Lemoyne Arbor Day Festival

Plan your garden with the Master Gardeners. Pick up a free native tree, shrub, & seeds to start your garden! Dig in the dirt, practice planting, & check out a composting bin with worms! Learn how to fish! Discover local water bugs at the Stream in the Bucket experiment. Meet Wally the Emotional Support Alligator! See a hawk, an owl, & vulture up close! Touch bugs, snakes, turtles, rabbits, & more! Grab a free book! Donate your old bike! Get free minor bike repairs on site. Learn how to ride a bike! Create art & do craft projects at many of our vendor tables! Play interactive environmental games! Learn about rain barrels & how to conserve water. Check out our pop-up Story Walk in the park! Enter raffles & win prizes! Food truck will have items available for purchase Barlett Tree Experts –Create a tree & shrub care plan with experts! Learn how to promote the best health of your trees. Free tree while supplies last! Blue Moon Games –Play an interactive environmental game! Check out their supply of trading card games, board games, dice, miniatures, & more! Bird Town PA Discover Backyard Habitat Programs/learn how to naturally reduce stormwater runoff, greenhouse gases & pesticide use to create a healthier, more sustainable environment for birds/wildlife/people! Chesapeake Bay Foundation Free native tree & shrub giveaway while supplies last Critter Connection Hold snakes, geckos, turtles, a tortoise, bearded dragons, rabbits, guinea pigs, & a toad! Cumberland County:Clean Water Cumberland, Conservation District, Keep Cumberland Co Beautiful, Planning Dept, Vector Control, Weights & Measures, Waste & Recycling, Watershed Program Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn –Meet Freddy the Fish & learn about pollution impacts & how to clean our streams. Free tree while supplies last! Fairhaven Healing – Making changes at home in your garden can make a big impact in helping save Monarch Butterflies! Make a craft & grab wildflower seeds to help pollinators at your home! Fredricksen Library Browse great books & participate in STEM activities from the Kunkel Creation Station & Jane Goodall Roots to Shoots educator!Dig in the dirt, learn to plant & experience a composting bin in action! Lemoyne Borough Shade Tree Commission Visit this table for raffles & prizes from our sponsors! Lemoyne Borough Stormwater / MS4 –Discover stormwater BMPs, including our rain gardens, & learn how to plant pollinator-friendly gardens at home! Members 1st Federal Credit Union –Play games, make a craft, & enter to win prizes! PA Dept of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Learn about new fertilizer laws enacted in July 2022, & best practices to reduce stormwater runoff. PA Dept of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Protection –Discover how to identify & control plant pests, including insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, & viruses that impact PA’s natural resources. PA Dept of Agriculture, Hardwood Development Council PA WoodMobile –The WoodMobile is a traveling museum providing interactive experiences to help visitors understand forests, the sustainable forest products industry, how products are made & threats to our forests such as invasive plants & insects, diseases, & white-tailed deer. PA Fish & Boat Commission –Connect with our local waters & learn how to fish! PA American Water –Join the Splash Lab team for hands on crafts or STEM activities & giveaways! Penn State Master Gardeners –Create leaf paintings, learn about native trees & plants, invasive plants & insects, rain gardens, pollinator-friendly gardens. Penn State Master Watershed Stewards –Participate in hands on Watershed experiments & see the creatures that live in our creeks & streams! Learn about Lawn Conversion, Watershed Property Certification, & more. Red Creek Wildlife Center Meet live rescued animals:a mammal, a reptile, a hawk, a vulture, & owl! Recycle Bicycle –Learn how to ride a bike, helmet safety & how to obtain a free bike.. Receive free minor bike repairs onsite. Donate your old bikes! Susquehanna River Basin Commission Info about native PA species that depend on a clean river, stormwater BMPs, PFAS, water rights, the Susquehannock, & a fun activity for kids! Wally the Emotional Support Alligator –Meet the world-famous Wally, the Emotional Support Alligator & his dad, Joie Henney! West Shore Historical Society –Learn about the history of Central PA through books, artifacts, & photos. See how historic flooding has changed our towns. West Shore School District Bookmobile –Meet Beatrice, the Bookmobile & Mr. Bishop, 4th Grade Teacher & 2024 Bookmobile Driver! Free book for children Whitaker Center –Experience Whitaker on Wheels Van & perform hands-on STEM activities educators! Wildlife In Need Meet a Wildlife Rescue Volunteer/learn how to help sick, orphaned, injured wild animals. Yellow Breeches Watershed Assn –Learn about clean up efforts on the Yellow Breeches & how you can help!

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