Learn how to make your own delicious kombucha at our Adult Workshop. Ecologist Mike Dechter is back to teach you how to get your own kombucha brewing and you will get to take home your very own SCOBY! Cost: $20/general public, $15/Willow Bend members or students Sign up here: http://willowbendcenter.org/adult-education/
Join Willow Bend Environmental Education Center and AWWE wildlife experts on a Community Tour of Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve focused on birding. Meet at the main Picture Canyon Trailhead parking area off of El Paso Flagstaff Road. Dress according to weather, wear comfortable walking shoes as the tour will include light hiking, and […]
****THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED**** This art workshop will focus on applying and understanding Traditional Ecological Knowledge (Indigenous Science) and making Pine Needle Baskets. Participants will learn about Traditional Ecological Knowledge from Chad Hamill, NAU's Vice President for Native American Initiatives. The presentation will be followed by a short walk around the pines at Willow […]
Join The Friends of the Willow Bend Gardens on for a fun and meaningful day enhancing wildlife habitat in the gardens. Assemble bat boxes, plant pollinator friendly flowers, put up bird feeders and more.For more information, e-mail Susan Lamb at susan@susanlamb.net, call the office (928) 779-1745 or join us anytime during the morning.
Join us for a tour of the Materials Recovery Facility (Recycling Center) and learn all about recycling in Flagstaff. This is the last tour of the year! FREE reusable bags for participants. Thanks to support from the City of Flagstaff, we offer these public MRF tours free of charge. For groups of 12 or more […]
Join us as we celebrate First Friday and the Downtown Geology Tours kick-off at Mountain Sports Flagstaff. As a 1% for the Planet Program partner, Willow Bend will be receiving 10% of sales that evening. So come out, sign-up for FREE tours, buy high quality outdoor clothing, enter the raffle, and support our environmental education […]
What can we make out of plants? Why are they so important to the environment? Find out at this Science Saturday with hands-on activities and games all about plants!
Join Willow Bend and Northern Arizona University's Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research for a creepy, crawly and super exciting Amazing Arthropod event. Families will learn all about these amazing little creatures, from tarantulas to beetles, and have an opportunity to see real, live bugs up close! A Short educational presentation will be followed by observations […]
Through generous funding from Mountain Sports Flagstaff and 1% for the Planet, Willow Bend Environmental Education Center offers FREE guided Downtown Geology Tours twice a month, June-August! The 1 hour walking tours are based on local Flagstaff author, Marie Jackson’s Stone Landmark’s book. An exclusive and unique opportunity for the community to explore downtown like […]
Join Willow Bend Environmental Education Center staff on a FREE community tour of Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve. Free and open to the public! This tour is a family-focused hike and picnic. Please bring your own lunch. Meet at the main Picture Canyon Trailhead parking area off of El Paso Flagstaff Road. Dress according […]
