We hold many special events throughout the year. Please check our calendar frequently for specific dates on these events and all of the other things we are doing at the Nature Center.

Snake Day Festival

Join us every August for our annual Snake Day Festival. Come see native and non-native reptiles and amphibians and learn why they are so important to our ecosystem. Experts are always on hand to answer your questions. You will get a chance to touch some of the animals like our 11ft. Albino Burmese Python named “Marigold”.

Snake Day 2010 Info

Snake Day Festival 2009 Photos

Halloween Hayride

Join us every October for our annual Halloween Hayride and Family Festival. Ride a hay wagon up our long driveway, past the haunted canoe rides going on in the pond and to our log lodge where you will find arts and crafts, games, a haunted house, food for sale, a bonfire and costume contest. Nearly 50 Cochran Mill Nature Center volunteers are ready to see that you have a great time from 5:00-9:00pm.

Hayride 2009 Photos

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is held every January to recognize all of those who so graciously supported the Nature Center by their volunteer efforts. The Center continues to operate due to the many acts of kindness that we receive from our volunteers throughout the year. The Center would not be here without the generosity of a great number of people. Thank You!

2009 Volunteer of the Year

Volunteer Dinner Photos 2010                                                                                                                                                 

Cochran Mill Nature Center   6300 Cochran Mill Road    Palmetto, GA 30268    Phone (770)306-0914