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Environmental Fun Fair

May 18, 2024
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Springbrook Nature Center

Fridley Recreation, Springbrook Nature Center and Anoka County 4-H have teamed up to offer this annual FREE, fun and educational event at Springbrook Nature Center.

Event Passport and Prizes! – Visit different exhibitors and collect stamps to win prizes. The more exhibitors you visit the more entries you receive to win environmentally themed prizes!
Environmental and Educational exhibitors
Pop-Up Community Toy Store – Stock the Community Toy Store: Swap out your old, under-utilized toys this year. Help us promote reuse in our community by dropping off your lightly-loved children's toys, puzzles, games and art supplies to be distributed during the Pop-Up Community Toy Store at the Environmental Fun Fair. We will be collecting toys in the lobbies of Fridley City Hall and Springbrook Nature Center during business hours from April 16-May 16.
Rustic Chef and Flamingo's Ice Cream Food Trucks
Games, Crafts & Activities focused around Environmental Stewardship
Bouncy Castle
AND MORE!

Exhibitors

All Energy Solar
Anoka County Master Gardeners
Anoka County Recycling & Resource Solutions
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
City of Fridley
Coon Creek Watershed District
Friends of the BWCA
Growing Green Hearts LLC
International Wolf Center
MN350
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
Minneapolis Toy Library
University of Minnesota Turf Science
We All Need Food and Water
City of Fridley Street Sweeper
Recycling Truck

Performers

In addition to our local exhibitors, we will have a few special performers attending the event.

Will Hale: Musician, greatness amplifier, and experience generator Will Hale offers fun entertainment for kids and families with a live concert! From 1:00 - 2:00 in the Springbrook Amphitheater we will clap, dance and sing with the king of the rocking air guitar.

Songs are environmentally focused with a emphasis on fun!

Bob Ebsen Education Director with Wildlife Science Center: Bob Ebsen, a veteran science teacher and Education Director at the Wildlife Science Center, facilitates educational encounters between people and wild animals in order to promote a sense of enthusiasm, responsibility, and stewardship towards our native fauna. The Wildlife Science Center was originally launched in 1976 as a federally-funded captive Gray Wolf research program. Since 1990, it has become a non-profit organization and expanded to house, study, and exhibit a variety of other wild species.

Pop-Up Community Toy Store

Help us promote reuse in the community with a free pop-up toy store. Bring in your gently-used toys to the dropboxes at Springbrook Nature Center and City Hall from April 16-May 16. Then, shop for free new-to-you toys at the Fun Fair. Please ensure all dropped-off toys are in a good enough condition that you'd want to bring them into your own home.