GreenFEST Cecil County Fair Hill Nature Center

When: Saturday, May 14!!
10 am to 4 pm
Where: Cecil County Fairgrounds
& Ed Walls Activity Hall

Come celebrate spring, reconnect with nature,
& learn how to “green up” your home
and yard at the
3rd Annual Cecil County GreenFest!

Activities and Demonstrations

Exhibit Hall Scavenger Hunt
Environmental Midway games
“Minute to Win It” Games
Make and Take Green Cleaners
Soil Tunnel Exploration
Salad Tables and Boxes
Rain Barrel Conservation
Backyard Water Fountains
Hayrides to the Nature Center
Stream Critter Hunt
Bug Hunt
Nature Crafts
Construct CC’s Largest
Cardboard Playhouse
Create a Fairy House


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This Year's GreenFest Themes

This year GreenFest is highlighting the Green and Healthy movement "from the ground up"! Exhibitors will be showcasing the latest consumer products for home and garden with interactive family-friendly exhibits and demonstrations. Learn easy ways to save energy, make your home safer, and garden without harming the environment.

Healthy Homes:

Home Safety, Green Cleaners, Pest Management, Radon testing and mitigation methods, Safe Drinking Water

Home Energy Conservation and Green Building Products:

Home Energy Audits, High Efficiency Heating and Cooling Systems, Solar and Geothermal energy solutions

Green Transportation:

Getting from here to there with a smaller carbon footprint

Outdoor Living:

Backyard Gardening with Salad Tables and Boxes, Food Preservation 101 and Pressure Canner Testing (University of Maryland Extension), How to Make a Rain Barrel, Easy to Make Water Fountains

Back to Nature:

The Fair Hill Nature Center has a variety of fun activities planned for all ages, including Hayrides, Interactive Nature Walks, Hands-on Science Activities, and Nature Crafts.

We've also invited local non-profit organizations to come and share their outdoor education opportunities with you.

Proceeds from GreenFest will support
the Fair Hill Nature Center’s
environmental education programming

Fair Hill Fox Logo The Fair Hill Environmental Foundation, Inc. is a private non-profit natural history and environmental learning center serving students and adults from the Tri-State area of northeastern Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware. Our mission is to promote responsible stewardship though an appreciation and understanding of our environment.

Fair Hill Nature Center provides environmental science classes to over 7,000 students in Cecil County and surrounding areas each year, and hosts programs for the public and popular summer camps.

University of Maryland Extension is a statewide, non-formal education system within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the Univ. of Maryland.

UME educates people to help themselves by providing timely, research-based information though educational programs and materials in the areas of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Community Development, and Leadership. Extension faculty and researchers are based in offices in each county and Baltimore City.

It is the policy of the University of Maryland, Agriculture Experiment Station and University of Maryland Extension, that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability.