Every year, Audubon employees and native chapters convey communities collectively on and round Earth Day to have fun birds and wildlife. From volunteer cleanups to fowl walks and family-friendly occasions, these packages assist encourage folks to assist shield the planet in their very own communities.
Listed here are some highlights from throughout the community. You’ll be able to try extra Audubon Earth Day occasions here.
Digital
Build A Bird Habitat Webinar: Design Your Bird Habitat Garden—Digital (April 21, 2026, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.)
Be part of consultants from Audubon Mid-Atlantic and Herring Run Nursery to learn to design a bird-friendly oasis. Come away with some examples of designed plant communities and one of the best species for attracting birds and butterflies, whereas additionally being stunning for folks. That is the third of a four-part webinar collection about constructing a fowl habitat on your residence or neighborhood. Every session covers a distinct subject round bird-friendly backyard design and planting.
Arizona
Earth Day Festival & Volunteer Day—Phoenix, AZ (April 11, 2026, 7:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. MT)
Have a good time Earth Day on the Rio Salado Audubon Middle with a day devoted to nature, sustainability, and folks working to guard our surroundings. Be part of the early fowl habitat restoration exercise, or simply take part within the competition with guided fowl walks within the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Space and meals, music, crafts, and family-friendly actions. Discover volunteer and internship alternatives, try dwell animal shows, or be part of a workshop with Audubon, Arizona Sustainability Alliance, and American Forests.
California
Family Nature Day at Richardson Bay Audubon—Tiburon, CA (Could 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. PT)
Be part of Richardson Bay Audubon in partnership with WildCare for a Household Nature Day honoring Elizabeth Terwilliger. Go on a naturalist-led hike, create a wildlife themed craft, take the journey problem, dissect an owl pellet, use binoculars to observe birds from the patio of the historic Lyford Home, meet dwell non-releasable wildlife, and rather more.
Connecticut
Earth Day Trash Cleanup—Sharon, CT (April 25, 2026, 10 a.m. ET)
Be part of Sharon Audubon Middle and the Sharon Vitality and Environmental Fee (SEEC) and volunteer to gather litter on the roadsides of city. This can be a enjoyable occasion and a good way to do one thing for the setting whereas getting contemporary air and train. SEEC offers security vests, rubbish luggage, and plastic gloves, and the Audubon Middle may additionally present a shock for volunteers on the finish!
Florida
Earth Day Puzzle Trail at Audubon Center for Birds of Prey—Maitland, FL (April 18 and 19, 2026, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET)
Go to the Audubon Middle Birds of Prey the weekend earlier than Earth Day for the Earth Day Puzzle Path! This escape room expertise will lead the participant by a collection of puzzles to find out about raptors and their threats. This exercise is most applicable for ages 12 and up however youthful youngsters will get pleasure from it with some grownup help. Included with admission!
Earth Day Community Celebration—St. Andrews, FL (April 18, 2026, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Be part of Bay County Audubon Society (BCAS) and different organizations on the St. Andrew’s Farmer’s Marketplace for the Annual Earth Day Celebration. The Earth Day Proclamation studying will start at 11:45 a.m. Actions for the entire household embody music and dancing, craft and meals distributors, setting distributors, and a tree giveaway.
Iowa
Earth Day Fair—Decorah, IA (April 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – midday CT)
Discover the Higher Iowa Audubon Society (UIAS) Sales space on the annual Winneshiek County Fairgrounds Earth Day Honest, the place you possibly can discover the newest in recycling, composting, renewable vitality, solar energy, electrical autos, native planting, wildlife habitat, conservation practices, and extra!
Kentucky
Louisville Earth Fest—Louisville, KY (March 28, 2026, 1 – 5 p.m. ET)
Louisville Audubon Society will be part of the Louisville Metro Authorities Workplace of Sustainability, Parks Alliance of Louisville, and different companions to convey again Earth Fest, a Louisville Earth Month kickoff occasion. This neighborhood competition will characteristic meals, music, performances, artwork, sustainability actions, and native assets – all in celebration of our planet.
Missouri
Little Creek Earth Day—Florissant, MO (April 18, 2026, 8 a.m. – midday CT)
Be part of Audubon Middle at Riverlands employees at Little Creek’s annual Earth Day occasion for a morning of enjoyable! This occasion will characteristic a great deal of native companions, hands-on actions, face portray, and extra.
