Join Willow Bend and come make fun holiday gifts out of reusable and natural materials and learn about alternative gift wrapping. We will be making pine cone and tree cookie ornaments, collage gift cards and gift labels, T-shirt bags, magazine necklaces and more. Materials and supplies will be provided (while supplies last).
Herbalist Mike Masek from The Forager's Path School of Botanical Studies is back just in time for winter and the holidays, to lead the annual Salve Making Workshop. This workshop shows you how to make unique and useful gifts for friends, family and yourself! The workshop will focus on two salve making processes. One method uses resin […]
Marina Xoc Castillo de Vasquez will be leading a unique pine needle basket making workshop. From the highlands of Huehuetenango in Guatemala, Marina in has been making baskets her entire life and is looking forward to passing down the knowledge and skill. Workshop will cover different types of baskets, materials needed for basket making, collecting […]
Join us for our first 2022 Science Saturday celebrating winter with special guests from the Jones Benally Family, an internationally acclaimed Diné (Navajo) performing group. Traditional Diné winter stories and games, hot chocolate, and hands-on activities including snow art, animal winter adaptations and more. Event is free and open to the public. *We are following […]
Join Willow Bend local expert, Geoffrey Gross, for a Basics of Wildlife Tracking workshop. Geoffrey will teach participants about basic animal tracking through a fun hands-on presentation and guided hike around Sawmill Park, the Rio de Flags and the FUTS trail below Willow Bend (weather permitting). Cost is $15 for the general public or $1o […]
Bald Eagles are back in Flagstaff for our Annual Eagle Event held in partnership with Arizona Game and Fish, Liberty Wildlife, and Arizona Watchable Wildlife Experience. This year’s event will be held at Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, with three separate programs. Cost for each program is $10/participant, $35/family (2 adults + 3 kids) or […]
Local professional archaeologists joined by Northern Arizona University students will present hands-on interactive activities that demonstrate what an archaeologist does, the tools they may use, and how their scientific work helps interpret ancient history. Activities such as split-twig figurine making, atlatl throwing, artifact, plant and faunal (animal) identification, and much more will provide the participant […]
The art of stone balancing involves working with different stones and their surface to get them to balance on one another in intriguing ways. Willow Bend will host an educational presentation about the ethics and theory of stone balancing, followed by stone balance artist demonstrations and hands on activities for the community. Presentation will take […]
Explore the art of stone balancing with master balancer and Back West creative director, Pieter Schaafsma. The workshop will introduce the ephemeral art form of stone balancing. The event will include a demonstration of the various styles of balancing, basic tips and techniques, and one-on one tutoring will be given to open participants to the […]
Project WILD links students and nature to provide wildlife-based conservation and environmental education programs that foster responsible actions toward our natural world. This fun, interactive workshop will explore the intrinsic ecological value using best practices to teach about environmental ecosystems. The four-hour professional development is open to formal classroom teachers of all grade levels and […]