Locust Grove is currently booking small scout groups for programs- limited to outdoors only with max of 10 scouts and 15 total scouts + leaders/parents for the hour of the program.
We are now only offering scout program bookings on the first and third weekends (Saturday and Sunday), starting in January 2023. Please book your scout programs during this time.
Choose a one-hour naturalist led program or a series of programs to help your scout troop meet their badge and journey requirements. Our programs will be tailored to the age group and needs of your troop. Please click the program name to link to full details of the badge requirements covered. These programs have been done previously at the nature center- if you think other programs we offer that might meet badge requirements please let us know!
Use our handy color code to find age group requirements met.
We rent 3 different campfire rings and provide the firewood- rentals in 3 hour increments, easy online booking available. See details here.
The main entry bridge is the largest, small bridges are also available in the Nature Exploration Area, on Tulip Tree Trail, and at the bottom of the stairs to the meadow. You will need to book a rental at the link above if you wish to also use a campfire ring or the picnic pavilion to host. If you are planning to just stop in and use the bridge, please just let us know so we can note it on the calendar, contact us at MCP-LocustGrove@MontgomeryParks.org
Contact us to discuss projects! Our scout project coordinator is usually available to meet on Wednesday afternoons. Email us at MCP-LocustGrove@MontgomeryParks.org to discuss projects and set up a meeting.
Please look through the programs and see what you are interested in, then fill out our Scout Program Request Form so that we can get all the needed information at once. We will contact you to finalize scheduling and create a permit for the program.
We are currently not offering camp-ins at Locust Grove Nature Center.
You can add a camp-in option with any of our programs at Locust grove! Your overnight package of nature fun includes:
Camp-In begins Friday night at 5:30pm to end Saturday at 8:30 am OR Saturday night at 5:30pm to end Sunday at 8:30 am. The fee is just $35 per person, with one adult for every five children. For more details, call 301-765-8660 , Email us at MCP-LocustGrove@MontgomeryParks.org or select the Camp-in option on the Scout Program Request form.
What does it take to plan a camping trip? Get familiar with camping gear, learn how to pitch a tent, test your survival skills, prep a camping meal, team-build with our favorite camp games. This is a great combo program with a Camp-in. Use the Cabin John McDonell Campground for an outdoor camping experience or enjoy a camp-in at the Locust Grove Nature Center.
Girl Scouts: Buddy Camper, Cabin Camper, Camper, Primitive Camper, Survival Camper
Boy Scouts: Bear Necessities, Camper, Call of the Wild, Camping
Experience the basics of campfire building, cooking, fun and safety with this program. See the benefits of the Leave No Trace principles in action and learn how campfire safety benefits wildlife and benefits you!
Girl Scouts: Eco Friend, Eco Camper
Cub/Boy Scouts: Castaway, Camper
Take a splash in the local watershed and experience the beauty and importance of Cabin John Creek. Learn about watershed issues, ecosystems, and how human impacts directly effect the environment.
Girl Scouts: WOW! Wonders of Water, Eco Explorer, Water
Cub/Boy Scouts: Spirit of the Water, A Bear Goes Fishing, Nature, Soil & Water
Get familiar with local plants and trees. Work with a Park Naturalist and learn the science behind how plants and trees grow. Hike, identify, observe, record, and learn the connections to healthy ecosystems and plant life.
Girl Scouts: Flowers, Trees
Cub/Boy Scouts: Into the Woods AoL, Nature, Plant Science, Field Botany, Forestry
Contribute to the Native Plant Garden or the Locust Grove Wildlife Garden through learning about gardening or composting. Plant seeds, weed, water and watch our gardens grow. Focus on the science of growing, composting or the importance of pollinators!
Girl Scouts: Journey Between Earth and Sky, Gardener
Cub/Boy Scouts: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns, Gardening
Discover how your daily actions of reducing, reusing and recycling impact wildlife. Enjoy team building recycling games, reuse materials for creative art projects and hike to see the benefits you can make by living eco-minded.
Girl Scouts: Eco Learner, Household Elf
Learn the fascinating characteristics or behaviors of the insect world. Visit our bee hives and enjoy some buzzing activities that focus on the process of pollination, the role of insects in the environment or what makes a great insect home.