New York
Earth Day Weekend Marsh Volunteer Project—Garrison, NY (April 25, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – midday ET)
Go to Structure Marsh Audubon Middle for an Earth Day volunteer mission! Volunteers will take away invasive crops and take cuttings from native Dogwood bushes to propagate and replant on the Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Columbia County. After the planting occasion, volunteers are welcome to go on a nature hike right down to Structure Marsh’s boardwalk to seek for migrating spring birds and determine wildlife alongside the path, in addition to focus on how local weather change is impacting the Hudson Valley Space. All ages, pre-registration is required.
MARSH! Invasive Honeysuckle Popping at Montezuma Audubon Center—Savannah, NY (April 22, 2026, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET)
All are welcome to volunteer with Audubon employees on the Montezuma Audubon Middle to take away woody invasive honeysuckle from forested off-trail wildlife habitat! Individuals shall be given any and all instruments essential to dig out and/or in the reduction of vegetation, and volunteers might tackle extra roles of spreading native seeds and dragging dug up honeysuckle to kind brush piles. Hydration shall be accessible always and lunch shall be supplied by the Mates of the Montezuma Wetlands Complicated. Registration is required.
North Carolina
Earth Day 2026—Greensboro, NC (April 25, 2026, Midday – 4 p.m. ET)
Be part of the T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society for fowl/nature walks at this household pleasant occasion organized by the Metropolis of Greensboro’s Workplace of Sustainability and Resilience. Showcasing organizations dedicated to nature conservation and sustainability, the occasion noticed over 3,000 guests final 12 months and can embody a local plant giveaway, youngsters’s actions, and meals vans on web site.
Ohio
Seeds of Caring Earth Day Event—Columbus, OH (April 18, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ET)
Households and teams are invited to take part in a number of initiatives at Grange Insurance coverage Audubon Middle to assist youngsters ages 2-12 take motion in defending our surroundings and investing in our planet’s future. Neighborhood companions shall be on web site to coach youngsters on environmental stewardship actions. Be part of us for a day of enjoyable, schooling, and dwell music!
Green Columbus Earth Day Event—Columbus, OH (April 26, 2026, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET)
Have a good time Earth Day with Inexperienced Columbus at Grange Insurance coverage Audubon Middle for this free, family-friendly, zero-waste occasion. Get pleasure from hands-on enjoyable, find out about native sustainability efforts, and join with organizations making a constructive environmental affect in our neighborhood. All through the day Audubon educators will lead fowl and tree walks to coach competition goers about native species throughout the park.
Aullwood’s Native Plant Sale—Dayton, OH (April 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET)
One of many space’s largest and earliest of the season returns in 2026! Store from greater than 12,000 crops representing 181 species suited to prairie, wetland, and woodland habitats, together with spring ephemerals, flowering crops, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and bushes. Proceeds assist Aullwood Audubon Middle’s environmental schooling and conservation packages. New this 12 months, please convey your individual packing containers to hold and transport crops!
Pennsylvania
Nature Journaling at Mill Grove—Audubon, PA (April 19, 2026, 11 a.m.)
In search of a quiet, inventive strategy to reconnect with nature and sharpen your commentary expertise? Nature Journaling invitations you to make use of phrases and photos to gather and document your observations and connections to the pure world. This immersive class teaches you to watch and document the dwelling panorama shapes, textures, patterns, and seasonal modifications discovered on the property at Mill Grove.
Earth Day Bird Walk—Williamsport, PA (April 22, 2026, 8 a.m. ET)
The Lycoming Audubon Society will start Earth Day Celebrations with a Susquehanna Greenway partnered stroll within the native preserved wetlands between Bald Eagle Mountain and the Susquehanna River. Stroll the gently rolling panorama and seek for quite a lot of fowl species whereas studying concerning the imaginative and prescient and ongoing efforts for this particular space.
Earth Day Over the Bridge—Wilkes-Barre, PA (April 22, 2026, 6 p.m. ET)
Fifty-six years in the past, Earth Day was initiated as a nationwide expression of appreciation for our planet. Be part of the Lycoming Audubon Society on the River Stroll gathering on the north/ Wegman’s facet, close to the river dam. Ample parking accessible. Search for Audubon indicators. With indicators and flags, we’ll stroll clockwise, cross Market Road bridge, and again. Thanks for including your presence on this easy assertion of celebrating our stunning earth.
Texas
Free Entry: Celebrate Earth Day and Native Plant Month—San Antonio, TX (April 18, 2026, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT)
Get outdoors to have fun Earth Day and Native Plant Month and luxuriate in free entry all day at Mitchell Lake Audubon Middle. Take residence native pollinator plant academic supplies to study what crops would work greatest in your house. Free native seed packets whereas provides final!
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With 15 state and regional places of work, 31 facilities, 29 sanctuaries, and over 400 neighborhood and campus chapters, Audubon gives packages that join folks to birds and nature all year long.
