18th Annual Fall Festival
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 09/15/2018
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Join us at the 18th annual Fall Festival and celebrate “Sustainable Earth” with a full day of nature fun, demonstrations, live animals, food, music and more! A donation to Friends of Reinstein Woods is gratefully requested at the door to cover festival expenses. No registration required. The first 500 families receive a reusable cloth bag to take home, courtesy of M & T Bank (while supplies last).
Bring household alkaline batteries for recycling at the event! Also, we encourage people to bring an old t-shirt to make into a reusable shopping bag. Bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated during the festival.
- Interactive exhibits from more than 30 local nature, environmental and historical organizations
- Make a t-shirt bag and seed bomb to take home!
- Pond Exploration Zone
- Scavenger hunt (win a prize!)
- Eco-Tinker Stations
- Wildlife Spotter’s Challenge
- Simulated fly fishing for kids
- Buffalo-Niagara Waterkeeper will be selling rainbarrels at the event
- Live animals
- Games
- Food for sale by Boy Scout Troop 500
- Face painting, costumed characters, door prize, and more!
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will have rainbarrels available for purchase.
Special Activities Include:
- 10:30 and 12:30 ECO Hunt: K9 Demonstration
- 11:30 and 1pm Mama Earth
- 12pm – 4 pm Get the Buzz on Bees: Fly on over to the Education Center to chat with a beekeeper at our observational bee hive. Learn about these important pollinators!
- 1:30 and 3 pm Erie County Ranger Hikes
- 2 pm: Forest Ranger Kennedy demonstration
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