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Willow Bend is located at 703 E. Sawmill Road in Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, near Sawmill Park.

Phone: 928-779-1745
Fax: 928-779-2588

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Willow Bend celebrates 30 years of environmental education in northern Arizona!

May 31 — Help us celebrate all day with demonstrations on rainwater harvesting, solar cooking, and tours of our passive-solar straw-bale building. We’ll showcase how we’re decreasing our carbon footprint and offer suggestions and encouragement for you to do the same. Family and children’s activities will include scavenger hunts, nature walks into Sinclair Wash, music, storytelling, and more!

Schedule of Activities

Time Event Leader / Sponsor
9:00–9:45 am Willow Bend building tour  
Family walk Jack Welch
10:00–10:45 am Opening ceremony  
10:45–11:00 am APS ribbon cutting for new solar system  
11:00–11:45 am Composting workshop Tammy Bishop, City of Flagstaff
Children’s gardening activity  
12:00–12:45 pm Music with Second Childhood  
1:00–1:45 pm Rainwater harvesting Ellen Ryan, City of Flagstaff
Family wash walk  
2:00–2:45 pm Cisterns and edible gardens Derek Snyder, Willow Bend
Build your own solar oven  
3:00–3:45 pm Photovoltaic system workshop Jim Corning, Prometheus Solar
Family wash walk  

Ongoing Family Activities

Scavenger hunts, Willow Bend Discovery Room, NOLS veggie oil bus, solar oven s’mores, climbing wall, face 

Adult Activities

Solar building tour, biofuels information, rainwater harvesting and garden info