from 9-noon at Claytor Nature Center! Pre-registration is required. The goal of the class is to complete a landscape painting in three sessions by completing a major part of the painting each meeting. What you’ll learn: How to begin a painting, line in, block in,...
This class is three days: June 1, 2, and 3 from 9-noon at Claytor Nature Center! Pre-registration is required. The goal of the class is to complete a landscape painting in three sessions by completing a major part of the painting each meeting. What you’ll learn: How to begin a painting, line in, block in,...
This class will begin with warm up exercises, such as blind contour drawings, quick sketches, or gesture drawings. In drawing from direct observation, you’ll use a variety of techniques including contour lines, positive and negative space, perspective, sighting of angles and measurements. The instructor will demonstrate each activity and discuss the concepts as you practice...
For this trail run at Claytor Nature Center, meet at 1844 Woods Road at the Education building parking lot. The run will be about 4 miles.
Enjoy the winter scenes at Claytor Nature Center with this guided hike. Free to the public! The hike will last an hour or so and everyone is welcome to stay and hike longer if they'd like. Click here to register.
The 5th annual Bedford Hike for Hope will be hosted at Claytor Nature Center, benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This is their second year hosting the Hike, and they are happy to have grown a bit, along with adding elements to this year's event. Please join a team, create your own, or make...
Destination Bedford offers big, bold and unforgettable experiences. You’ll see stunning beauty in the Blue Ridge Mountains and hear stories of bravery that will take your breath away at the National D-Day Memorial.
