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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

BuzzFest! @ Essex County Environmental Center

 

BUZZFEST @
Essex County Environmental Center

Click HERE to view our Parks Calendar & Register Online Today!
Click HERE for our Public Programs Brochure


 BUZZFEST
Saturday, August 10,
10am, 11am, 12pm or 1pm

FOR ALL AGES!

Have you ever wondered how honey goes from hive to jar?
Come join members of the Essex County Beekeepers Society and see a real hive! You’ll even get a sample taste.

Meet Maddie Tubbs the 2024 New Jersey Honey Queen!

Learn about bees, their current challenges, and how we can help.
Make-and-take bee themed crafts and activity stations included.


Meet inside Garibaldi Hall - Rain or Shine


Limited space per time slot; choose to book from one of four time slots.
Fee: $15 per participant (includes a take-away item per paid participant)  

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Pre-registration and payment required either in person, by mail or online at www.essexcountyparks.org/calendar


GARDEN DISCOVERY CLUB

Tuesdays – August 6, 20; Sept. 10 4pm to 5pm For ages 5 and up.

Together, we’ll grow food in our garden plot and learn about everything from soil to seeds along the way. Participants will get hands-on experience with planting, harvesting and cooking. Session themes include soil and composting, seed planting and labeling, thinning, weeding and watering, selective harvest, garden pests, healthy eating and more! 

This is a drop-off and pick-up class (children only). 

Fee: $15 per child per session
Register HERE


2024 ESSEX COUNTY PARKS PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Submissions are due by Wednesday, September 11

so grab a camera and visit an Essex County Park!

Anyone with a camera is invited and encouraged to submit photos that capture a part of your visit to the County Park System.
For rules and regulations, please click here.

 

Essex County Environmental Center
973.228.8776  ~  621b Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068

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