Girl Scouts: Bug Badge
Cub/Boy Scouts: Insect Study
Go wild with the creature encounter program. Examine first-hand our education ambassadors including local snakes, frogs, turtles and insect species. Hike to find reptiles and amphibians in the park, identify local reptiles and amphibians and learn about their behaviors, food sources and ideal habitats.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Nature, Reptile & Amphibian Study
Find out about the survival needs of wild animals and what it takes to care for animal in captivity. Enjoy meeting Locust Grove’s education ambassadors (snakes, turtles, and frogs) and prepare food, enrichment toys, and a safe, clean environment for these animals or discuss issues of animals used for science and discover your opinions on how these animals should be treated and used.
Girl Scouts: Journey- 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals, Pets, Voice for Animals
Cub/Boy Scouts: Critter Care
Learn to love the trail with this hiking program. A park naturalist will help you pack your bag, think about your gear, explore your map and local wildlife, take safety precautions and head into the great outdoors.
Girl Scouts: Hiker, Trailblazing
Cub/Boy Scouts: Tigers in the Wild, Paws on the Path, Finding Your Way, Fur, Fathers, and Ferns, Hiking
Discover the adaptations of nocturnal animals and explore the trail after dark! End your sensory-based night hike with a campfire.
Girl Scouts: Night Owl
Create your own letterboxing stamp and use the letterboxing clues to hike and find the letterbox caches around Locust Grove.
Girl Scouts: Letterboxer
Make an impact on your local environment by joining the important work of citizen scientists around the globe. Learn about the scientific method and how to collect and record data from the field. Discover the variety of citizen science projects and how you can contribute.
Girl Scouts: Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist, Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist, Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist
Soar into learning about the life of birds! Learn how the experts identify local birds, simulate the challenges of bird migration, and how humans impact bird life.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Birds
Where’s the wildlife? Can’t see any animals from the trail? Discover who has been visiting your local parks by the clues they’ve left behind. Identify animal tracks, scat, feathers, fur and animal behaviors through using your best detective skills!
Girl Scouts: Senses
Cub/Boy Scouts: Nature
Talk to a park naturalist about how they educate and advocate for local wildlife! Explore a variety of local ecological problems and come up with real life solutions.
Girl Scouts: Eco Advocate
Let Locust Grove be your wild backyard! Discover local flora and fauna that live around you and how to protect these important species.
Girl Scouts: Outdoor Adventurer, Animal Habitats, Eco Trecker
Cub/Boy Scouts: Backyard Jungle, Into the Wild, AoL, Nature, Mammal Study, Fish & Wildlife Management
Geology rocks! Get an introduction to the rock cycle, learn how rocks date the Earth’s history, and experience the science behind fossils through our dinosaur fossil dig-site.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Earth Rocks!, AoL, Nature, Geology
Let nature be your inspiration! Join a park naturalist and photograph wildlife or use natural materials to make music, portraits, or sculpt outdoors.
Girl Scouts: Outdoor Art Maker, Outdoor Art Creator, Outdoor Art Explorer, Outdoor Art Apprentice, Outdoor Art Expert, Outdoor Art Master
Cub/Boy Scouts: Elective Adventure, AoL
Whether learning about storms or stars join us at Locust Grove in exploring the wonders of the skies. Investigate the difference behind weather and climate, cloud formations or focus on the science of flight!
Girl Scouts: Sky
Cub/Boy Scouts: Weather
What does it take to plan a camping trip? Get familiar with camping gear, learn how to pitch a tent, test your survival skills, prep a camping meal, team-build with our favorite camp games. Use the Cabin John Campgrounds for an outdoor camping experience or enjoy a camp-in at the Locust Grove Nature Center.
Girl Scouts: Buddy Camper, Cabin Camper, Camper, Primitive Camper, Survival Camper
Boy Scouts: Bear Necessities, Camper, Call of the Wild, Camping
Daisy: Buddy Camper
When you earn this badge, you’ll get to see what an adventure camping is! You’ll get to play in nature, eat outside, and sleep under the stars with your family, buddies from your troop, or other friends.
Brownie: Cabin Camper
Plan a camping adventure with your Girl Scout friends or family members and then go camping!
Junior: Camper
Find out how to plan a camping adventure.
Cadette: Primitive Camper
Learn to tackle outdoor activities without the comforts of home.
Ambassador: Survival Camper
Test your skills with limited supplies and have an unforgettable experience with your camping crew.
