An evening to benefit Willow Bend! Raffle and 20% of bar sales will go directly to support our habitat gardens and Monarch Butterfly Way Station. Join Willow Bend on Tuesday, April 25th at the State Bar, 10 Historic Route 66 from 6pm-9pm. Beautiful art exhibition, raffle, and Science Talk about Pollination Ecology with scientists from […]
Join Willow Bend and Friends of the Rio de Flag for an event that’s all about the Rio! Event starts at 9am with a 2 mile guided tour of the Rio from Willow Bend to the Wetlands and back. Then, from 10am-1pm hands on activities at Willow Bend including creating your own watershed, water quality […]
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 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 […]
Ecologist Mike Dechter is back by popular demand for a Kombucha and fermented drinks workshop! Come learn about, ask questions, taste, and make your own Kombucha. Plus samples and starter kits for all participants. Workshop is recommended for adults and children 10 years and older. Cost: $25/general public, $20/Willow Bend and Foodlink members and students. […]
Join Willow Bend, Northern Arizona Audubon Society, Rocky Mountain Research Station, AZ Watchable Wildlife Experience, Junior Duck Stamp, and other partners for a Science Saturday event that's all about birds! The event will begin earlier than usual with a a bird watching hike. We will meet at Willow Bend at 8am and hike to the […]
The workshop will cover basic birding skills using sight, sounds, behavior and habitat, review birding ethics, demonstrate a number of birding research methods, and provide opportunities for involvement with local citizen science birding efforts. During the first part of the workshop participants will learn the basics of bird identification, how to properly use binoculars, how […]
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 Environmental Education Center and Coconino County Conservation District for a grant writing workshop designed to help environmental educators and non-profit professionals search, craft, and present superior grant applications. Workshop covers grant writing fundamentals while offering an insiders perspective on what funders and review panelists are looking for in a grant application. […]
