We regret to announce that the annual Grow Wild event will not be returning in 2024.

 
 
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Jester Park Nature Center | Granger, Iowa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

An Evolution.

Just as nature adapts and changes, this annual event is evolving to meet the desires of the community. For seven years “Glow Wild” drew crowds to nighttime entertainment. It was an incredible party, but all parties must end. This year Polk County Conservation’s largest annual event is being re-imagined to bring you even closer to nature in the broadest of daylight. Catch a butterfly, see a live raptor, study pond ecosystems, investigate prairie insects and flowers, meet a live raptor, learn about sustainability, and so much more in one of Iowa’s most beautiful, wild parks. Come grow wild with us!

 
 

things to do

2023 Activities

Live music

Prairie hike

Kayak & Canoeing

WAGON RIDES

iNSECT ZOO

20+ Live Programs

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors.

 
 
 
 

 

Location

Jester Park Nature Center

 

Serving as the welcome center, portal to Polk County’s family of parks, and Jester Park’s new front porch, tourists, students, educators, families, and others connect through the nature center to the natural playscape and bison/elk exhibit, restored woodlands, Saylorville Lake, and a network of natural trails that will immerse people back into nature.