Earth Day (Monday, April 22, 2024) is a great time to get outside and join in our community to take care of our earth. This year's theme is: Invest in our Planet™. There are so many fun activities and events surrounding this significant day.
Arbor Day (Friday, April 26, 2024) and you can find many locations to receive trees to plant. What a great way to give back to the earth.
🌎🌳 Annual Arbor Day Tree Sale Event in Burnsville, now through April 24 (or until sold out)
Burnsville residents can purchase a tree from now through April 24, 2024 (or until sold out) and pick up Friday, April 26 between 3 - 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot across from Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center
🌍 Earth Day: Invest in our Planet vs Plastic, April 22, 2024
Come and find ways that you can help Invest in our Planet by finding an event, planting a tree, and each of us doing our part to help out our planet. Click HERE to find out how we all can help.
🌳🪵 Free Minnesota National Parks Entrance Day, Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Come experience your state parks on Saturday, April 27. Click HERE to find other Free MN National Parks Entrance Days.
🌎 Party for the Planet at Como's Annual Earth Day, April 20-21 from 10am - 4pm
Bring the family for a fun weekend of activities, interactive Story Theater, crafts, games, giveaways, and education programs that explore animals, plants and people that depend on this big blue ball.
With family-friendly activity stations, a lively new story time offering from our friends at Children’s Theatre Company, cool conservation tips from our partners at Xcel Energy, and splashy public programs like our Blaze Sparky Show, Party for the Planet is a great way to learn more about what you can do to protect our environment on Earth Day and every day.
🌎 Earth Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota, Celebrate Our Planet: Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 10am - 2pm
Join community partners and our own scientists on April 20 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for an Earth Day full of hands-on activities, chats with earth science experts, and even tours highlighting the museum’s plans to be carbon-neutral by 2030. Be one of the first 200 ticket purchasers to receive a special, limited-edition prize!
Plus: Make your eco-friendly way to the museum with a free ride with Metro Transit on Earth Day and every Friday through the end of June!
🌎 2024 Earth Day Celebration and Watershed Cleanup at Lakeville City's Central Maintenance Facility, Saturday, April 20 at from 11am - 1pm
Bring your family, your neighbors and friends! Fun for all ages!
Visit our various education stations and learn about what you can do to help make a difference in our city and for the Earth as a whole. The education stations include information on the following:
Aquatic invasive species
Prairies
Pollinators
Recycling
Water quality
Watersheds
And more!
As you visit the stations, you will earn the chance to get Earth-friendly prizes and are sure to have lots of fun along the way.
Other activities include:
The Zoomobile
Puppet shows
Garden tool swap: If you’re in need of new to you gardening tools OR looking to get rid of excess (but still useful) gardening tools, there will be a garden tool swap at the entrance of the event where you can leave and take what you would like.
We hope you'll also consider participating in our Watershed Cleanup event!
🌎🌳 Farmington Arbor Day Tree Planting at Evergreen Knoll Park, Friday, April 26 from 10-10:30am
If we all say Yes to Arbor Day, imagine what we can grow.
The Arbor Day Foundation says: It takes a lot of Yeses to plant 500 million trees. That’s why when you commit to celebrating Arbor Day, you’re doing more than helping put trees in the ground. You’re saying Yes to a healthier world.
So, grab your gardening gloves and join us! The Arbor Day tree planting in Farmington will occur at Tamarack Park, 895 Cantata Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024.
According to AmericanForests.org, trees are natural air conditioning, air filters and sponges for carbon, and yet many neighborhoods severely lack trees and the life-saving health benefits they provide. Let's help add trees to our neighborhoods and parks.
🌎 Holz Farm Clean Up Day, Saturday, May 4 from 9am-12pm
Join the Friends of the Farm to help spruce up Holz Farm from it's winter slumber. Volunteers can sign up ahead of time or can show up onsite. Some yard tools will be available. Volunteers are welcome to bring gloves and any additional yard tools (rakes, shovels) they may have. Volunteers needed! Interested volunteers can sign up here.
🌎🌳 Arbor Day Celebration at Sky Hill Park (Eagan) and Poster Contest Information, Wednesday, May 11 from 4-6pm
Wednesday, May 11 | 4–6 p.m.Historic Holz Farm | 4665 Manor Drive
Celebrate Arbor Day at a family-friendly eventat Holz Farm Park. For more information, visitcityofeagan.com/forestry.
Poster Contest Information HERE.
Other Earth Day Resources
10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day from Home with the Farmer's Almanac
Earth Day with the Nature Conservancy
Earth Day with the Earth Day Initiative
Earth Day Coloring Page Links
Crayola earth day coloring pages
Earth Day Activities and Coloring/Activity Pages
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