Lemoyne Borough Arbor Day Festival

Lemoyne Borough is hosting a free community outreach educational event for children and adults on Saturday, 4/29/2023 from 10 am – 2 pm at Memorial Park in Lemoyne.  In partnership with our Shade Tree Commission, we are basing the event around Arbor Day and the importance of native trees and plants in providing clean water, mitigating stormwater pollution, reducing erosion, and balancing the ecosystem.  We are focusing on empowering residents to make natural changes at home to help our native birds, pollinator insects, and wildlife.  Some of those changes include planting native trees and plants, lawn conversion, installing rain gardens and/ or pollinator-friendly gardens, properly disposing of trash and recyclables, installing owl or bird boxes, riding bikes, etc.  There will be 3 presentations and then time in between to visit tables of local organizations as well as art stations, craft projects, fun hands-on STEM activities, giveaways, and more.  Some of the events will provide interactive education about how to help Monarch butterflies, owls, and the animals that live in our community and depend on clean water and air.  Zoo America is bringing live zoo animals that depend on our trees.  We are hoping to make this an annual event!

 Event Name:      Lemoyne Arbor Day Festival                           

Date of Event:   04/29/2023, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Location:            Memorial Park, Lemoyne PA   

Contact:           kgriva@lemoynepa.com / 717-317-1412            

Discover all the amazing things that trees and native plants do!

Plan your garden with the Master Gardeners. 

Pick up a free native shrub, tree voucher, and take home seeds!

Dig in the dirt, practice planting, and check out a composting bin with worms!

Discover local water bugs at the Stream in the Bucket experiment.

Play in the sand table & learn how our rainfall flows locally.

Visit the Watershed and Urban Forest Tables to see how changes to your property can improve water quality and reduce pollution.

Donate your old bike!  Get free minor bike repairs on site.

Create art and do craft projects at our vendor tables!

Check out our pop-up Story Walk in the park!        

We look forward to seeing you at the festival!  Here are some of the organizations joining our Festival:   

• Fairhaven Healing – 10:00 am: “Saving the Monarchs” – presenting how to restore local Monarch population
• DCNR Environmental Educators – 11:00 am: demonstrating PA native owls that depend on our trees; will have owl mounts (taxidermy), wings, etc.
• Hershey Zoo – 12:00 pm: demonstrating live PA native animals that depend on our trees
• Whitaker Center – providing hands-on watershed activity & display of Pennsylvania butterflies and moths as well as take home materials
• Fredricksen Library – informational table displaying library books/ offering library services; hands on activities: 1. composting bin with worms and 2. digging bed w/ dirt, seeds, shovels, vegetables, etc.
• PASA Sustainable Agriculture – educational table; donating vouchers for free trees & hands on Urban Forest Model table
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – educational table; providing giveaway of Bay-friendly native plants
• PA Rural Water – Augmented Reality Sand Table – show our local topography and teach about our watershed through sand play
• Penn State Master Watershed Stewards – educational table with hands on activities, including: 1. Stream in a Bucket and 2. Watershed Table
• Penn State Master Gardeners - educational activity and resources on native trees and plants, rain gardens, pollinator-friendly gardens, pollinators, etc.
• PA American Water Environmental Educators – hands on Watershed experiments & giveaways; WaterMobile onsite
• Move Past Plastic – educational table showing how plastics impact stormwater runoff, our watershed, and highlight proper recycling
• Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association – informational table and kids’ activity; free native tree & shrub giveaway from CCWA and Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• West Shore Historical Society – informational table with photos of historic local flooding and kids’ art activities
• Recycle Bicycle – free minor bike repairs, teaching bike/ helmet safety & how to ride bikes, bike donations
• Highland Gardens & John Leverentz – donating gift card for Trees or Shrubs at Highland Gardens
• Karns Foods –  donating paper bags for participants and gift card w/ gift basket as prize
• HAAS Printing & AIMsights/ Marsha Everton – donating custom professional coloring books
• Oak Tree Comics – donating tree-themed educational coloring pages for coloring book, custom bookmarks, and a copy of their book Do You Speak Tree?
• Boscov’s of Camp Hill – donating packets of sunflower seeds to give to participants and table sign
• Fairhaven Healing – donating packets of milkweed and giveaways for participants
• Members 1st – promotional table with art activity painting flowerpots & event-themed prize
• Lemoyne Borough Comprehensive Recreation, Parks, & Open Space Plan – educational table demonstrating new plans for our parks
• Lemoyne Borough MS4 Department – educational table – watersheds/rain gardens/native plants/runoff
• Lemoyne Borough Shade Tree Commission – educational table – native trees, gift card prizes, etc.
• Rock-It Pizza & Subs – food truck