Arbor Day

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We Plant it Forward is hosting Raleigh Earth Day and Arbor Day Celebration

in partnership with the City of Raleigh.

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Food Trucks:

Season It Up Vegan

Copperheads Craft Burgers

Entertainment:

Join the Paperhand Puppet parade to the ceremonial tree planting

Free on demand poetry!

Movie in the Park:

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Arbor Day is a call to celebrate trees and create a sense of community purpose toward the preservation and restoration of the natural environment.

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Arbor Day Festival 2024 Highlights

2000 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE TREES

and the nature environment.

WE GAVE out Over 350 NATIVE TREE SEEDLINGS!

What folks learned at the Festival . . .

Cisco volunteers preparing tree seedlings for Arbor Day giveaway

Charles McClay from Wake County Lake Crabtree Park demonstrated how to make a 55 gallon rain barrel to start your own water conservation program at home. Thank you Charlie!

Folks had an opportunity to walk around Flower’s Field with an arborist and ask your questions about trees! Thank you Basil Camu, Fiona Matthews and Hayden Gould of Leaf & Limb for sharing your knowledge!

Jeff Hawkinson shared the basics of growing native plants from seed. He explained two methods for growing plant and identified several types of common native plant seeds. He gave out some baby butterfly weed to some lucky festival attendees!

Dave from the Tuscarora Nation gave the tree dedication inspiring us to know our connection to nature.

Paperhand Puppet Intervention life size puppets

Paperhand puppet parade to tree planting

About 60 volunteers carried these magnificent life size puppets parading through the festival leading everyone to the ceremonial tree planting and One Tribe helped us get into the rhythm of the celebration inviting people to participate in a drum circle.

We gave out over 350 native tree seedlings

Basil Camu and Hayden Gould of Leaf & Limb showed us how to properly plant a tree so your new trees will thrive for generations. Thank you Basil and Hayden!

Mary Abrams from Wake Audubon shared the many benefits of leaving your leaves in your yard. Thank you Mary!

Environmental professionals shared their knowledge to help festival attendees build and expand their environmental sustainability toolbox.

City of Raleigh showed off their electric vehicles

Sunny the Fun Fairy spread her good cheer!

65 volunteers worked behind the scenes to set up, keep the festival on task and clean up! Thank you for your time, passion and endless giving!

To play the Raleigh Arbor Day Trivia Game, festival attendees scanned the Trivia Game QR code on their phone and attended the environmental demonstrations to learn the trivia answers. 9 participants giving the most correct answers claimed their prize:

Homewood Nursery & Garden Store $100 gift card
Tree Diaper slow drip watering system
PaperPie nature focused children’s books
DeCicco Woodshop handcrafted wooden bowl and coasters

Discover diverse ways trees help all of us .

The festival gave people direct experience in understanding the benefits of trees and how to sustain our natural environment.

A fun-filled festival with tree giveaways, crafts, tree trivia, music, food trucks, tree care and rain barrel demonstrations and other fantastic creative expressions that support trees and the natural environment. Scroll down to learn more….

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Founded in 2010, the North Carolina Science Festival is the first statewide science festival in the United States. Through a series of community-based events each April, the Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina. It is an initiative of Morehead Planetarium & Science Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.

A fun filled day

of hands-on environmental activities, trivia game, environmental education demonstrations. Come learn how you can make a difference. Enjoy music, food, and building a common purpose to preserve and restore the natural environment!