Come celebrate fish and watersheds and get your hands wet! LIVE fish, interactive watershed models, games, and fun activities! This celebration is held in conjunction with Colorado River Days Flagstaff and is a collaborative effort between Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, Friends of the Rio de Flag, The Sierra Club, Arizona Trail Association, The United States Geological […]
Come celebrate the end of the growing season with the Friends of the Willow Bend Garden volunteer group. Fun and delicious hands on activities, cooking demos, seed art, a guided walk through the heirloom and the medicinal plant garden and more.
Come celebrate the amazing world of bats. October is Bat month and we have so many hands on activities and displays celebrating these unique winged mammals. Halloween bat decorations, bat games, AZ bat displays, bat research information, test your bat knowledge, hands on activities and free bat posters. Event held in partnership with AZ Game […]
Join Willow Bend as we make fun holiday gifts out of reusable and natural materials and learn about alternative gift wrapping. Guest artists will assist participants with different projects including recycled holiday cards, bottle top and pine cone ornaments and more. Materials and supplies will be provided.
An event that's all about: WATER! Watershed models, water cycle games, hands on activities, and the 2018 4th grade Water Ethics Contest posters. The event is held in partnership with the Colorado Plateau Watershed Council and is free and open to all ages.
Join Willow Bend for our monthly Science Saturday program, on Saturday, February 2nd from 9am-1pm for a hands-on and interactive event celebrating winter! Special guests from the Jones Benally Family, an internationally acclaimed traditional Diné (Navajo) performing group, will be sharing traditional Diné winter stories and games between 11am- 12:00PM. Make snow art, learn about animal winter adaptations, hands-on experiments […]
Join Willow Bend for a Science Saturday that is all about renewable energy! Design and build your own wind turbine, play with solar powered devices, create "sun" art, generate your own energy with our "power" bike, enjoy delicious solar oven s'mores, and more!
Join Willow Bend and the Arboretum at Flagstaff for a celebration of spring! Hands on activities, planting demonstrations, worm composting, pollinator games, seed art, and information about upcoming spring and summer outdoor events from the Arboretum at Flagstaff.
Join Willow Bend and the Rocky Mountain Research Station to learn about fire ecology in Flagstaff, as part of National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. Learn about plant and animal fire adaptations, fire management, and fire safety through displays and hands-on activities.
Join Willow Bend, the Rocky Mountain Research Station, and Jay’s Bird Barn to celebrate the birds of Flagstaff! Learn what an ornithologist does, see what tools are used for avian research, practice your bird calls, and more! Science Saturday is an event held on the first Saturday of every month from 9am-1pm. Each month is […]