Hands and Hooves: A Sustainability Festival in Ward Acres Park on June 7th

THANK YOU to all our participants and community for the great turnout!! Check out the new and improved photo gallery as we add photos from the event! We want to see your photos too! #.WACNR

THE GOATS HAVE ARRIVED!

Read about the project and check out some photos!

Visit them hard at work until June 11 (follow the green arrows in Ward Acres Park)

Celebrate and learn more at the festival!

Schedule of Events

Activity Information	Time	Length	Location
A Walk Through Nature and Time (a gentle walk appropriate for all ages) hosted by Ward Acres Conservancy	11:00 and 1:00	45min	Group Meeting Point
Birder Walk in Ward Acres Park (binoculars provided) hosted by Ward Acres Conservancy	12:30	1h	Group Meeting Point
Community Garden Tour hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden	12:30	45min	Group Meeting Point
Composting Demo hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden	10:30 and 11:00	20min	Community Garden
Face Painting hosted by NRHS Green Club	all day	all day	NRHS Green Club Table
Goats Open House (all about goats) hosted by Fat and Sassy Goats	10:30 and 12:30	45min	Goats Site
Leave No Trace Demo (hiking & camping while minimizing environmental impact) hosted by Boy Scouts Troup 11	all day	all day	Boy Scouts Troup 11 Table
Live Goat Drawing (for children and adults) hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden	10:30	1h	Group Meeting Point
Rock Painting hosted by Ward Acres Community Garden	all day	all day	Ward Acres Community Garden Table
Storytelling Hour hosted by award-winning Therese Plair	11:00	1h	Gazebo in the Community Garden

Food and Beverage

• Lucy's Tacos

• Mr Softee

Walks and Talks

• Birder walk

• Composting demonstrations

• Goats open house

• Tour of the community garden

Children's Activities

• ArtsWestchester ArtsMobile

• An hour with award-winning storyteller Therese Plair

• Face painting

• Live goat drawing

• Rock painting activity table

Tables and Booths

• Anaïs Concepto

• Boy Scouts of New Rochelle Troop 11

• ChooseVeg

• Circuit

• City of New Rochelle, DPW

• Comrie Enterprises, LLC

• Energy Justice Law Policy Center (EJLPC)

• ENRAC

• Federated Conservationists of Westchester County

• Healthy Yards New Rochelle

• Helpsy

• New Rochelle Boy Scouts

• New Rochelle Garden Club

• New Rochelle Girl Scouts

• New Rochelle High School Green Club

• New York New Jersey Trail Conference

• Sustainable Westchester

• The Humble Bumble Bookstore

• Veo

• Ward Acres Community Garden

• Ward Acres Conservancy

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