Upcoming Events

Reedy Creek Nature Center will host the 12th Annual Hummingbird Festival. This is a fun family event to enjoy the outdoors in a festive environment. There will be bird banding, guest speakers, birding hikes, face painting, and more. (Date is probably correct but not confirmed. Confirm date before making plans)

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The event features speakers on nature topics, wildlife educational demonstrations, and vendors selling food and drinks, plants, locally made arts and crafts, bird feeders and supplies, and garden items.  The main highlight of this event is the opportunity for visitors to get close to Ruby-throated hummingbirds and learn about them during banding demonstrations by Mark Armstrong, certified Master Bander. August and September are busy migration months in Tennessee with thousands of hummingbirds moving south on their way to wintering grounds…

Join us for the 20th Annual Hummingbird Migration and Nature Celebration, one of the Southeast's biggest nature festivals. Highlights include renowned guest speakers, guided nature walks, live animal shows, kids activity zone, wagon rides, nature-themed arts & crafts vendors, native plant sale and up-close views of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds being banded and released! (Date is probably correct but not confirmed. Confirm date before making plans)

XHX is yearly event at GCBO that takes place during the peak of Ruby-throated Hummingbird migration in the fall. It features live hummingbird banding and symbolic hummingbird adoptions where you get the opportunity to see these amazing birds up close and in the hand! There will be informative and entertaining talks held both days, activities for the kids, live animals at nature booths, a hummingbird & butterfly plant sale, our nature gift shop is open, and snacks and drink will…

The Hummingbird Festival in Diamondhead, MS has grown and continues to grow each year with new vendors, a variety of speakers and presentations. As a hummingbird event, we teach our visitors about the habitat, migration patterns, feeding needs, and natural friends and enemies of these little birds. But it's not all learning. We'll have live music, food, door prizes, lots of vendors, and the ability to witness the banding of multiple birds and observe dozens of hummingbirds as they go…

XHX is yearly event at GCBO that takes place during the peak of Ruby-throated Hummingbird migration in the fall. It features live hummingbird banding and symbolic hummingbird adoptions where you get the opportunity to see these amazing birds up close and in the hand! There will be informative and entertaining talks held both days, activities for the kids, live animals at nature booths, a hummingbird & butterfly plant sale, our nature gift shop is open, and snacks and drink will…

Join us for the 31st Annual Hummingbird Celebration September 19 - 22. This year we are back and better than ever, featuring over 75 vendors more than 14 speakers and a variety of nature inspired field trips on land and see. The Celebration is fun, educational and inspiring. It is designed for those who enjoy bird watching as well as those who follow the migration patterns. If you enjoy nature, birds or some aspect of them, then this event is…