Fontenelle Forest

Feather Our Nest is Fontenelle Forest’s annual gathering to celebrate our work over the last 110 years while showing appreciation to community partners who invest in and uplift our mission!

By purchasing tickets, you're not only supporting Fontenelle Forest, you are signing up for a night of fun and inspiration! 

Here’s what we have in store for guests this year:

• Enjoy handcrafted cocktails and seasonal specialties from Heirloom Fine Foods
• Test your nature knowledge with games and activities throughout the evening  
• Learn about our educational birds of prey while getting an up close look at these amazing raptors
• Discover flora and fauna found around Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods using Nature Search
• Experience a beautiful fall evening at the Forest, wander the Riverview Boardwalk or explore the Raptor Woodland Refuge  

Honoring Lifelong Educational Ambassadors

The 2024 Feather Our Nest event will honor several of the lifelong educational ambassadors that have made a significant impact on the Forest. From 1974 through 1985 Fontenelle Forest's Chief Naturalist, Andy Saunders, shared his passion for the natural world through guided hikes, educational programs, and cultivating a team a knowledgeable volunteers.

Among the many people Andy inspired, were a group of seven Fontenelle Forest volunteers who created a database of the all plants, animals, and fungi found throughout the Forest and Neale Woods. In 2008, the first iteration of the Fontenelle Forest Nature Search website launched. Today, Nature Search has over 2,000 documented species. This amazing resource is free to the public to access by visiting FFNatureSearch.org!