Event Type : Outdoor Recreation

The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, NY hosts  Earth Fest 2024 on Sun, April 21 from  12-4pm.

Join us for a day of celebration of our dear planet Earth.

• explore around our pond with Ashokan Educators to catch and release wildlife
  venture further on a guided hike to Cathedral Gorge
• give back to the Earth by making seed balls or helping with plantings around our grounds
• gain new skills at hands-on workshops: Ink Making and Drawing with Natural Materials with Roberta Ziemba,
• Patching & Upcycling Clothes with Kathy Grassi, and Nature Art with Patty Mooney
• be inspired by Ravensbeard’s live rescued birds of prey show at 12:30pm & live music by Shokoloko at 2:30pm
• savor vegetarian food by the Ashokan Kitchen & Samosa Shack

For more information visit – https://ashokancenter.org

Catskill Center guest educator, Diana Richards, is presenting an introduction to hiking preparedness for you and your dog.  Happy Tails on Happy Trails is a human-only event at Thorn Preserve in Woodstock, NY on April 27 from 10:30am to 11:30am. Registration is required.

For more information go to https://catskillcenter.org/

The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, NY offers Spring Explorations – Healing Plants on Sun, Apr 28, 2024 from 2 – 4 PM.

This group hike explores the Center’s trails while looking for plants with interesting characteristics and medicinal benefits! Del Orloske and Krista Speroni will guide and explore the trails and look for notable plants. You will learn about the historical uses of plants and ways you can use plants today.

For more information visit – https://ashokancenter.org

The 31st Annual SUNY Sullivan Foundation Kite Festival is taking place at SUNY Sullivan on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with activities for the whole family, including professional kite fliers, kite candy drop, food trucks and craft vendors.

Cosponsored by the Sullivan County Visitor’s Association, the events take place at the college in Loch Sheldrake, NY

For more information, sunysullivan.edu/kite-festival/

The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, NY offers Spring Explorations – Indigenous History  on Sun, May 5, 2024 from 2 – 4 PM.

Learn the history and culture of Hudson Valley’s native people with Justin Wexler of Wild Hudson.

For more information visit – https://ashokancenter.org

The Mamakating Environmental Education Center is hosting Fairy Festival at the Center in Wurtsboro, NY on Saturday, May 11th from 10-3p.m.

For information and registration go to https://www.friendsofmeec.org/