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Wetlands Festival

Saturday, April 26, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cost: Free

 

 

Explore Wildwood Park’s treasured wetlands for our 25th Annual Wetlands Festival! Join us for a day of free, fun, and educational activities with special musical guests and food trucks. Enjoy wildlife exhibits, walks, and a wide variety of local and regional environmental organizations. Interact with live animals and make crafts to take home! There is something for everyone! This festival is rain or shine!

Parking:

Additional parking is available nearby at HACC. Follow the signs to the designated parking area. Please walk the Capital Area Greenbelt trail to the festival (0.7 mile walk).

Shuttle: This year a shuttle will be offered throughout the day between the HACC lot #4 and the Nature Center. Please follow signs for pick-up times.

Pick up at HACC: every 30 min. starting at 10:15 am, last shuttle 3:45 pm

Pick up at Nature Center: every 30 min. starting at 10:30 am, last shuttle 4:00 pm

2025 Information

Live Animals:

Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary

11:00am, 12:30pm, and 2:00pm

Music Schedule:

 

Food Vendors:

Williams Catering

Guided Walk Schedule: meet in front of the Nature Center

10:00 am         Bird Walk with Glenn Mitzel

Join Appalachian Audubon & Wildwood Park Volunteer, Glenn Mitzel, to search for unique birds along the park’s boardwalks.

12:00 pm          Tree Walk with Cara Martinez-Williams

Join Wildwood Park Volunteer, Cara Martinez-Williams, for a short walk to learn about tree identification and the species you can find at Wildwood Park. 

1:00 pm        Wildflower Walk with Jane Earle

Join Wildwood Park Volunteer, Jane Earle, for a short walk to learn all about what’s blooming in the park. 

2024 Environmental Exhibitors:

Appalachian Audubon Society, Bluebird Society of PA, Capital Area Beekeepers’ Association, Capital Area Greenbelt Association, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Clarks Creek Watershed Preservation Association, Commonwealth Charter Academy, Dauphin County Conservation District, Dauphin County Department of Solid Waste Management & Recycling, Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community, Friends of Fort Hunter, Governor Pinchot Group of the Sierra Club, Harrisburg Bicycle Club, Keystone Trails Association, Lykens Valley Children’s Museum, Memorial Lake State Park (Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources), Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Paxtang Cemetery, Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association, Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Dauphin County, Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg, Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club, Susquehanna River Basin CommissionSusquehanna Township Parks and Recreation, Trout Unlimited- Doc Fritchey Chapter, and West Shore Wildlife Center.

Vendors:

The Wandering Woodcraft

Aeroponic Alchemist

Title Sponsors:

 

Supporting Sponsor:

Visit Hershey Harrisburg Adventure Trail

 

Media Partners:

      

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