Johnson

Wings & Wild Things Festival

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Celebrate Iowa’s natural world with this new hands-on festival showcasing the wild and wonderful flora and fauna of our region, as well as outdoor recreation activities in our area. Grab food from local food trucks and enjoy a day spent exploring Johnson County’s Kent Park.  

Activities will include:   

• Live raptor meet & greets w/Raptology 
• Native plant sale w/Troutleaf Native Plants 
• Guided bird walks w/Iowa City Bird Club 
• Mushroom forays and specimen study with Prairie States Mushroom Club 
• Plein Air Painting w/Arts Iowa City’s ArtiFactory 
• Fishing with Johnson County Conservation 
• Hawk watch w/Iowa City Bird Club 
• Reptile demonstrations & habitat walks w/Extant Relatives & Backyard Abundance 
• Pollinator education w/Pollinator Partnership 
• Nature Trivia w/Iowa Master Naturalists 
• Hands-on milkweed seed ball making with Johnson County Master Gardeners of Iowa
• Featured education speakers 
• DIY Bird Decal-making station 
• Animal Biofacts education stations 
• Bird Nest Education & Native Seed Ball giveaway with Indian Creek Nature Center 
• Mysteries of Migration activity stations 
• & more!

Bring an appetite! Local food stands Griddle Me This and Luna's Tacos of Iowa City will be on site cooking up delicious food to enjoy throughout this event.

Other activity stations will be hosted by Trees Forever, as well as additional partner groups.

More event details to come.

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