Blue Water, Green Spaces: Exhibit Opening Reception!

In partnership with the Friends of the St. Clair River, this new exhibit ignites your curiosity to explore, appreciate, and protect nature in all its forms! It features many fun, hands-on interactive activities and includes various themed programs throughout the summer!

Themed mocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Free to attend. Recommended $3 donation

Here are some of the topics being explored in the exhibit:

• Unleash your inner explorer
• Local native plants and seed libraries
• Pollinators
• Biodiversity and Recreation
• Keeping our beaches and water clean
• Foraging 101

The exhibit will feature the following four pillar topics throughout each section:

1. Friends of the: St. Clair River Local Legends (Sturgeon, Peregrine Falcon, Monarch Butterfly), including the unveiling of their new 4th Local Legend

2. Stewardship in Action (how to carry what you learn from the exhibit into everyday life)

3. Nature & Technology (apps and things to learn about nature through technology)

4. Highlighting 4 STEM Careers

We will also have plenty of activities for kids and adults of all ages to engage with and learn from, such as:

• A Treehouse
• A Green roof/water barrel/garden – water cycle feature
• A Seed Library
• A Bike/trail simulator
• A Kayak simulator
• Sandbox beach cleanup
• Matching animal tracks – sensory table with playdough
• Plant and insect crayon rubbings
• Measure yourself next to a sturgeon
• Where is your watershed interactive map?
• Foraging scavenger hunt
• An Aquarium with live animals
• Build Your Own Macro invertebrate table
• Lots of other little scenes that will be interactive and cute for photo ops!