Clover Petal

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Why is it important to use our resources wisely? Learn how to minimize waste and practice using your resources wisely by reducing, reusing, and recycling. See how Briar Bush uses its resources wisely to care for the resident animals and the natural world! This badge program includes a story, recycling challenge, craft, and guided hike.

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Design with Nature Badge​

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Have you ever gone on a hike and wondered where the animals were? Have you ever wanted to go bird-watching? Join us at Briar Bush to explore life on the trails! This badge program includes bird-watching, sorting, and map activities.

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Eco-Learner Badge

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Learn about forest habitat while exploring the trails at Briar Bush! You'll learn how to be respectful to nature and how to protect it. This badge program includes a story, live animal encounter (two animals), game, guided hike, and craft.

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Flower Garden Journey

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

This program is a great introduction to the natural world. Learn about the importance of plants and understand their life cycle. Go on a hike in search of plants and insects under logs. Visit the compost pile and learn how nature makes soil. Plant a seed to take home. Participate in a small service project to help the wild critters of Briar Bush. There's so much to learn and do! This journey program includes a story, plant/seed lesson and activities, plant-a-garden activity, and guided hike.

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Numbers in Nature Badge

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Daisies explore how to measure the size and number of objects in nature found at Briar Bush. They'll create their own unit of measure for nature, too! This badge program includes shadow, measuring, and sorting activities.

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Outdoor Art Maker Badge

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in Spring, Summer, and Fall

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

From a blue sky to a bird’s song, nature can give you lots of ideas for art! Get ready to explore the outdoors at Briar Bush and use what you see and hear to make different kinds of art projects. This badge program includes senses activities, scavenger hunt, and art activities.

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Rose Petal

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

There are many ways we can make the world a better place for everyone - both people and animals. Let's make Briar Bush a better place for its visitors and animal residents by feeding the wild birds, picking up trash on the trails, and more! This badge program includes a story, art project, bird feeder activity, habitat activity, and guided hike.

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Shapes in Nature Badge

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Nature is full of beautiful things. This badge is all about looking carefully at nature. Daisies identify shapes and patterns in natural objects like rainbows, flowers, and leaves. This badge program includes an outdoor scavenger hunt and pattern/art activities.

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Space Science Explorer Badge

1-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Take a trip to the sun, moon, and stars! Explore space through observing the sun and moon. Discover and create your own constellations! This badge program includes shadow, moon, and star activities.

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Trail Adventure Badge

1-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Join a Briar Bush Educator for a trail adventure! Learn how to prepare for a hike, then participate in a guided hike and hiking activities along the trails. This badge program includes hiking activities and a guided hike.

Cabin Camper Badge

Overnight Badge Program

Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Camping is always an adventure! Learn how to plan and pack for a camping trip. Plan and prepare a snack. Learn a new camping skill like fire-building. Explore the trails while taking a hike! This badge program includes camping activities and a guided hike.

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Eco-Friend Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Explore the Briar Bush trails in search of animal homes. Learn how to protect this forest habitat for critters that inhabit it! This badge program includes hiking activities and campfire lesson.

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Hiker Badge

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Briar Bush is known for its beautiful hiking trails leading to various places of interest such as the Bird Observatory, Pond, Playscape, Outdoor Classroom, and Butterfly House. Sing hiking songs, pack fun and tasty snacks, and hunt for animal signs all while learning to become a knowledgeable Brownie hiker. This badge program includes a map-reading lesson, hiking equipment lesson, hiking snack activity, and guided hike.

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Numbers in Nature Badge

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in Spring and Summer

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing are all ways to sense or understand the world around us. Use your senses and numbers to help better understand the Briar Bush forest! This badge program includes temperature, measuring, graphing, and plotting activities.

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Outdoor Adventurer Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in Spring, Summer, or Fall

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Play outdoors, explore nature, learn a new skill, and care for the world around you. There are so many adventures waiting for you so hang on, jump in, and get ready to explore the great outdoors! This badge program includes a guided hike with scavenger hunt, survival/night games, campfire-building lesson, and bird feeder craft.

