This free community day showcases home grown native plants, herbs and berries, handmade items from New Jersey artists and craftspeople, wellness information and a variety of hands-on crafts and activities for families.
FREE admission to all WheatonArts exhibits, studio demonstrations and museum stores throughout the day.
Rain Barrel Workshop
10:30 am to 1 pm, and 2 pm to 4:30 pm
$25 registration required. Space is limited 10 per session
Contact: Pamela Weichmann, pweichmann@wheatonarts.org or ext. 106.
Become a wiser water user and eco-friendly gardener by attending a rain barrel workshop, offered by the local New Jersey Watershed Ambassador and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County. Workshop participants will build a rain barrel to take home!
Nature Walks
Walk #1 11:15 am
CU Maurice River Wildlife Management Director Allen Jackson and CU Maurice River Naturalist and Trustee Tony Klock
Walk #2 3:30pm
CU Maurice River Wildlife Management Director Allen Jackson and CU Maurice River Naturalist and Trustee Mary Watkin
ECO Fair Keynote Speaker, Dr, Douglas Tallamy,
will present “Bringing Nature Home.”
Tallamy will discuss the important ecological roles of the plants in our landscapes, emphasize the ecological, educational, physical, and emotional benefits of designing landscapes with
these roles in mind, and explore the consequences of failing to do so.
Presentation begins at 1:30 pm followed by a book sale and signing.
Let us know you are attending. Click here.
Presented by Citizens United and WheatonArts with thanks to the Watershed Institute.