Bear Adventure: Bear Necessities
Arrow of Light Adventure: Camper
1.With the help of your den leader or family, plan and conduct a campout. If your chartered organization does not permit Cub Scout camping, you may substitute a family campout or a daylong outdoor activity with your den or pack.
Wolf Adventure: Call of the Wild
Boy Scouts: Camping
(d) While camping in the outdoors, cook at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner for your patrol from the meals you have planned for requirement
8c. At least one of those meals must be a trail meal requiring the use of a lightweight stove.
(a) Camp a total of at least 20 nights at designated Scouting activities or events. One long-term camping experience of up to six consecutive nights may be applied toward this requirement. Sleep each night under the sky or in a tent you have pitched. If the camp provides a tent that has already been pitched, you need not pitch your own tent.
(c) Perform a conservation project approved by the landowner or land managing agency. This can be done alone or with others.
Experience the basics of campfire building, cooking, fun and safety with this program. See the benefits of the Leave No Trace principles in action and learn how campfire safety benefits wildlife and benefits you!
Girl Scouts: Eco Friend, Eco Camper
Cub/Boy Scouts: Castaway, Camper
Brownie: Eco Friend
Find out how to treat outdoor spaces with kindness and teach others how they can, too.
Junior: Eco Camper
Find out how to protect the environment when you go on a camping trip.
Arrow of Light Adventure: Camper
Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Castaway
Take a splash in the local watershed and experience the beauty and importance of Cabin John Creek. Learn about watershed issues, ecosystems, and how human impacts directly effect the environment.
Girl Scouts: WOW! Wonders of Water, Eco Explorer, Water
Cub/Boy Scouts: Spirit of the Water, A Bear Goes Fishing, Nature, Soil & Water
Brownie Journey: WOW! Wonders of Water
In this Journey, you will:
Senior: Eco Explorer
Become an eco explorer as you get hands-on experience with environmental issues and help make positive changes to the environment.
Ambassador: Water
Find out more about water and reflect on the role water plays in your life and our world.
Bear Elective Adventure: A Bear Goes Fishing
Wolf Elective Adventures: Spirit of the Water
Boy Scouts: Nature
(e) Fish
(1) Identify two species of fish native to your area.
Boy Scouts: Soil & Water
4 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
Get familiar with local plants and trees. Work with a Park Naturalist and learn the science behind how plants and trees grow. Hike, identify, observe, record, and learn the connections to healthy ecosystems and plant life.
Girl Scouts: Flowers, Trees
Cub/Boy Scouts: Into the Woods AoL, Nature, Plant Science, Field Botany, Forestry
Junior: Flowers
Discover that there’s more to flowers than just good looks.
Cadette: Trees
Find out all about trees: from the shade to the science, the fruit to the forest, and the legends to the lumber.
Webelos/AoL Elective Adventure: Into the Woods
Boys Scouts: Nature
(1) Identify two species of fish native to your area.
(g) Plants
(1) In the field, identify 15 species of wild plants.
(2) Collect and label the seeds of six plants OR the leaves of 12 plants.
Boy Scouts: Plant Science
Make a drawing and identify five or more parts of a flowering plant. Tell what each part does.
Option 3: Field Botany
While you are there:
(1) Determine which species of plants are the largest and which are the most abundant. Note whether they cast shade on other plants.
(2) Record environmental factors that may influence the presence of plants on your site, including latitude, climate, air and soil temperature, soil type and pH, geology, hydrology, and topography.
(3) Record any differences in the types of plants you see at the edge of a forest, near water, in burned areas, or near a road or railroad.
Select a study site that is at least 100 by 100 feet. Make a list of the plants in the study site by groups of plants: canopy trees, small trees, shrubs, herbaceous wildflowers and grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens. Find out which of these are native plants and which are exotic (or nonnative).
(1) Tree Inventory
(a) Identify the trees of your neighborhood, a park, a section of your town, or a Scout camp.
(b) Collect, press, and label leaves, flowers, or fruits to document your inventory.
(c) List the types of trees by scientific name and give common names. Note the number and size (diameter at 4 feet above ground)
of trees observed and determine the largest of each species in your study area.
(2) Transect Study
(a) Visit two sites, at least one of which is different from the one you visited for Field Botany requirement 1.
