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Open Space Events

Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Aug 06, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — East Mountain Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Aug 15, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Main Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Intro to the Outdoors: Learn to Birdwatch

Aug 16, 2025 from 07:30 AM to 09:30 AM — Elena Gallegos Open Space | Kiwanis Shelter —
Join staff and volunteer experts and explore various Open Space properties and experience all that your public lands have to offer.
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Animal Tracking Workshop

Aug 23, 2025 from 08:00 AM to 11:00 AM — Open Space Visitor Center —
Join the Open Space Visitor Center for this FREE community event!
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Sharing Our Open Spaces and Trails

Aug 23, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM — Elena Gallegos Open Space hosted inside the Kiwanis shelter area —
Join the Open Space Division to explore Leave No Trace principles, trail etiquette, wilderness safety, fire awareness, and responsible e-bike use in Albuquerque's Open Space areas.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Aug 27, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM — South Valley Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Aug 28, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM — Erna Fergusson Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Family Nature Club: Exploring Elena (all ages)

Aug 30, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Elena Gallegos Open Space —
Join an Open Space educator for a family-friendly hike and engage in hands-on learning together as a family, listen to natural history fun facts, enjoy storytelling, and seek out wildlife.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Sep 03, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — South Broadway Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Birdwatching 101: A Beginner’s Guide (18 +)

Sep 05, 2025 from 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM — Juan Tabo Public Library —
Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more.
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Home Composting Basics

Sep 06, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Open Space Visitor Center —
Join us for this FREE class for all ages! The class will cover the science, art, materials, methods and benefits of home composting.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Sep 11, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Lomas Tramway Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Sep 17, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Cherry Hills Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Birdwatching 101: A Beginner’s Guide (18 +)

Sep 19, 2025 from 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM — Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Public Library —
Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more.
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Family Nature Club: In a Flash (all ages)

Sep 20, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Tingley Beach —
Join an Open Space educator for a family-friendly hike and engage in hands-on learning together as a family, listen to natural history fun facts, enjoy storytelling, and seek out wildlife.
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Birdwatching 101: A Beginner’s Guide (18 +)

Sep 25, 2025 from 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM — Tony Hillerman Public Library —
Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more.
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Discovery Day: Nature's Superpowers (ages 0-6)

Sep 26, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Central & Unser Library —
Join an Open Space Educator with your little one at an Albuquerque Public Library and have fun together making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project.
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Sharing Our Open Spaces and Trails

Sep 27, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM — Embudo Trailhead —
Join the Open Space Division to explore Leave No Trace principles, trail etiquette, wilderness safety, fire awareness, and responsible e-bike use in Albuquerque's Open Space areas.
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Cold and Flu Tincture Workshop with Dara Saville

Sep 27, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM — Open Space Visitor Center —
Join us for this free workshop! You will learn how tincturing, herbalists can extract the medicinal properties of the plant along with many other beneficial components like vitamins, minerals, and several unknown properties, that may actually help boost the body's immune system and naturally prevent toxic side effects. Modern pharmacologists isolate only a plant's primary medicinal constituent to synthesize for drug manufacturing, which can sometimes cause unexpected side effects. Dara teaches you to gain only the properties needed.
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