GoatsFest June 6! Celebrating the return of the goats

THANK YOU to everyone for making our 2nd annual Goatsfest such a special event! A special thank you to our sponsors and participants!

Check out our gallery soon for event photos. We want to see your photos too! Tag us @wardacresconservancy #WACNR

The last day to see the goats in the park will be Monday June 8.

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All day activities in the Main Event area!

• Live Music by Good Old Brothers Band - the GOATs of Root Rock

• Face Painting with NRHS Green Club

• Rock Painting with Ward Acres Community Garden

• Seed Planting with Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse

• Plant Identification with New Rochelle Boy Scouts

• Creating Seed Balls with the STEM Alliance

• Billy Goats Gruff Bridge Building and Goat Animal Mask crafts with Westchester Children's Museum

• and more! with the ArtsWestchester ArtsMobile

Look for a Goat Drawing station by the Goat grazing site (break from 12-1pm)

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Schedule of Events

(subject to change)

Time	Activity	Length	Location
10:30	Goats Q&A (all about goats) hosted by Hudson Valley Forestry	1h	Goat Grazing Site
11:00	Community Garden Tour  hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden ~ Rosa, Tatiana	20m	Group Meeting Point
	Storytelling hosted by award-winning Therese Plair	30m	Gazebo in the Community Garden
	Tree and Plant Walk (through meadows, dense forests and wetlands with discussion of the rich ecology of each zone, invasives, plant disease, meadow cultivation and the biodiversity zone) hosted by Ward Acres Conservancy ~ Ned	40m	Group Meeting Point
11:30	Composting Demo  hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden ~ Scott	20m	Community Garden
	Family Nature Walk  hosted by Girl Scouts	20m	Group Meeting Point
12:00	Storytelling hosted by award-winning Therese Plair	30m	Gazebo in the Community Garden
12:30	Railroad History Walk (did you know the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway once passed through the park? a talk by 'the forge' followed by a walk to view artifacts along the trails) hosted by Ward Acres Conservancy ~ Eliot	20m	Group Meeting Point
	Storytelling hosted by award-winning Therese Plair	30m	Gazebo in the Community Garden
	Goats Q&A (all about goats) hosted by Hudson Valley Forestry	1h	Goat Grazing Site
1:00	Community Garden Tour hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden ~ Rosa, Tatiana	20m	Group Meeting Point
1:15	Birder Walk (binoculars provided) hosted by Ward Acres Conservancy ~ Matt	30m	Group Meeting Point
1:30	Composting Demo hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden ~ Scott	20m	Community Garden
	Family Nature Walk hosted by Girl Scouts	20m	Group Meeting Point
	Close of Silent Auction Winners announced at Ward Acres Conservancy Table

Live Music

• Good Old Brothers Band

  
  

Food and Beverage

• 4 Bros Pizza

• Lucy's Tacos

• Mr Softee

• WACG Bake Sale

Children's Activities

• ArtsWestchester ArtsMobile

• Storyteller Therese Folkes Plair

• Westchester Children's Museum

• Face Painting

• Rock Painting

• Live Goat Drawing

Walks and Talks

• Goats Q&A with Hudson Valley Forestry

• Composting Demo

• Community Garden Tour

• Birders Walk

• Nature Walk

• Railroad History Walk

Tables and Booths

• Anaïs Concepto.

• ChooseVeg

• City of New Rochelle, DPW

• Energy Justice Law & Policy Center

• Healthy Yards

• Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse

• The Humble Bumble Book

• Hutchinson River Restoration Project

• Infinity Energy

• New Rochelle Boy Scouts Troop 11

• New Rochelle Girl Scouts

• New Rochelle Public Library

• New Rochelle YMCA

• New York New Jersey Trail Conference

• NRHS Green Club

• Plan it Wild

• Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners

• The STEM Alliance

• Sustainable Westchester

• Volunteer New York!

• Ward Acres Community Garden (WACG)

• Ward Acres Conservancy (WAC)

• Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities

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