Join us in celebrating  Earth Day at Blue Heron Park in Phoenix, a free event hosted by Bee City USA Phoenix and sponsored by the City of Phoenix, Cascade Girl and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

Visit over twenty exhibitor displays to participate in the children’s activities presented by our local businesses, community organizations, non-profits, and schools for an educational and fun experience. Learn more about our planet and how to preserve it by helping to end plastic pollution, promoting the conservation of wildlife, the restoration of rivers, streams, and lakes, growing the healthy food we need to eat, and creating positive climate change that will sustain life on our planet.

​​​​Schedule of Events - Starts at Noon ​

• Ballet Folklorico ​​​​​12:30 PM ​
• Release of the Doves ​​​​1 PM ​
• Ballet Folklorico​​​​​ 1:30 PM ​
• Rogue Rage Duo ​​​​​2 PM ​
• Children's Endangered Species Procession​ 2:45 PM ​
• Rogue Rage Duo​​​​​ 3 PM ​
• Close: 4 PM

Check in at the Information Booth to find out about the children’s activities at the exhibitor booths. Pick up an "ice cream" token for your child so they can stop by Harper's booth and get a free ice cream treat. Bring a paper or cloth sack to hold all our earth friendly giveaways that show you how to make non-plastic choices in order to become a more earth friendly resident of planet earth.

Exhibitors are feature activities for children that will be both educational and fun!

— Walk through time on the park path and discover Oregon's geological history. There will be over 30 stations along the park pathway and with your travel guide sheet in hand, learn about earth’s geological events, starting with our planet’s history 4.6 billion years ago to the present day as each step you make takes you through 15 to 20 million years “at a time”.

— Come dressed up in a costume you have made and be an “endangered species” for the afternoon. Then join the procession along the park path as the insect, plant, or animal that you have become for the day - buzz like a bee, hoot like an owl, howl like a wolf, roar like a tiger, fly like an eagle. And don’t forget to greet “Big Boy”, the world’s largest monarch caterpillar cocoon.

— Enjoy Story Time on the lawn with the Phoenix Library.

— Plant a flower seed in a biodegradable pot and learn how to plant and grow veggies at the Farm to School Program exhibit. At Cornucopia Acres you can purchase a native plant for your garden.

— Participate in an art and craft activity - shape clay pottery, paint a rock, draw a picture or take a few minutes to play a game with your friends at the playground.

— Bring your picnic lunch and blanket and eat on the park lawn while you listen to and watch the performances on stage. Tingo’s food truck will be at the Park and don’t forget to stop by the Ethos Academy just up the street and enjoy food from Loncheria las Reyes and lots of outdoor games being held there as well.

We want to thank our exhibitors for sharing their time and expertise with us:

Girl Scout Troop 10267 • Oregon Community Trees • Rogue Worms and Doves • Harper’s Phoenix Library • Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates • Bee Sweet Blooms • Farm to School• Cascade Girl• Pollinator Project Rogue Valley • Blue Heron Community Garden • The Grange 1st Phoenix Community Center • Save the Phoenix Wetlands • Northwest Ceramic Studio Rogue River Keeper Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center • Chesterton Academy Leave Your Mark • Cornucopia Acres • and the Bear Creek Stewards in the morning for their Spring Clean-up of the Blue Heron Park