Our history of award-winning environmental education.

Over the past 6 years, Willow Bend has been honored with seven awards.

In November 2007, the National Association of Environmental Education honored Willow Bend as the best local environmental organization in the nation.

In 2006, the National Association of Conservation Districts recognized Willow Bend and our parent organization, the Coconino Natural Resource Conservation District, with an annual Wildlife and the Environment award.

At the state level, Willow Bend won the 2006 Governor’s Pride Award for Environmental Education.


Willow Bend’s Discovery Room: “It’s Easy Being Green!”

The hands-on, interactive exhibit is designed to inform and inspire both kids and adults to make conscious choices about the way we live.

Come in and ride our “light bike” to feel how much energy it really takes to light an incandescent and a compact fluorescent light bulb. Discover how much water the average person in Flagstaff uses each day and play the water haul game. Learn what you can recycle in Flagstaff through our landfill activity and find out where things go when we through them away. See if you can match sustainable building materials with their source. Plant a native seed and take it home… discover how worms can eat your garbage… learn how recycled soda bottles become a fleece jacket.

Kids’ Activity Hours

Bring the kids in during our weekly kids’ activity hours to make a recycled art project!

Month / Season Days Hours
December / January --- ---
February – May Wednesdays, Saturdays 12–4pm
June – August 15 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 12–4pm
August 16 – November Wednesdays and Fridays 12–4pm