Never stop learning.

Join us for our unique adult education workshops to get engaged in the natural world around you.

Find a new hobby, dive deeper into a long-standing passion, or manage your land through our adult workshops.  Choose from our dynamic offerings to become a better steward of the land, water, and wildlife in whatever way calls to you. 

ADULT EDUCATION SERIES

See our Calendar for specific dates and times that our workshops are offered!

• GARDENING: We offer gardening courses on how to plant, manage and use plants in Central Texas in our open-air Teaching Barn at Herff Farm.  Learn about beekeeping, keeping backyard chickens, container gardening, and more.
• LAND MANAGEMENT: Learn about the most timely and impactful land management practices from experts in their fields.  The Land Management Series includes a hands-on Prescribed Burn Workshop, a comprehensive 3-part Wildlife Tax Valuation Workshop, a Prairie Restoration Workshop, and more.
• NATURALIST: Our Naturalist Series offers exciting opportunities to learn about the wildlife at the Cibolo through community science opportunities.  Hike the trails as you look for bats with an echo meter, perform a snake survey, learn how to tag Monarch butterflies and more.

Check out our Calendar of Events to see upcoming classes and workshops.

Or please contact [email protected] or call 830-249-4616.

Art is for everyone and campers will ignite their creativity with support and learning about many different artistic mediums. Children explore nature and will come home at the end of the week with art that they created from the great outdoors. We will have creek time and archery each week.

Ages: 5-12.

Camp held during summer.

Click here for more information, including tuition and fees.

Visit the Cibolo Nature Center to experience the immense natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country.

Featuring a variety of natural landscapes and more than six miles of trails, the Cibolo Nature Center invites you to connect with the nourishing and healing power of the outdoors. Walk through a native prairie, wade in the creek, look for wildlife in the spring-fed marsh, and feel the awe of the live oak or cypress canopy while immersing yourselves in the wonders of nature. While visiting, don’t miss our Herff Farms campus.

The Cibolo Nature Center has had an Edwards Aquifer Authority Weather Station in place since 2014. The station collects data on nine different parameters and is used by us, the EAA and NASA to calibrate sensors on satellites. View more here.

Are you looking to take professional photographs at the Cibolo Nature Center? Learn more.

Our camp will inspire a deep connection to nature while learning and exploring the 160 acres of the Cibolo Nature Center and Herff Farm.

For a list of daily activities, click here.

Ages: 5-12.

Camp held during spring break.

Click here for more information, including tuition and fees.

Teenagers are welcome to apply to be a Counselor-in-Training volunteer or a paid Camp Counselor. More information here: Open Positions.

Connecting students in need to gardening for lifelong transformation.

Deep Roots is a multi-faceted program that combines outdoor learning, service, gardening and recreation to promote positive social-emotional learning outcomes for students with limited access to nature.

The Deep Roots Program is a weekly gardening course at Herff Farm offered on a semester-by-semester basis to students with limited access to nature. Students design, build and plant beds for a market garden. They create products from the plants that they grow to sell at the Farmer’s Market at the Cibolo.

Program Areas Include:

• Gardening: designing, building, planting and harvesting a garden
• Sustainability: learning about the environment and ecosystem as a whole, and the role that we all play in it
• Entrepreneurship: selling products at the Farmer’s Market at the Cibolo
• Outdoor Recreation: enjoying opportunities to explore the trails, go fishing, and more

Click here or contact us at [email protected] or call (830) 249-4616 to learn more.

Learn how to make nature a part of how you educate.

Learn how to teach your students outdoors with professional development in a beautiful setting with our hands-on, dynamic workshops.

For over 30 years, the Cibolo has been a leader in providing quality outdoor education for children, teenagers and adults. We also believe in sharing knowledge and ideas. That’s why we offer professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and homeschool parents.

Whether you’re a formal educator interested in learning a supplementary skill, a homeschool parent wanting to add to your arsenal of tools, or an administrator wanting to provide a team-building opportunity for your teachers, we’re here for you! Choose from a wide variety of topics and themes to find the training that is right for you and your team.

We know now that spending time outdoors improves academic, social and emotional outcomes for children. Our Professional Development Retreats will show you why and how, all while providing space for you to reconnect with nature yourself.

Topics may Include:

• The Case for Outdoor Education
• How to Be an Outdoor Educator
• Classroom Management Outdoors
• Outdoor Science Lessons*
• Hands-on Experiments*
• Mathematics in Nature*
• Teaching in the Garden
• Plant and Soil Biology*
• Entomology: Pollinators and Beyond*

*TEKS-aligned

To learn more, please contact [email protected] or call 830-249-4616.

