Scouting & Guiding

Bring your Scouting or Guiding group to Riverwood for fun, hands-on Badge Programs. Our outdoor Scouting and Guiding programs are available throughout the year, focused on youth interests, and led by knowledgeable and engaging instructors. Programs can accommodate 30 individuals, including adult volunteers.

Scouting Programs

Beavers

– Guided Nature Hike

Cubs

– Astronomer
– Gardener Badge (most requirements)
– Observer Badge
– Naturalist Badge
– Trailcraft

Scouts

– Fish and Wildlife
– Forestry
– Horticulture (some requirements)
– Naturalist
– Soil and Water Management
– Geocaching

All Sections

– Environmental Projects
– Guided Hikes

Guiding Programs

Sparks

– Nature scavenger hunt

Brownies

– Bird Watcher
– Exploring Space
– Plant Life
– Reach for the Stars
– Saving Our Plants and Animals
– Water All Around (some requirements)
– Wondrous Walks

Guides

– Bird Watching
– Conservation
– Ecology
– Endangered Species
– Forestry

All Sections

– Environmental Projects
– Guided Hikes

Program Leader

Our Scouting and Guiding Leader, Catherine Wassmansdorf, has volunteered with Sparks, Guides, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers. She has also worked as an outdoor educator at the Peel District School Board Field Centres, as a Canadian Wildlife Federation Project Wild Facilitator, and now as an instructor for The Riverwood Conservancy.

Fees

All Scouting and Guiding programs cost $10 per youth with a minimum cost of $150. Adult volunteers are free. Maximum group size is 30 including adults.