What we’re about
Nature Guelph is an active club for all nature lovers in the Guelph, Ontario area, promoting and providing opportunities for nature connection, education and conservation. Our events are free and open to the public. We hope you will join us!
Nature Guelph hosts a monthly speaker series and member meeting at the University of Guelph Arboretum Centre with exciting guest speakers, as well as regular outdoor events and field trips in the Guelph area and beyond. We have a special interest group for wildflower lovers, a Young Naturalists program for kids 6-10 (which is currently on hold), and an EcoLeaders programs for teens.
Our membership is open to nature lovers of all ages and backgrounds. There’s always room for new members, and visitors are always welcome. Not sure that Nature Guelph is for you? Feel free to join us for free at any of our meetings or outdoor events, and we’re sure you’ll be hooked!
You may know Nature Guelph by its previous name: the Guelph Field Naturalists. The name may have changed, but our love of nature has remained the same since our founding in 1966!
Check us out at natureguelph.ca and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/natureguelph/
CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you would like to contact us, please send us an email at info@natureguelph.ca. Our volunteers are unable to closely monitor all of our social media accounts, so please don't send us a message on meetup or elsewhere. If you have a question about one of our events, please contact us using the email provided in the event description for that event.
COVID-19 UPDATE:
Welcome to our 2021-22 membership season! We continue to provide our monthly Speaker Series as well as Wildflower and Bird-Wing themed meetings/ presentations virtually via Zoom. We are starting to resume in person outdoor programming, and are pleased to be able to offer our EcoLeaders youth program in person at the University of Guelph Arboretum. Our Young Naturalists (NATs) youth programs are still on hold.
Yours in Nature! 🌤🦊🦆🐍☘️🌺🐝🦇🌲🌾🦨🐢
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Bugs in bugs: the fascinating friendship between insects and microbesOAC Centennial Arboretum Centre, Guelph, ON
Please join Nature Guelph on May 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm for a presentation by Yanira Jiménez Padilla about the microbes found in insects. Everyone is welcome!
Insects are the most diverse and abundant group of animals in the world, but they’re not alone. Virtually all insects carry beneficial microbes inside and out. The microbes get a ride and a meal while keeping their insect host healthy. Unknown to most, this unique relationship has also benefited us — think about wine and sourdough where insect-borne microbes were crucial in their development. These creepy crawlies and their “bugs” may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the closer you look and the more you learn, the more beauty you discover.
Originally from Mexico, Yanira Jiménez Padilla is now a PhD student in the Sinclair lab at Western University, where her love for all things BUG has grown. As part of her graduate degree, Yanira studies how the microbes that live inside the gut of insects affect their health. One of Yanira’s passions is to participate in outreach events, teach, mentor, and talk to anyone who wants to listen about the wonderful world of insects.
Photo: Dr. Horst Neve, Max Rubner-Institut, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
COVID PROTOCOLSMasks recommended but not required. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID.
ABOUT NATURE GUELPHNature Guelph is an active community of nature lovers connecting people with nature and inspiring them to celebrate and protect it. We host monthly Speaker Series presentations, offer interest-specific programs for wildflower and bird lovers, lead outdoor events that celebrate our natural spaces, and offer educational and inspiring youth programs. We also partner with other local, like-minded organizations on a number of local conservation, citizen science and advocacy initiatives.
THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.Suggested donation of $5 for non-members. Charitable receipts available for donations over $10. If you enjoy our events and programs, consider buying an annual membership. http://www.natureguelph.ca/membership/
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