Willow Grove Nature Education Center

With renovations now complete, the Merrick house at Willow Grove is again the home of the many programs that the Park offers for the thousands of children that visit during school field trips from schools and home school programs all over Baltimore County during the spring and fall. The Merrick house is now transformed to the Willow Grove Nature Education Center with updated facilities and learning tools to enhance our programs, including: a “Smart Board” display unit, a 6-burner gas stove in the remodeled kitchen for cooking demonstrations, four large aquariums for reptiles, and kid-sized desks and shelves, with more to come. Baltimore County engineered and completed the renovations, while the Park staff and Council worked together to ready the center for the kids.