Today is the first day of our new fiscal year! Each year we strive to do more, engage more, serve more, and get outside more! But with ever-decreasing funding for education, we depend on partners like you. Our major source of funding comes from members and supporters who understand the importance of instilling wonder and love for […]
July 1st marks the beginning of our fiscal year. Each year we serve over 18,000 children, their teachers, family members and the community. But with ever-decreasing funding for education, we depend on partners like you. Our major source of funding comes from members and supporters who understand the importance of instilling wonder and love for the […]
Join Willow Bend and NAU Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research for a creepy crawly Science Saturday. We will have hundreds of arthropod samples on display, including butterflies and native bees plus fun activities, build own super bug, view insects under a microscope, play the pollinator game, make insect hotels, and learn about native plants […]
Through generous funding from Mountain Sports Flagstaff and 1% for the Planet, Willow Bend will be offering guided Downtown Geology Tours again during the summer! Tour is FREE and will be limited to 20 participants so online or in store sign-up is highly recommended. Walk in-spots will be available on a first come first serve […]
Join us for our monthly recycling center tours at 3pm on the first Friday of every month. Meet us at the facility at 1800 E. Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (at the northeast corner of Butler and Babbitt) at 3pm. Tour lasts 1 hour. No need to sign up, tour is offered on a first […]
Join us for an exciting event featuring David Wilson, world renowned stone artist from Perth Scotland. Wilson is traveling the world with the support of a prestigious grant from The Queen of England and the Winston Churchill Award giving stone art presentations. He will be creating a Stone Arch at Willow Bend with Pieter Schaafsma. […]
If creepy crawlers fascinate your child, then NAU's summer bug camp is an ideal summer activity. Camp is hosted by the Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity in partnership with Willow Bend. Campers will learn about insect natural history and biodiversity through a series of fun project and activities. Campers collect insects and create their […]
Through generous funding from Mountain Sports Flagstaff and 1% for the Planet, Willow Bend will be offering guided Downtown Geology Tours again during the summer! Tour is FREE and will be limited to 20 participants so online or in store sign-up is highly recommended. Walk in-spots will be available on a first come first serve […]
Willow Bend, in partnership with the Open Space Program within the City of Flagstaff’s Sustainability Section, will be leading FREE guided tours to Picture Canyon during the spring and summer. Tours typically last last 2-3 hours and, in addition to the tours theme (changes each month), cover basic history, ecology, geology, and archeology of Picture […]
Join Willow Bend for a Science Saturday that really rocks! Learn about the region's unique rock formations, have fun making your own fossils, paint rocks, dig through our rock collection, and try balance stones with our special guest artist and stone balancer extraordinaire Pieter Schaafsma. Fun hands on activities for all ages.