Classes

Inspired by on-trend colors/textures and mixed with classic style, each guest will select their choice of beads to make a set of 3 stacking bracelets. Add your choice of a vintage bauble (coins from around the world, rhinestone buttons, etc) or a hand-stamped charm for a versatile statement piece.  We will help you customize the size to fit your wrist comfortably and teach you how to make bracelets that will last for years!

Join us Sunday mornings in the beautiful Saint Croix Vineyard for a 60 minute all levels vinyasa flow practice led by Live Your Truth Yoga & Lifestyle Director Sarah Cherry.

This experience will include:

Creative and intelligent themes and sequencing honoring function anatomy.

Beginner friendly Breathwork/Pranayama to help you relax and release stress and tension.

Mini Sound Bath Savasana with crystal singing bowls.

A glass of Saint Croix Vineyards wine.

These family friendly tours provide great views of local wildlife and to hear lumber-era stories from your scenic VIP seat! This is a chance to see eagles, herons, egrets, cormorants, islands, turtles, and a lumber era cave.  No experience necessary.

Includes: 90 minute guided river tour, lesson, safety overview, all gear, to and from water, snack and water. Price per adult - $55.

Kids 10 and under will share a kayak with an adult and are only $35.

Meet at Boomsite Private Marina at 9369 St Croix Trail N, Stillwater, MN 55082.  This is NOT the PUBLIC DNR Boomsite launch.

Call us for your own private and custom tour for friends and family on other dates and times.

Join guest geologist Terry Boerboom of the Minnesota Geological Survey to explore the incredible events that formed the park's iconic cliffs and glacial potholes. Then, fast forward millions of years as you walk to a rare park feature where two chapters of geologic history collided.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the park through the eyes of a geologist.

This guided walk is about two miles and includes uneven rocky terrain, short stairs and one hill. This program is best for ages 12 and up. Pre-registration is required for this special program. Please email [email protected] to reserve a spot (maximum of 20 participants).

This program takes place entirely outdoors and will be canceled or postponed in the event of lightning or thunder.

Women Walking
Saturday, June 17th, 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Belwin Conservancy Savanna Center, 795 Indian Trail, Afton, MN
Cost: $20 per person

Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, Winter Solstice, each brings us to a new season, a new place in our annual trip around the sun. We will gather together indoors to share easy, yogic centering exercises and a brief conversation about our theme. We will then move out to the woods and prairies for walking meditations and experiences in the natural world. We will end our time together with light refreshments around the fire.

Led by Lynette Anderson. Wear comfortable layers and be prepared for any weather.  Open to women over the age of 16.

RSVP required. To RSVP, go to belwin.org/events.

Summer Arts Camp is back with seven fun-filled weeks!

Mix and match different art forms, pick and choose class times across mornings, afternoons, and weeks to create your own, unique Summer Arts Camp experience.

Be part of this extraordinary theater opportunity (for 14 years +) to help stage test and Premiere a brand new musical, adding your own creative energies!

Lucette! A Lively Tale of Lumberjacks, Trees & Paul Bunyon is a libretto by Marybeth Lorbecki with musical score by Owen Paul Olson (in process) and will be directed by Dr. Kathy Welch, UWRF professor.

Rehearsals: Monday through Thursday from July 5-August 5, 2023, from 9 am to noon, at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls auditorium (Kleinpell Fine Arts Building, 420 East Cascade Avenue, River Falls, WI). It ends with 3 public performances: 7 pm on August 3 and 4, and 10 am matinee on August 5. Mark your calendars.     

Premise: 

All is not well in the forests where Paul Bunyan and his lumberjacks are cutting trees. The tall tale woman Lucette must flee along with her animal friends. Now she must go in search of a new place where she can belong.

When Paul (with Babe the Blue Ox) and the lumberjacks come to her new community, Lucette and her enormous cow, Nel, are determined to teach them a lesson. Trouble is, Paul has fallen in love!

Humorous calamities pile up as he tries to win at her love tests. Will Lucette win the day to save the trees and animals?

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This dynamic new musical--with an environmental twist--integrates a wide range of American folk music styles made contemporary in memorable singable songs.

Summer of 2024, it will go for an international debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through the University of Wisconsin-River Falls!

If you are interested (and think you can commit the time), please sign up! Fees to participate will be minimal (for copying of music and scripts) based on raising the matching grant funds needed on the Lucette! Musical GoFundMe site. You will receive more information as the summer approaches.

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Image art: Special thanks to illustrator Renée Graef for the use of her cover illustration from Paul Bunyan’s Sweetheart, the picture book on which the musical is based.

Join special guest Dave Crawford to discover the hidden stories of the park's "glacial gardens" during a guided walk. Not only is Dave one of the few people to have seen the bottom of the Bottomless Pit, he helped plan the trails that lead through the park's potholes today. He is a talented educator who has uncovered unique park stories through decades of exploring. Don't miss this special opportunity to get to know the park in a new way. This walk will be less than a mile and include uneven footing and short stairs.

Pre-registration is required for this special program. Please e-mail [email protected] to reserve a spot.

Presented in partnership with Tropical Wings and Hudson RiverFest!

Location: Al & Laurie Hein Visitor Center - 279 South Cove Road, Hudson, WI 54016

Lynette Anderson, a member of the Tropical Wings Board of Directors and a naturalist at Belwin Conservancy, will lead participants in observation, reflection, and journaling in nature.

Class size is limited to 10, so call CNC at 651 437 4359 to register.

Program Fee: $15 per participant.

Amphibians and Reptiles of Minnesota
Belwin Education Site, 1553 Stagecoach Trail S., Afton, MN 55001, USA
Saturday July 29th, 2023
10:00 -11:30 AM
Belwin Hilltop Classroom
Cost: $25

Prepare to hike on trail and off for a good share of the time. Closed toed hiking shoes, long pants, tick protection, and water are highly recommended.

Led by Jim Rue. Jim has worked as a Belwin Naturalist for over 20 years and  monitors the local Blanding's turtle and bird population.

RSVP required. Please sign up below.