Festivals
Festivals
Join Menunkatuck Audubon Society at the 156-acre Ansonia Nature Center for a celebration of Mother Earth.
These celebrations will honor the environmental legacy and spirit of the first Earth Day, which was held on April 22, 1970, by acknowledging the seriousness of today’s climate crisis and by affirming the ways in which residents of our town, region, and state are responding to the environmental crisis of human-caused global warming.
Enjoy native plants, hikes, live animals, and environmental exhibitors. Learn about our conservation programs including native plants for natural climate solutions, marsh migration, homes for birds, and making homes bird safe.
Food and unique items are available for sale from local vendors.
All ages are welcome to this family-friendly event. No park admission fee. No registration required.
Menunkatuck has been invited to sell plants from the UrbanScapes nursery at the Riverbound Farm Sanctuary’s opening day for 2025. We’ll have a selection of our native perennials and shrubs and information about native plants and their value to birds and other wildlife.
Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River was acquired by Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society in December 1989 as a bequest from the Estate of Esther Tappert Mortensen, wife of Reverend Ralph Mortensen, both long-time members of the chapter.
The sanctuary includes a house built in 1814 and 23.4 acres of diverse habitat preserved permanently as open space. The house, open the third Sunday of each month April to October, has a museum and nature center. The grounds at the sanctuary are open to the public every day from dawn to dusk. Please wear proper footwear for trails. Be prepared for ticks by wearing light-colored clothing and tucking your pants into your socks!
The Guilford Conservation Commission is sponsoring a community-wide Earth Day Celebration on Guilford Town Green on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2025, from 1:00 – 4:00. Menunkatuck will be there.
These celebrations will honor the environmental legacy and spirit of the first Earth Day, which was held on April 22, 1970, by acknowledging the seriousness of today’s climate crisis and by affirming the ways in which residents of our town, region, and state are responding to the environmental crisis of human-caused global warming.
Join us to learn about our conservation programs including native plants for natural climate solutions, marsh migration, homes for birds, and making homes bird safe..
Join Highstead, Menunkatuck Audubon, and CPEN as they host the Fall 2024 All Things Pollinator with educational booths, kids’ activities, give-aways, and sale of plants from the UrbanScapes nursery.
Tentative exhibitors include:
Highstead — Ecotype Project, Sowing Seeds and Transplanting
CT-NOFA —Eco-region 59, Ecotype Project, Native ecotype seed, Food and Pollinator Connection
Pollinator Pathways — Pollinator Pathways in CT
Menunkatuck Audubon — Bird friendly native plants
Audubon Connecticut — Bird friendly native plants
WildOnes — Landscaping with Natives
