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SUMMARY:Nature Lights Opening Night
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LOCATION:San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden\, 3450 Dairy Creek Road\, San Luis Obispo\, CA\, 93405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nature Sunday: Owls in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:November 22\, 2026\, 10 am – noon \nWould you like to attract owls to your yard? Will they help you control rodents? Peggy Burhenn will talk about owls in SLO county and their habitat and behaviors.  Having knowledge of their habits increases the ability to find them in wild places. She will discuss how to create and maintain habitat for barn owls if you are interested in attracting them to your yard and will also discuss a trip to Serbia to see owls up close. \nFollowing the presentation there will be a chance to dissect owl pellets from Peggy’s owl boxes to find out what they have been eating. \n \nPeggy Burhenn is a Master Gardener and a certified California Naturalist. She oversees the native plant garden in the 7 Sisters Demonstration Garden and is a member of the California Native Plant Society and the Audubon Society. She supports wildlife on her property by planting native plants and setting up bat\, bird\, and owl boxes. As a Master Gardener she can be found working on the helpline or speaking about pollinators\, birds\, and native plants. She is a Xerces Society ambassador promoting conservation of invertebrates. She volunteers regularly at the Cal Poly herbarium\, the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival\, and as a docent for the California State Parks\, focusing her time at the monarch butterfly grove in Pismo Beach. She is the co-author of the book Pismo Monarchs: Magic\, Myths & Mysteries. Basically\, your average nature nerd who likes to eat well too.
URL:https://slobg.org/event/nature-sunday-owls-in-the-garden/
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SUMMARY:Cookie-palooza
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are limited. Tickets are NON-refundable.  Please review the following before purchasing tickets: \n\nALL attendees 5 years and older must have TWO items to enter:  1) a ticket and 2) cookies (that meet the rules).  Absolutely no exceptions (and no refunds). Children under 5 may attend Nature Lights for free\, but are not allowed in the cookie pavilion without a participating adult.\nDogs on leash are welcome at Nature Lights\, but cannot enter the cookie pavilion.\nCookie-palooza attendees are welcome to explore Nature Lights!\n\nCookie Rules (again\, no exceptions!)\n– 3 DOZEN COOKIES\n– Cookies can be any flavor or style. Bust out your holiday favorites!\n– Dress (your cookies) to impress. Bake (or buy) us your best.  This is your chance to show off your best baking and decorating skills.  We love supermarket & Costco cookies as much as the next person\, but this is not the time for that.|\n–  Bring a card or a sign listing your cookies’ key flavors & ingredients.  If your cookies have or doesn’t have allergens (gluten\, nuts\, dairy\, eggs) – let us know that too.\n–  Cookies should be on a board\, plate\, or stand (no cookie sheets\, pans\, or trays) – cardboard is fine! Make sure everything is labeled!! \nEvent Rules:\n–  Cookies should be in place by 5:45 pm.\n–  There will be 15 minutes for cookie viewing and picture taking before cookie collecting ensues.\n–  Everyone gets a randomly assigned wristband at check-in.  When cookie collecting time starts\, we’ll pull a color at random\, and that group will have 5 minutes to fill their boxes with cookies!! We’ll keep going until all groups have had a turn. Cookie permitting\, you will be allowed one re-entry after all groups have had a turn. If there are cookies remaining — we’ll let people return.\n– Cookie chaos will begin at 6pm (ish!). \nMore Info:\nYou can bring water bottles\, small coolers\, and/or picnic baskets. Outside alcohol is not permitted.\nWe’ll have beverages for sale\, including the Garden’s signature Lavender Lemonade\, Iced Tea\, and Mimosas!
