Hours
Closed indoors for remodeling.
Outside programming Friday to Saturday.
Closed Sunday-Thursday.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Available for booking school, community and family group programs Tuesday through Thursdays. Contact us at binc@dzs.org.
The Belle Isle Nature Center is here to help keep you informed with video lessons and tips.
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Detroit Zoo | A Walk with the Galls
Take a walk in the native pollinator garden at the Belle Isle Nature Center, discovering some little-noticed natural treasures. -
Detroit Zoo | The Birds and the Bees: Make your Backyard Welcoming for the Bees
Join us to celebrate our love of The Birds and The Bees. Learn from this video how you can make your backyard or balcony more welcoming to wild bees and create a bee house.
This Virtual Vitamin Z episodes are presented by T-Mobile. The Detroit Zoological Society is incredibly appreciative of their support, which allows us to continue to provide engaging and informative digital content for our community!
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Detroit Zoo | Celebrating Science: Detroit Beekeeping
Join us in this episode of Celebrating Science as we spotlight Lisa Robinson, a Detroit beekeeper. She highlights the critical role of honey bees and what we can do to stop their declining population.
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Detroit Zoo | Birds and The Bees: The Great Backyard Bird Count!
Join us to celebrate our love of The Birds and The Bees each Friday in February. This week, find out how you can be a citizen scientist with the Great Backyard Bird Count.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes From the Nature Center: Learn How Mammals Prepare for the Winter
Fall is a time to fatten up!
Join Erin at the Belle Isle Nature Center to learn how some native mammal species prepare for the long winter ahead.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes From the Nature Center: Poison Ivy
Take a nature walk with Ajee, and learn how to identify poison ivy leaves in every season.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes from the Nature Center: Make a Fire Starter!
Join Amy at the Belle Isle Nature Center as she shows you how to create a fire starter using recycled materials that you can find in your home.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes from the Nature Center: Seed Hike
Join Erin, nature centers manager, on a Belle Isle seed hike to see a few different ways plants disperse their seeds. Then learn why it is important to preserve natural spaces and allow native plants to propagate.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes from the Nature Center: Tic-Tac-Toe!
There are so many ways to play outside on a beautiful autumn day!
Join Amy, nature centers director, to learn how to create a natural tic-tac-toe board using colorful leaves and fallen sticks.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Notes from the Nature Center: White-Throated Sparrows
Join Erin, nature centers manager, to learn more about birds who actually migrate to Michigan in the fall.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Educational Lesson: Make Your Yard Clean-Up Wildlife-Friendly
Fall is upon us!
Join Erin, Nature Centers Manager, for tips on how to be wildlife-friendly as you do your fall yard and garden clean-ups.
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Belle Isle Nature Center | Pollinator Preferences
Can you design an experiment that helps you determine which plants are preferred by pollinators? Get the buzz with Erin, nature centers manager.
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