(b) Use the transect method to study the two different kinds of plant communities. The transects should be at least 500 feet long.
(c) At each site, record observations about the soil and other influencing factors AND do the following. Then make a graph or chart to show the results of your studies.
(1) Identify each tree within 10 feet of the transect line.
(2) Measure the diameter of each tree at 4 feet above the ground, and map and list each tree.
(1) Identify, measure, and map each tree in a 100-by-100-foot plot. (Measure the diameter of each tree at 4 feet above the ground.)
(2) Identify and map all trees and shrubs in a 10-by-10-foot plot within each of the larger areas.
(3) Identify and map all plants (wildflowers, ferns, grasses, mosses, etc.) of a 4-by-4-foot plot within the 10-by-10-foot plot.
(c) If possible, visit a nature preserve managed by the organization. Tell about land management activities such as controlled burning, or measures to eradicate invasive (nonnative) plants or other threats to the plants that are native to the area.
Boy Scouts: Forestry
Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15 species of trees, wild shrubs, or vines in a local forested area. Write a description in which you identify and discuss the following:
(1) Our economy in the form of products
(2) Our social well-being, including recreation
(3) Soil protection and increased fertility
(4) Clean water
(5) Clean air (carbon cycling, sequestration)
(6) Wildlife habitat
(7) Fisheries habitat
(8) Threatened and endangered species of plants and animals
Contribute to the Native Plant Garden or the Locust Grove Wildlife Garden through learning about gardening or composting. Plant seeds, weed, water and watch our gardens grow. Focus on the science of growing, composting or the importance of pollinators!
Girl Scouts: Journey Between Earth and Sky, Gardener
Cub/Boy Scouts: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns, Gardening
Daisy: Journey – Between Earth and Sky
In this Journey, you will:
Junior: Gardener
Find out how to make your own garden, no matter where you live.
Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns
Boy Scouts: Gardening
Discover how your daily actions of reducing, reusing and recycling impact wildlife. Enjoy team building recycling games, reuse materials for creative art projects and hike to see the benefits you can make by living eco-minded.
Girl Scouts: Eco Learner, Household Elf
Daisy: Eco Learner
Nature gives us many gifts-now learn some ways to give back by protecting nature.
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have learned three ways to protect the environment when you go outdoors.
Brownie: Household Elf
Pick up some new household habits to help your family save energy, save water, and save the planet.
Learn the fascinating characteristics or behaviors of the insect world. Visit our bee hives and enjoy some buzzing activities that focus on the process of pollination, the role of insects in the environment or what makes a great insect home.
Girl Scouts: Bug Badge
Cub/Boy Scouts: Insect Study
Brownie Bug Badge
Explore the world of bugs and learn more about these little creatures that do so much.
Boy Scouts: Insect Study
(a) Observe 20 different live species of insects in their habitat. In your observations, include at least four orders of insects.
Go wild with the creature encounter program. Examine first-hand our education ambassadors including local snakes, frogs, turtles and insect species. Hike to find reptiles and amphibians in the park, identify local reptiles and amphibians and learn about their behaviors, food sources and ideal habitats.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Nature, Reptile & Amphibian Study
Boy Scouts: Nature
(c) Reptiles and Amphibians
(1) Show that you can recognize the venomous snakes in your area.
(2) In the field, identify three species of reptiles or amphibians.
(3) Recognize one species of toad or frog by voice; OR identify one reptile
or amphibian by eggs, den, burrow, or other signs.
Boy Scouts: Reptile & Amphibian Study
Describe the identifying characteristics of six species of reptiles and four species of amphibians found in the United States. For any four of these, make sketches from your own observations or take photographs. Show markings, color patterns, or other characteristics that are important in the identification of each of the four species. Discuss the habits and habitats of all 10 species.
Discuss with your merit badge counselor the approximate number of species and general geographic distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the United States. Prepare a list of the most common species found in your local area or state.
Describe the main differences between:
Amphibians and reptiles
Alligators and crocodiles
Toads and frogs
Salamanders and lizards
Snakes and lizards
Explain how reptiles and amphibians are an important component of the natural environment. List four species that are officially protected by the federal government or by the state you live in, and tell why each is protected. List three species of reptiles and three species of amphibians found in your local area that are not protected.
Describe how reptiles and amphibians reproduce.
