The annual event is co-hosted by staff and the Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc.
The theme for this daylong celebration is Sustainable Communities.
Visitors are urged to plan to spend all or part of the day at the center, 10 Deerfield Road.
There will be hikes, walks, natural history lectures, music and craft programs offered to participants. Activities are free of charge.
Exhibitors and presenters will share ways to live more sustainable lives.
A special feature will be Meig's Point Nature Center's Reptile Trailer with Russ Miller, featuring a display of reptiles.
"The Farmer's Voice," will present a short film, followed by a demonstration of planting in a raised bed.
Other invited exhibitors include the Naugatuck River Revival, Valley Arts Council, Coon Hollow Farm with a display, Unique Candles, the Massaro Farm, CAA (Community Supported Agriculture), Yale Peabody Museum's "On The Road," the Ansonia Community Organic Gardeners, and Connecticut NOFA (Connecticut MNotrheast Organic Farming Association).
Students in Seymour's Bungay Elementary School will plant trees on park grounds in honor of Earth Day.
Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc. will hold a bake sale and food and beverages will be for sale.
There will be activities for children, including face painting and crafts.
This post is taken from a press release from the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center.
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