URL:https://slobg.org/event/cookiepalooza/
LOCATION:San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden\, 3450 Dairy Creek Road\, San Luis Obispo\, CA\, 93405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Youth Observational Astronomy Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all Aspiring Youth Astronomers!\n \nIn partnership with the Central Coast Astronomical Society\, and because of a generous grant offered by the Robert H. Janssen Foundation Youth & Youth Sports Fund\, we are offering a FREE youth astronomy program to High School students in grades 9-12. \nStudents will complete a short application themselves so we can learn more about their interest in astronomy and make sure the program is a good fit. \nOver four 2-hour sessions (including a “dark-sky” exploration at a darker observing site outside the city)\, students will engage in activities that foster these assets: \n\nTelescope set up and operation\nGuided sky navigation using star charts and binoculars\nObserving planets\, the Moon\, star clusters\, galaxies\, and deep sky objects\nGuided sky navigation using star charts and binoculars\nObservational activities\n\n \nWho is this program for?\nYou do not need to know anything about astronomy or have used a telescope before. We’re looking for students who are curious about the night sky and excited to learn by doing. You’ll use binoculars\, work directly with telescopes\, learn to find objects yourself\, make observations\, and work alongside local astronomers. If you’ve ever looked up at the night sky and wished you knew what you were looking at or how to explore it for yourself\, we’d love to hear from you. \n  \nThe Youth Astronomy Workshop Series is taught over three weeks: \nWorkshop 1: Learn the Night Sky with Star Charts & Binoculars \nTuesday\, January 19\, 2027 \nStudents will learn how to orient themselves under the night sky\, identify bright stars and constellations\, understand basic sky motion and magnitude\, use star charts\, and begin star hopping. \nEach student will also receive a pair of 7×50 binoculars to use throughout the program and keep afterward. Students will learn how to focus them properly\, hold them steady\, scan the sky\, and use them with a star chart to locate objects. \nWorkshop 2: How Telescopes & Binoculars Work \nTuesday\, January 26\, 2027 \nStudents will work directly with several types of telescopes\, including refractors\, Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes\, and Dobsonian reflectors. \nThey will learn about aperture\, focal length\, eyepieces\, magnification\, field of view\, focusing\, and finders\, and will rotate through telescope stations where they can practice aiming\, focusing\, changing eyepieces\, and comparing views. \nWorkshop 3: Observe the Night Sky with Astronomers \nTuesday\, February 2\, 2027 \nStudents will begin learning how astronomers actually observe different types of objects\, including planets\, double stars\, open and globular clusters\, nebulae\, and galaxies. \nThey will compare views through binoculars and telescopes\, record what they observe\, and learn why what we see through a telescope can look very different from astrophotography images. \nField Trip: Dark-Sky Observing Night \nSaturday\, February 6\, 2027 at Santa Margarita Lake (weather permitting) \nThe final observing night gives students the chance to put everything they have learned together under darker skies. \nStudents will bring their binoculars and work with CCAS astronomers and telescopes to: \n\nidentify constellations\nlocate star clusters and Milky Way regions\npractice finding targets with binoculars\nhelp point and operate telescopes\ncompare different eyepieces and instruments\nobserve fainter nebulae\, galaxies\, and clusters that are difficult to see from town\n\n  \nWeather Backup Plan for Workshops\nBecause this is an observational astronomy program\, clear skies matter. If any of the first three Tuesday workshops are clouded out\, that session will move to the following Wednesday evening. Applicants must plan to keep both the scheduled Tuesday and the following Wednesday available. The Santa Margarita Lake observing night is also weather dependent. \n*The student must be able to attend all four sessions in order to be considered for the program.*\n \nWe want to hear directly from the students! Applications that are filled out by parents/guardians will not be considered. \nApplications for the Youth Astronomy program open September 24 at 9:00 am\, and close on October 26 at 11:59pm. Decisions will be made at the end of October\, and you can expect to hear from us at the beginning of November.\nIf you have any questions\, please email Faith Richter at faith@slobg.org. Thank you for your time and consideration\, and we are excited to read through your applications! \n  \n  \nThank you for your interest in our Youth Astronomy program. Applications have closed and our now being reviewed.
URL:https://slobg.org/event/youth-observational-astronomy/
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