Get Wild About Nature at the “City Wilds Festival” at North Park Village Nature Center
Release Date: 05/08/09
North ParkVillageNatureCenter, 5801 N. Pulaski, celebrates Chicago’s backyard biodiversity during its annual “City Wilds Festival” on Saturday, June 13 with special hours from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Sunday, June 14 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
This year’s two-day free festival for all ages features a mini “BioBlitz.” There will be guided walks through the Nature Center’s four habitats (prairie, woodland, wetland, savanna) and visitors can help inventory and learn about the plants and animals found in the 46-acre preserve in a 12-hour period. The festival will also feature workshops on the benefits of landscaping with native plants and composting. There will be nature crafts, activities, and a storyteller for children. In addition, Sunday’s program features a visit from “Tales & Scales Traveling Zoo” with naturalist Beth Wagner doing an interactive, educational live animal presentation.
“The City Wilds festival is a wonderful opportunity for families to learn about biodiversity and the interconnections between people, wildlife and plants in their own backyards and in the city’s parks,” said Timothy J. Mitchell, general superintendent of the Chicago Park District.
The festival is free and no registration is required. For more information, call North ParkVillageNatureCenterat 312.744.5472.
North Park Village Nature Center is the City of Chicago’s first nature center, and just one of the Chicago Park District’s 56 nature areas. Visitors to these special places will discover a variety of opportunities to explore nature with its vast array of lagoons, wetlands, prairies, woodlands, river edges, bird sanctuaries, dunes and wildlife gardens. The North ParkVillageNatureCenter’s nature preserve is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. seven days a week, excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays. Admission is free.
- Contact Phone: 312 742 7529
- Publication Date: 05/08/09