A celebration of southern Ontario's nature featuring a weekend of birding, nature walks, night hikes, mountain biking, kayak and canoe trips, educational bus tours, youth and family-oriented activities, displays, and workshops throughout Norfolk County.  Join Dave Reid on a tour of habitat restoration in west Norfolk. Learn about “pod planting” vs “row planting” reforestation. See how Norfolk farmers are providing the benefits of nature from their working farms through Alternative Land Use Services.  At the Y U Ranch (www.yuranch.com), a Texas Longhorn beef farm, walk across a spring creek in a wooded ravine lined with Carolinian trees, including the endangered American Chestnut. Enjoy a lunch of local food catered by award-winning Chef Tracy of the Belworth House (www.bellworthhouse.com).  For more information on Nature Fest please visit www.naturefest.ca!