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For more information about these and other programs at the park, call 717-432-5011 or email ekepley-mc@state.pa.us.
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It's National Get Outdoors Day today, and the weather outside is lovely...go play! :)
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World Oceans Day is June 8th, and this year's theme focuses on children:
World Oceans Day [is] our planet’s biggest celebration of the ocean, held every June 8th. This year, we encourage you to reach out to young people in your community and help inspire them for the 2012 theme Youth: the Next Wave for Change.
Connect with World Oceans Day via their website for ideas and information on how to get involved.
Festival Hours: Friday, June 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, June 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, June 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Admission: $8.00 for adults; children 12 and under free! (advance sale discount tickets are available online)
The Pennsylvania Lavender Festival is a kid-friendly event. Children age 12 and under attend for free. Photo by Pat Kenny.
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Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve and Environmental Center is a pristine 600-acre sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Adams County that boasts ten miles of trails through woodlands and wetlands.
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-- Thomas Berry, The Dream of the Earth
National Trails Day Walk
June 2, 2012
Join volunteer Rudy Gornik for a walk to celebrate National Trails Day. Walking is a low impact form of exercise and has low impact on the environment as well. Wildwood walks can bring pleasant surprises like seeing turtles and egrets or hearing red-winged blackbirds and Rudy’s jokes will make the miles fly by. The 3-mile walk on easy trails with short climbs will be at a moderate pace of 2-3 miles per hour. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes.
When and Where: 1 pm - 3 pm; Meet at the Olewine Nature Center.
Bird Banding Demonstration
June 3, 2012
Join licensed bird bander Sandy Lockerman as she conducts research on the birds that make Wildwood Park their home. Learn about the equipment, nets, and bands used for banding and local banding projects. If the weather does not cooperate, an indoor program about banding will be substituted.
When and Where: 1 pm - 3 pm; Meet at the Olewine Nature Center.
a black-crowned night heron at Wildwood Lake
]]>"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas."
-- Elizabeth Murray
"Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living."
-- Zenobia Barlow, “Confluence of Streams”
Did you know that Wildwood Park right here in Harrisburg has an adopt-a-turtle program?
Your donation of $20 will make it possible for a microchip numbered PIT (Passive Integrated Transponder) tag to be safely implanted in turtles in Wildwood Lake. It supports study of the growth and development of turtles when they are recaptured at future intervals. Wildwood Park environmental educators with the support of the Friends of Wildwood are partnering with the biology department at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA for this research.
As a donor you will receive a certificate, a PIT tag registration number and your turtle's species. You will be able to locate your PIT tag number on the Friends of Wildwood website when your turtle is recaptured for study and measurements. All turtles will be released back into Wildwood Lake.
Here is a picture of the turtle we adopted at last month's Wetlands Festival, Mr. Turtle:
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"We believe that, with each of you and others, we together can heal the separation between children and nature. We can reinstate joy, wonder, and a sense of purpose in children’s everyday lives. We can re-establish a healthy, natural balance between technology and natural systems. We can build a movement that succeeds in reconnecting children and nature—and in that process inspires new generations to believe in a better future. We together can leave a legacy of leadership and an ecology of hope."
-- Cheryl Charles, President and Co-Founder of the Children and Nature Network, from "The Ecology of Hope"
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Learn more about today here.
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