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  • We love the ALNC! This marvelous facility is one of the BEST things about living in Madison. Even with all of our excellent child-friendly establishments, the ALNC stands out. It's a little gem of a preserve featuring prairie, wetland, woods, & savanna. The land slopes giving beautiful views, and the pond has little piers for accessibility. It borders two other small preserves - Monona's Frost Woods which features un-groomed trails winding up a wooded hill topped by First nations mounds, and The Edna Taylor Conservation Area which has well-groomed trails connecting the Nature Center to the back of Glendale Elementary's very nice playground. The landscape and quality of habitat here is superb especially considering it's surrounded by development. There is a re-built replica cabin like the one Aldo Leopold (beloved local environmental science pioneer who coined the term "Habitat Restoration") Truly a special place. To make it even better, the staff are genuinely wonderful people. They have a gorgeous green-built lodge type building where you can enjoy some educational opportunities as a drop-in, a planned field trip with a group, take part in a seasonal celebration, or just sit on a bench and watch the wildlife. They have a wide range of excellent kids' classes ranging from toddler activities with parents to drop-off day camp where older kids get REAL science and nature education in an immersive hand-on environment. The kids get what I consider to be an ideal balance of fun play stuff (free play outdoors, tree climbing, silly games, coloring), creative activity (crafts with natural materials, building forts, make-believe) and serious education (dissecting owl pellets, tracking animals, testing pond water) my girl comes home from the ALNC tuckered out from loads of outdoor time (often quite muddy too, which is fun for her) delighted by the day's fun activities and the staff's warm & supportive care, and full of real knowledge not just "trivia". They get tons of outdoor time every day, rain or shine, which is so great! In a perfect world, she could attend school here full time - it's one of the only things in the world she likes better than spending the day at a park or the Children's Museum - and it's educational. Enriching, Enlightening, Enjoyable, Affordable: Amazing!
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