Make a career out of your love for nature.

Here at the Cibolo, we also believe in sustainability for the environment and people. That’s why we’re investing in tomorrow’s environmental leaders. Be a part of the extraordinary team of passionate individuals that make up the Cibolo. If you are a high school or college student aged 18+ and enthusiastic about sharing your love for nature with the world, the Cibolo Internship Program may be the perfect fit for you! 

We offer internships in multiple disciplines. If you are interested in applying to be an intern in a field not mentioned here, contact us and let us know how you believe you could be a part of our dynamic team. 

FIELDS OF STUDY:

• Horticulture
• Education
• Marketing
• Environmental Science
• Land Management

Ages: 18+.

Enrolled in High School or College.

To learn more about our internships, click here or call 830-249-4616.

Nurture an awareness and appreciation of the environment and give opportunities for learning through nature play and hands-on activities. Children will engage in fun science learning while having fun in our many ecosystems with creek time and archery every week.

Ages: 5-12.

Camp is held during summer.

Click here for more information, including tuition and fees.

The Nest is a nature-based preschool in Boerne, Texas, on a unique campus with abundant natural wonder.

At the Nest Nature School, we nurture strong bodies, curious minds, & wild hearts.

Hands-on experiences in nature and research-based teaching methods support an education where every student can thrive.

The Nest Nature School provides a rich child-centered learning environment built on our uniquely developed curriculum that prioritizes exceeding developmentally appropriate Pre-Kindergarten learning standards. Our curriculum incorporates play and learning in nature to support the whole child academically, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually to ensure they are prepared for Kindergarten and beyond. We support the whole child to foster a deep love for life-long learning, a sense of wonder for the natural world, and confidence in their brains and bodies.

Ages: 3-5.

Enrollment Process:

1. Sign Up for a Tour: Visit our campus with your child (or children) to understand our program better. Contact Alysa Meeks at 830-357-7711 to schedule your visit.

2. Review our Parent Handbook & FAQs: Learn more about our policies in the Parent Handbook and see our FAQS.

3. Join the Waitlist.

Scheduling Options:

• Monday-Friday
• Monday, Wednesday, Friday
• Tuesday & Thursday

We also offer before and after-school care and summer programming options to support year-round care.

Click here for tuition and fees.

We will practice real-world land management techniques. We will explore every area of the Cibolo Nature Center: the creek, prairie, marsh, and woodlands. We will work on small-scale gardening at Herff Farm to create a lasting wildlife habitat.

Campers will walk away with skills to support humans working together for the future of our place and our planet. We will have plenty of fun in the creek and across the land as we explore and learn!

Ages: 13-15.

Camp is held during summer.

Click here for more information, including tuition and fees.

We welcome volunteers in many ways, from individuals to large groups, organizations, and businesses.

Whether by yourself or with a group, the Cibolo has short-term and ongoing volunteer opportunities for many interests.

ADULT VOLUNTEERS:

Put your talents, passion, and energy to use at the Cibolo!  No matter the season, adult volunteer opportunities are available in gardening, environmental stewardship, special events, programs, and more.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEERS:

Volunteer opportunities are available for any community organization with four or more individuals who want to volunteer for a one-time project.  This is ideal for community organizations, college organizations, or youth groups.  Community organization volunteers often assist with special events and large-scale projects onsite.

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS:

Volunteer opportunities are available for area businesses.  Completely customizable, corporate volunteering at the Cibolo gets your employees outdoors, encourages team camaraderie, and fosters positive well-being while creating a lasting impact in our community. 

TRAILBLAZERS:

Trailblazers look to engage participants in three main types of activity: citizen science volunteer efforts, general volunteer efforts, and fun team-building activities.  Cibolo Center for Conservation’s volunteer program takes place in Boerne, TX, on our two campuses, the Cibolo Nature Center and Herff Farm—160 acres and many ecosystems filled with majestic beauty.  This is a volunteer position that provides on-the-job training.  All volunteer hours can be applied to service-learning requirements for schools, scouts, or other organizations.

For additional information, email [email protected] or call 830-249-4616.

If you are volunteering for the first time or are interested in internships, please get in touch with Stephanie Regets at [email protected].

Visit Herff Farm to connect to the past, present, and future of living in harmony with the land.

Herff Farm is a gathering place offering public events, community gardens, a Farmers Marke,t and hiking opportunities. It also serves as a natural laboratory for sustainable modern living, where children and adults learn how to protect our precious natural resources.

Historically significant and protecting an irreplaceable freshwater source, the Herff Farm is a vibrant hub providing children's access to outdoor learning and a model for land stewardship for the greater community.