Ogden Nature Center's Earth Day Celebration 2014

OGDEN NATURE CENTER’S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION 2014
Ogden, UT -- Looking for information about bee keeping, invasive weeds or composting? Would you like to buy some water-wise plants to grow at home? Or, would you like to get out of the house for a fun spring day with the kiddos?  There will be something for all ages at the Ogden Nature Center’s annual Earth Day Celebration.  Come learn something new!

When:  Saturday, April 19 from 12 noon - 4 pm
Where: Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th Street
Admission:  $2 per person
Earth day will be held rain or shine
Alternative transportation and carpooling is encouraged

ACTIVITIES – running throughout the day from 12 noon – 4 pm
• Make your own head wreath
• Llama cart rides with Weber Pathways
• Earth Day Scramble word game
• Face painting
• Make your own instruments from recycled materials
• Composting workshops
• Climbing wall
• Live animal presentations by Ogden Nature Center
• Children’s Hour
• Solar array and green building tours
• Leave-it & Weave-it Scavenger Hunt
• Story walk
• Nature crafts
• Puppet shows/stories/participlays with Ogden Nature Center teacher naturalists

GREEN PRODUCTS
• Native Plant Sale by Willard Bay Gardens
• Recycled & upcycled goods by Our Children’s Earth
• Henna by An Array of Artistry
• Green products by Green the World
• Greenleaf Gifts & Greenhouse
• Sunshea products and Swell Art

EXHIBITORS – set up all day from 12 noon – 4 pm
• Native bees with Mason Bee Habitat for Pollination
• Wool spinning
• Sheep shearing demonstration
• The Nature Conservancy
• Slow Food Utah
• Youth Impact
• Utah Population Environment Coalition
• Utah Transit Authority
• Bike Valet by Ogden Bike Collective
• Ogden City Public Works – with info about solid waste, storm water and forestry
• Watershed Trailer & Wetlands with Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the US Forest Service
• Utah Environmental Congress
• Pollution Awareness with Breathe Utah
• Recycling with Utah Recycling Alliance
• Wild Aware Utah
• Weber Basin Water District
• Bloom Recycling
• Live birds of prey with Hawkwatch International
• Local First Utah
• Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• Weber Pathways

FOOD VENDORS
• Crepes by Crepes Etc.
• Lemonade & Coffee by Grounds for Coffee
• Snowcones by Brainfreeze Snowies
• Polynesian food by Pauni Island Catering
• Pizza by The Lucky Slice

EARTH DAY PRESENTORS SCHEDULE
Live Entertainment On the Earthen Stage Behind the Visitor Center
• 1:30 – 2:45 – Irish Dancing with Celtic Beat Irish Dancers

Wild Bird Presentations at the Amphitheater
Wild Bird presentations will start at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 pm.  Ogden Nature Center educators and volunteers will present several of the birds and animals that call the Nature Center home.  Learn about bird species native to Utah, including owls, hawks and eagles.

Earth Day Invaders – Invasive Weed Workshops
Choose a time: 12 noon, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm
Invasive species have taken over the annual Earth Day celebration – come take part in an invasive species workshop. Test your knowledge, learn to identify our top invaders and get down and dirty as we dig up some weeds! Workshop will be held outdoors and last 30-45 minutes.

Workshops & Lectures in the LS Peery Education Building, West Classroom
• 1:00 pm – Composting workshop
• 2:00 pm – Air quality & recycling workshop
• 2:30 pm – Native bees workshop
• 3:00 pm – Composting workshop
Ongoing – Solar Array and Green Building Tours

21ST ANNUAL BIRDHOUSE EXHIBIT
Additionally, the Ogden Nature Center’s 21st Annual Exhibit of Birdhouses will be on display along birdhouse trail!  Some of the birdhouses are for sale, with all proceeds going to the artists. Birdhouses will be on exhibit until August 30, 2014.

EARTH DAY ART POSTER EXHIBIT
Winners of the annual Earth Day Art Poster Contest will be announced at a ceremony at 11 a.m. Contestants and their families are invited.  This year’s theme is “What Earth Day Means To Me.”  Entries for the contest should be two-dimensional on 9” x 12” paper. Entries are due on April 5. All children in grades K-6 are invited to enter.  Entry forms are available at the Ogden Nature Center.

To make Earth Day affordable for families, the following sponsors have generously sponsored this event: ATK, Elliott-Hall Company, Ogden City Arts, The Standard-Examiner, Westinghouse, Bloom Recyclers, Grounds for Coffee and Kohl’s.

Information, directions to the Ogden Nature Center and events details can be found online at www.ogdennaturecenter.org <http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org> or by calling 801-621-7595.  The Ogden Nature Center is located at 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.