Free Admission Day at KNC!
This Earth Day, we’re challenging your family, friends, and neighbors to make green changes at home that will reduce impacts on the environment. Households that adopt at least 12 earth-friendly practices will receive a reusable bag, compliments of Kalamazoo Nature Center and Lee’sAdventure Sports. Click here for your Green Challenge Form.
Schedule
9:30-10:30 Garlic Mustard Pull – volunteers needed!
Help save our wildflowers! Join our Garlic mustard pulling team and protect the beauty of our Beech-Maple forest.
9-5 Trails and Interpretive Center Open
9-5 Kalamazoo Astronomical Society: Astronomy Day
10-4 Community Information Tables
10-4 KNC Volunteer Fair
11:30-12:30 Wildflower Walk
1-2 Peace, Justice, Care of the Earth: The History of Earth Day – local author, Robert M. Weir
2-3 Book Signing w/ Robert M. Weir
2-3 Cooking w/ Garlic Mustard: Walk on the wild side and try a sample of one of our cookbook recipes from Pest to Pesto. KNC staff will demonstrate some new ideas for cooking with Garlic Mustard.
3-5 Meet the Artist - Steven Kimm reception in the beautiful Glen Vista Gallery
3:30-4:30 Wildflower Walk
Live Birds of Prey appearances throughout the day
Need lunch? Lucky’s Italian Cucina will be on hand selling sandwiches, etc.