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Exhibits & Attractions

Green Meadow Forest

Visit the storybook world of Peter Rabbit & friends that internationally known children’s author Thornton W. Burgess created at the turn of the 20th century.

  • Tuesday Tweets

    Join Naturalist, Phil Kyle for a bird walk focused on identifying the common resident birds and include some birding basics.

  • Private Jam Classes

    Join Emalee Pierce in the Green Briar Jam Kitchen and make your own batch of something special to take home and enjoy.

  • Private Wildflower Garden Tour

    Join Janice Donovan for a private tour of the award-winning Shirley G. Cross Wildflower Garden at the Green Briar Nature Center!

  • Birthday Parties

    Reserve the Green Meadow Forest & Live Menagerie for an hour of stories, crafts, games and animal visit with Mrs. Farmer Brown.

  • Story Time

    Join Trustee, Shirley Stolte, for Story Time based on Thornton Burgess stories!

  • StoryWalk

    Welcome to the Hop Onward Rabbit Rabbit StoryWalk. StoryWalk® combines three healthy activities; walking, active movements and reading! Hop along into the story...

  • Family Jam Classes

    Working in pairs, learn as a family how to cook jam in our beloved 1903 kitchen, then bring home the fruits of your labor!

  • Adult Jam Classes

    Join Emalee Pierce in the Green Briar Jam Kitchen and make your own batch of something special to take home and enjoy.

  • Wednesday Morning Garden Tours

    The award-winning Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden at the Green Briar Nature Center is offering guided tours every Wednesday morning June through August at 10am

  • Beach Plums

    We are looking for Beach Plums! Donations accepted to help us produce our famous Beach Plum Jelly. Drop off donations at Green Briar Nature Center Tuesdays - Fridays 10am -2pm

  • Cooking with the Seasons

    Join Addie Vestal in the historic Ida Putnam Kitchen and make some with the flavors of the season.

  • EarthWorks Art Program

    AUGUST 19TH-22ND 9AM-11:30AM Join us for a nature-based art program where kids explore the outdoors and express their creativity through daily hands-on projects

  • Jam Kitchen

    The kitchen still operates and runs jam-making classes teaching the "old fashioned way" in the turn-of-the-century kitchen.

  • Nature Club

    Families are invited to join us for a program exploring the unique ecology of Cape Cod and the Islands.

  • Ramble Through the Bramble

    Enjoy a guided family walk around Green Briar’s beautiful nature trails then enjoy a snack, a story, and a craft.

  • Robert S. Swain Natural History Library

    Home of some 1,800 books, periodicals and original manuscripts on the environmental history of the northeastern United States, particularly Cape Cod.

  • Wildflower Garden

    This award-winning wildflower garden, for those interested in the study and use of wildflowers and is a highlight of the Green Briar experience.

  • Wildflower Garden Book Club

    From March through October, we discuss a work of literature that incorporates the world of flowers. If interested please contact Janice: janice@thorntonburgess.org