Find out about the survival needs of wild animals and what it takes to care for animal in captivity. Enjoy meeting Locust Grove’s education ambassadors (snakes, turtles, and frogs) and prepare food, enrichment toys, and a safe, clean environment for these animals or discuss issues of animals used for science and discover your opinions on how these animals should be treated and used.
Girl Scouts: Journey- 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals, Pets, Voice for Animals
Cub/Boy Scouts: Critter Care
Daisy: Journey – 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals
In this Journey, you will:
Brownie: Pets
Learn how to choose the pet that’s right for you—or find out how to take the best care of a pet you already have.
Senior: Voice for Animals
Find out about the complex relationship between animals and humans so you can make informed choices and help others make them too.
Bear Elective Adventure: Critter Care
Learn to love the trail with this hiking program. A park naturalist will help you pack your bag, think about your gear, explore your map and local wildlife, take safety precautions and head into the great outdoors.
Girl Scouts: Hiker, Trailblazing
Cub/Boy Scouts: Tigers in the Wild, Paws on the Path, Finding Your Way, Fur, Fathers, and Ferns, Hiking
Brownie: Hiker
Find out what you need to know to become a Brownie hiker.
Cadette: Trailblazing
Gain new outdoor skills when you stay at least one night at a backwoods or primitive site.
Tiger Adventure: Tigers in the Wild
Wolf Adventure: Paws on the Path
Wolf Elective Adventure: Finding Your Way
Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns
Boy Scouts: Hiking
One 5-mile hike
You may stop for as many short rest periods as needed, as well as one meal, during each hike, but not for an extended period (example: overnight). Prepare a written hike plan before each hike and share it with your Scoutmaster or a designee. Include map routes, a clothing and equipment list, and a list of items for a trail lunch.*
Discover the adaptations of nocturnal animals and explore the trail after dark! End your sensory-based night hike with a campfire.
Girl Scouts: Night Owl
Cadette: Night Owl
Grow your imagination and expand what you know about the night.
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have uncovered the mysteries of the world after dark.
Create your own letterboxing stamp and use the letterboxing clues to hike and find the letterbox caches around Locust Grove.
Girl Scouts: Letterboxer
Brownie: Letterboxer
Learn about letterboxing, an amazing adventure game played by people all over the world. To play, you’ll follow clues to find a hidden box with special items inside.
Make an impact on your local environment by joining the important work of citizen scientists around the globe. Learn about the scientific method and how to collect and record data from the field. Discover the variety of citizen science projects and how you can contribute.
Girl Scouts: Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist, Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist, Journey- Think like a Citizen Scientist
Daisy: Journey – Think like a Citizen Scientist
In this Journey, you will:
Brownie Journey: Think Like a Citizen Scientist
In this Journey, you will:
Junior Journey: Think Like a Citizen Scientist
Find out how citizen scientists make observations, collect data, and work with scientists to receive feedback on research.
Soar into learning about the life of birds! Learn how the experts identify local birds, simulate the challenges of bird migration, and how humans impact bird life.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Birds
Boy Scouts: Birds
(1) Keep a list or fill out a checklist of all the birds your group observed during the field trip.
(2) Tell your counselor which birds your group saw and why some species were common and some were present in small numbers.
(3) Tell your counselor what makes the area you visited good for finding birds.
Do ONE of the following. For the option you choose, describe what birds you hope to attract, and why.
Build a bird feeder and put it in an appropriate place in your yard or another location.
Build a birdbath and put it in an appropriate place.
Build a backyard sanctuary for birds by planting trees and shrubs for food and cover.
Where’s the wildlife? Can’t see any animals from the trail? Discover who has been visiting your local parks by the clues they’ve left behind. Identify animal tracks, scat, feathers, fur and animal behaviors through using your best detective skills!
Girl Scouts: Senses
Cub/Boy Scouts: Nature
Brownie: Senses
You have five senses that work together to let you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch the world around you. Try all five in this badge!
Boy Scouts: Nature
(2) Make plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal.
Talk to a park naturalist about how they educate and advocate for local wildlife! Explore a variety of local ecological problems and come up with real life solutions.
Girl Scouts: Eco Advocate
Senior: Eco Advocate
Discover a nature issue that’s important to you, find solutions, and make a difference.
