Every Saturday

Enjoy free, family-friendly drop-in programs every Saturday!

Nature Play
10:00am-12:00pm
Nature Play is lightly guided by Oxbow Meadows volunteers and is designed to encourage children and adults to be creative while exploring nature.

Discovery Time
2:00pm-4:00pm
Enjoy exploring our facility at your own pace. Families can visit our exhibits, discover wildlife, and enjoy learning throughout the center.

No registration needed. Just stop on by!

2026 Meetings
Chattahoochee Valley Beekeeping Association
Keeping Bees. Building Community

CVBA Website

October 17, 2026

Early Bird Family Hike
9:00am-10:00am | Free
Join us for an Early Bird Walk, a guided morning hike along our nature trail. Families and children of all ages will enjoy identifying birds, listening for bird calls, and exploring. 

Birds of Prey with Earthquest
11:00-12:00 | FREE
Join us at the FREE Birds of Prey Show! Steve Hoddy of Earthquest will show many different birds of prey and their amazing skills throughout the show.

Build a Bird Feeder
12:00pm-1:00am | $5 per child
Build a tasty treat for your backyard birds by making a pinecone bird feeder! We will use natural materials to build a bird feeder and learn about our feathered friends! (crisco on pinecones, bird seed, yarn optional to hang it from a branch, discovery forest)

October 24, 2026

Visit Oxbow at:
Savage Hart Wildlife Rehabilitation Open House & Fundraiser

 Join us for Savage Hart Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Annual Open House & Fundraiser!

Event Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: 303 Hudson Mill Rd., Hamilton, GA

Savage Hart's Open House is the one day each year we open our wildlife hospital to the public! Come take a look behind the scenes, learn more about wildlife rehabilitation, and meet some of the other local organizations working to protect Georgia’s native wildlife and natural resources.

Savage Hart Open House Details

October 31, 2026

Visit Oxbow at:
Historic Westville Village
Trick, Treats, & Tall Tales

Trick or Treat your way around Historic Westville Village during this all ages Halloween event! Costumes are encouraged. Well behaved, leashed dogs welcome. For more information, contact 706-221-9330.

Event Time: 10:00am-4:oopm
Location: Historic Westville Village

Historic Westville Village

November 7, 2026

River Rendezvous
9:00am-1:00pm | Free

Help us monitor the health of the Chattahoochee River Basin! Come out with friends, family, or on your own to collect water samples from creeks and tributaries in the Columbus area. Your participation will help provide a snapshot of water quality in the Middle Chattahoochee region.

No previous monitoring experience is necessary! We’ll provide instructions on how to collect water samples before splitting into teams to collect samples from nearby sites. After visiting your site, return to the starting point to deliver your sample and enjoy a complimentary lunch while our staff and interns analyze water samples.

Most sample sites are accessible by a short drive and/or walk from our starting point, but volunteers will need to be comfortable navigating to and accessing stream-side sample sites. This event will take place rain or shine from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., so please dress accordingly.

Free to attend, but registration is required. Children ages 10+ are welcome to attend with a guardian present. Please keep your pets at home for this event.

Register for River Rendezvous

November 14, 2026

Nature Babies
9:30am-10:15am | $5
Bring your little one to discover the wonders of nature! This hands-on program encourages early exploration and sensory discovery! 

Wildlife Detectives
11:00-11:30 | FREE
Become wildlife detectives on a short forest walk. Look for nests, holes in trees, tracks, spiderwebs, and other clues that animals live nearby. 

Nature Suntchers
1:30pm-2:30am | $5 per child
Join us for this enchanting Nature Suncatcher Craft! Invite your little ones to explore nature and have fun making their own suncatcher!

November 21, 2026

Little Naturalist
9:30am-10:15am | $5
Enjoy this hands-on program that provides an opportunity for young children ages 3 to 6 to connect with nature. Children will have the chance to learn through exploration, creativity, and hands-on discovery.

Forest Finders
11:00-12:00 | FREE
Become wildlife detectives on a short forest walk. Look for nests, holes in trees, tracks, spiderwebs, and other clues that animals live nearby. 

Wild Pages: Nature Journaling
1:30pm-2:30am | $5 per child
Introduce kids to nature journaling! Explore the forest, choose something interesting to observe, and record it with drawings, labels, colors, and questions.

2026 Closings

Oxbow will be closed the following 2026 dates:

• January 1-3, 2026
• June 19, 2026
• July 3-4, 2026
• October 9-10, 2026 
• November 26-28, 2026
• December 25-31, 2026
• January 1-2, 2027