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Outdoor Art Creator Badge

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in Spring, Summer, and Fall

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Nature is your inspiration as you create art and music. Explore Briar Bush and become inspired by the natural world right in your own backyard! This badge program includes an animal encounter (two animals) and a guided hike with activities and nature crafts.

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Pets Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Whether they're cute and cuddly or slimy and scaly, pets are so much fun. If you hope to have a pet someday, or have one now, use this badge to learn how to take good care of them. The Briar Bush staff takes great care of their resident animals, so come learn from the best! This badge program includes an animal encounter, pet-themed games and activities, and pet toy or sleeping area craft.

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Senses Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Get ready to use your five senses to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch the natural world around you. Go on a scavenger hunt, listen to the birds, follow your nose, discover the tiny taste buds found on your tongue, and feel the textures of nature. Use your senses to explore all that Briar Bush has to offer. This badge program includes a guided hike with scavenger hunt and senses activities.

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Shapes in Nature Badge

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Nature is full of colors and shapes. Imagine a leopard’s spots or a butterfly’s wings, a bee’s honeycomb or turtle’s shell. We’ll take a close look at natural objects while tracking, graphing, and collecting data. This badge program includes a guided hike with scavenger hunt and shape activities.

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Space Science Adventurer Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Whether you’ve searched for shooting stars or found shapes in the clouds, you’ve probably already spent some time looking at the sky. Now’s your chance to explore the night sky at Briar Bush! This badge program includes planet, telescope, moon, and star activities.

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STEM Career Exploration Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Briar Bush? Learn more about the role of an environmental educator by participating in nature-based activities and asking questions! ​​This badge program includes nature-based activities and discussion time.

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Trail Adventure Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Join a Briar Bush Educator for a trail adventure! Learn how to prepare for a hike, then participate in a guided hike and hiking activities along the trails. This badge program includes hiking activities.

Camper Badge

Overnight Badge Program

Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

What happens at Briar Bush after dark? An overnight trip in the great outdoors brings you closer to nature and allows you to explore Briar Bush after dark. Watch a sky full of stars, cook a meal over the fire, learn how to tie a knot or build a campfire, and explore the darkened area around you. Look forward to a night of discovery! This badge program includes a campfire-building lesson, campfire-cooking lesson, nature-journaling activity, and nighttime games.

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Numbers in Nature Badge​

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

How do you know what time it is or what the weather will be? Can you figure out how old a tree is by looking at it? In this badge, you’ll do all of these things! Math can be used to tell us all kinds of things about nature, from how tall or old a tree is to the weather, season, or time. This badge program includes making a sundial, predicting the weather, measuring the circumference of trees, and shadow activities.

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Outdoor Art Explorer Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Note: Scouts must bring their own phone or camera for Requirement #4.

Nature is your inspiration as you create art and music. Explore Briar Bush and become inspired by the natural world right in your own backyard! This badge program includes creating artwork inspired by wildlife and natural materials, creating music, macro and micro activity, and designing a birdhouse.

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STEM Career Exploration Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Briar Bush? Learn more about the role of an environmental educator by participating in nature-based activities and asking questions! ​This badge program includes nature-based activities and discussion time.

STEM Career Exploration Badge

1.5-Hour Program or Overnight Badge Program

Up to 25 Individuals or Up to 20 Individuals

Available in All Seasons

This program can be scheduled during daylight or nighttime hours.

This program can be scheduled as an Overnight Badge Program.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Briar Bush? Learn more about the role of an environmental educator by participating in nature-based activities and asking questions! ​This badge program includes nature-based activities and discussion time.

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Trees Badge

1.5-Hour Program

Up to 25 Individuals

Available April-October

This program must be scheduled during daylight hours.

Our forest is full of trees! Grab your naturalist hat and get ready to get to know the trees at Briar Bush and in your own backyard! Learn more about the science behind trees, explore the connection between trees and people, get crafty, and help the trees thrive! This badge program includes a tree parts lesson, designing a treehouse, tree crafts, learning about people and trees, and tree care.