Let Locust Grove be your wild backyard! Discover local flora and fauna that live around you and how to protect these important species.
Girl Scouts: Outdoor Adventurer, Animal Habitats, Eco Trecker
Cub/Boy Scouts: Backyard Jungle, Into the Wild, AoL, Nature, Mammal Study, Fish & Wildlife Management
Brownie: Outdoor Adventurer
Explore outdoor activities that are new to you.
Junior: Animal Habitats
Find out more about where animals live, how they play, and how humans can help them.
Cadette: Eco Trekker
Plan and take an outdoor trek—with minimal environmental impact.
Tiger Adventure: Backyard Jungle
Webelos/AoL Elective Adventure: Into the Wild
Boy Scouts: Nature
Name three ways in which plants are important to animals. Name a plant that is protected in your state or region, and explain why it is at risk.
(a) Birds
(1) In the field, identify eight species of birds.
(2) Make and set out a birdhouse OR a feeding station OR a birdbath.
(b) Mammals
(1) In the field, identify three species of wild mammals.
(2) Make plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal.
(d) Insects and Spiders
(1) Collect and identify either in the field or through photographs
10 species of insects or spiders.*
(e) Fish
(1) Identify two species of fish native to your area.
Boy Scouts: Mammal Study
3c. List sources for this information.
Boy Scouts: Fish & Wildlife Management
Share the results with your counselor.
Geology rocks! Get an introduction to the rock cycle, learn how rocks date the Earth’s history, and experience the science behind fossils through our dinosaur fossil dig-site.
Cub/Boy Scouts: Earth Rocks!, AoL, Nature, Geology
Webelos/AoL Elective Adventure: Earth Rocks!
Do either 7a or 7b: a. Go on an outing with your family or den to one of the nearby locations you discovered on your state map, and record what you see as you look at the geographical surroundings. Share with your family or den while on this outing what you notice that might change this location in the future (wind, water, ice, drought, erosion). b. Do the following: i. With your family or your den, visit with a geologist or earth scientist and discover the many career fields that are included in the science of geology. ii. Ask the geologist or earth scientist about the importance of fossils that are found. iii. Ask the geologist or earth scientist what you can do to help preserve our natural resources.
Boy Scouts: Nature
(h) Soils and Rocks
(1) Collect and identify soils found in different layers of a soil profile.
(2) Collect and identify five different types of rocks from your area.
Boy Scouts: Geology
Define geology. Discuss how geologists learn about rock formations. In geology, explain why the study of the present is important to understanding the past.
Record your observations in a notebook, and sketch those clues you observe. Discuss your observations with your counselor.
Let nature be your inspiration! Join a park naturalist and photograph wildlife or use natural materials to make music, portraits, or sculpt outdoors.
Girl Scouts: Outdoor Art Maker, Outdoor Art Creator, Outdoor Art Explorer, Outdoor Art Apprentice, Outdoor Art Expert, Outdoor Art Master
Cub/Boy Scouts: Elective Adventure, AoL
Daisy: Outdoor Art Maker
Explore the outdoors and use what you see and hear to make different kinds of art projects.
Brownie: Outdoor Art Creator
Find out how you can make your own art outdoors and have fun doing it.
Junior: Outdoor Art Explorer
Let nature be your inspiration as you explore, create, and design different kinds of art.
Cadette: Outdoor Art Apprentice
Find out how to observe and collect things outdoors that will drive your art and creativity.
Senior: Outdoor Art Expert
Learn to see nature with an artist’s eye and create something helpful to the environment.
Ambassador: Outdoor Art Master
Bring art and the outdoors together and get inspired by the beauty in nature.
Webelos/AoL Elective Adventure
Whether learning about storms or stars join us at Locust Grove in exploring the wonders of the skies. Investigate the difference behind weather and climate, cloud formations or focus on the science of flight!
Girl Scouts: Sky
The sky is a masterpiece. Every day it graces us with living art, whether through a glorious sunset, shifting cloud formations, or the stunning display of night stars. No wonder we take every opportunity to spend time outdoors. Our world is a stage, and the sky performs with beauty, wonder, and mystery.
Boy Scouts: Weather
Tell which is related to good and to poor weather. Draw cross sections of a cold front and a warm front, showing the location and movements of the cold and warm air, the frontal slope, the location and types of clouds associated with each type of front, and the location of precipitation.