SOlar powered saturdays
Family Fun AT The Forest!
Solar Powered Saturdays is a 10-week program designed for all ages — from infants to teens, alongside parents, grandparents, or guardians — offering a multigenerational nature immersion experience!
With weekly themes, gentle hikes on our 32 acre Arboretum-in-the-making, take-home crafts, and family-friendly learning opportunities, every Saturday is a new adventure with a focus on the power of our star, The Sun!
We'll plant in our community garden and food forest, make solar prints, map trails, roast breakfast over a campfire, and send your family home with new naturalist skills, memories, and deeper connections to our community and our planet.
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Children of all ages along with their parents, or grandparents, or other caregivers
fall 2025 semester is ten weeks
September 27th to December 6th, 2025.
Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm
We invite you to bring your picnic and eat lunch at noon on the lawn and relax!
$320 for the whole family
Overall Creek arboretum
7512 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, 37209
Explore Nature Together — spend time in the outdoors as a family, led by our team of Forest Guides! Learn to identify plants, track seasonal changes, and deepen your understanding of our local ecosystem!
Movement, Music, Making — Circle up for yoga in the sun, learn family friendly songs that ground us, create nature based crafts from found and repurposed materials!
Harness the Sun’s Energy — dive into the world of solar power with hands-on demos, explore how energy moves through nature (from photosynthesis to human metabolism), and experiment with creative solar projects like anthotype prints!
Grow and Give Back — help tend our community garden, explore the planting of a food forest, and take part in building trails and identifying trees as we work toward arboretum status!
Meet the Experts — from arborists to ornithologists, farmers to hydrologists, you’ll learn directly from inspiring guest specialists who bring our natural world in focus!