Available for Rent – Pricing Subject to Sales Tax

Venue Rentals

The Gardner Room in Wehr Nature Center overlooks Mallard Lake and surrounding natural areas. To expand your event, you may also rent the outdoor amphitheater, pier, and viewing deck.
Gardner Room decorated for a wedding

Gardner Room

4-hour minimum
100 person capacity with chairs only
75 person capacity for tables and chairs

Pricing 
Monday – Thursday: $476.55
Friday – Sunday: $582.45
Each Additional hour: $90.02

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Small group using the amphitheater

Amphitheater

4-hour minimum
213 person capacity (71 benches)

Pricing
Monday – Thursday: $476.55
Friday – Sunday: $582.45
Each Additional hour: $90.02
Add-on Fire Pit: $52.95

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Wehr Pier at dusk

Pier

  • 20 person capacity
  • $158.85 for the first hour; $90.02 per additional hour

 

Chairs arranged on the Viewing Deck for a wedding event

Viewing Deck

  • 25 person capacity
  • $158.85 for the first hour; $90.02 per additional hour

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Rental Rules

  • Include parking fees
  • Include professional photography privilege
  • Bring your own prepared food or use caterer of your choice
  • Smoking and Alcohol consumption are prohibited
  • No confetti
  • Rental availability is 8am – 8pm

Extras

  • Microphone and speaker $50.00+ tax, (need to know prior to rental)
  • $3/chair+ tax (outdoor rentals only)

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Year-Round & Seasonal Themes

Wehr Birthday Parties

Want to make your child’s birthday a unique and fun experience? Have a party with us at the Wehr Nature Center! We provide a variety of nature-themed parties that your child can enjoy with their guests.
2 children petting turtles

Reptiles and Amphibians

Age Group: 4-12 Year Olds

Snakes, turtles, toads, and salamanders will excite and delight the kids at your party! Kids will learn new facts about these creatures while getting up close and personal with our scaly friends. The whole party will enjoy a guided hike and complete a fun nature craft to take home.

Group inside the StarLab planetarium

Stars in the Starlab*

Age Group: 7-12 Year Olds

Kids will make an astronomy project and spend time in our portable planetarium, “The Starlab,” where they can see constellations and hear the stories they tell. Then explore the open skies with a guided tour.

*Starlab theme is an additional $35.00 fee

Kid reacting to having big bug placed on his hand

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

Seasonal | Age Group: 5-12 Year Olds

What’s more fun than chasing bugs? Kids will see a variety of insects, make a take-home craft, and hunt bugs on our trail with a guided tour.

*Available June through September only.

animal paw prints on the trail

Track Detective

Seasonal | Age Group: 7-12 Year Olds

Learn and explore animal tracks! Kids will hike along trails in search of animal tracks, and take home a plaster of an animal track.

*Available December through February only.

Standard Package

$230

  • Includes 10 children
  • 1 ¼ hour activity with a naturalist
  • 1 ¾ hour gift opening and refreshments
  • Party givers responsible for decorating and clean up
  • $10.00 for each additional child (maximum 5)
  • Includes $45 Family Membership to Friends of Wehr

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Deluxe Package

$330

  • Includes 10 children
  • 1 ¼ hour activity with a naturalist
  • 1 ¾ hour gift opening and refreshments
  • Includes a decorated Birthday Cake, ½ Sheet and Juice or Milk
  • Includes decorated gift table and themed goody bags for each participant
  • $15.00 for each additional child (maximum 5)
  • Includes $45 Family Membership to Friends of Wehr

Start planning today!