Earth Day at Ogden Nature Center

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From the  Facebook event description - edited by Assistant Publisher Eden Wakefield:

Come celebrate Earth Day at the Ogden Nature Center! Enjoy earth friendly exhibitors, demonstrations, entertainment, food, nature crafts, and fun activities.

Saturday, April 23, 11 am - 4 pm

$4 admission for all ages / Free for 2 and under

Come learn and play at the Ogden Nature Center! This is a big, fun, annual event. Bring your family and friends! Learn what you can do to improve the health of the planet while enjoying our Earth Day Fair. All proceeds benefit the mission of the Ogden Nature Center: to unite people with nature and nurture appreciation and stewardship of the environment.

SCHEDULE
Workshops and Events

11:00 – Earth Day Poster Awards Ceremony – East classroom of the LS Peery Education Center
11:30 – Puppet Making Workshop – Lobby of the LS Peery Education Center
11:45 – Professional Storytelling and Music – “MarKanDalan” – East classroom of the LS Peery Education Center
12:00 – “The Voice of Conservation: Ogden’s Bernard DeVoto” – Discovery Room of the Visitor Center
12:30 – Nature Poetry Out Loud – Back lawn North of the Visitor Center
1:00 – Composting Tips and Tricks – West Classroom of the LS Peery Education Center
2:00 – Celtic Beat Irish Dancers – Back lawn North of the Visitor Center
3:00 – Composting Tips and Tricks – West classroom of the LS Peery Education Center
3:30 – Prize drawing for those who enter by bringing plastic bags for recycling. There will be a Smith’s drop-off barrel by the admission table. Anyone who brings in 10+ plastic bags will be entered in a prize drawing! The drawing will be held on the back lawn behind the Visitor Center at 3:30 pm.

Animal Presentations at the Amphitheater

12:00 – Owls

1:00 – Reptiles

2:00 – Raptor mix – falcon, hawk, owl

3:00 – Our National Symbol – Des Ta Te

Children’s Hour on the Patio in front of Visitor Center

11:30 – “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss

12:00 – “Who Will Plant a Tree” by Jerry Pallota Seed bomb activity

12:30 – “Old Enough to Save the Planet” by Loll Kirby Trail clean up

1:00 – “How Big is the World” by Britta Teckentrup Puppet show

1:30 – “Why Would Anyone Cut Down a Tree?” by Roberta Burzynski

2:00 – “Pass the Energy Please” by Barbara McKinney Participlay

2:30 – “Earth! My First 4.5 Billion Years” by Stacy McAnulty Earth craft

3:00 – “Green Green: A Community Garden Story” by Marie Lamba Planting activity

3:30 – “The Bottle That Was Left Behind” by Vivian L. Varasdi Recycling Sort activity

Wasatch Audubon Society – Sundial to Arrowhead Pond

Ongoing:

Hourly bird walks

Make & Take bird feeders

Bird migration game

Spotting Scopes on Arrowhead Pond

Other Fun Activities

Greenwood Charter School: kids activities
Home Depot: making birdhouses
Face painting
Species Invaders
Nature crafts
Green Gurus

Weber County Library: library info.
Trails Foundation Northern Utah: local pathways
Velomobile: alternative modes of transportation
Mountain Lion Foundation: Mountain Lion habitat & conservation
Great Old Broads for Wilderness: activities & cards
Sunshine Family Farms: CSA & seedlings
Ogden City Storm Water & Conservation
LeafFilter
HawkWatch International: birds of prey
DaVinci Green Dragons & Idle-free Ogden
Rocky Mountain Power
Natural Grocers
Fresh Food

Grounds for Coffee
Lucky Slice Pizza
Wimpy & Fritz
Menchies Frozen Yogurt
Check it Out

Resident birds on display
Earth Day Art Poster Exhibit
Birdhouse Competition Exhibit
LS Peery Nature Nook Scavenger Hunt
Goods

Willard Bay Gardens: native plant sale
Green Dani B
Local Artisan Collective: upcycled goods + children’s activity
Simply Eden
Sponsors

A huge thanks to the following for making this Earth Day possible:

Grounds for Coffee on 30th and Harrison, Northrop Grumman, The Utah Division of Arts & Museums / Utah Legislature, Elliott-Hall Company, Ogden City Arts, Bloom Recyclers

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