Join Us on Father’s Day at IslandWood

4450 Blakely Avenue, Bainbridge Island, Washington

All welcome!

Free admission and snacks.

Be inspired to attract beautiful songbirds, cheerful butterflies and other interesting wildlife to your yard. Watching wildlife can be fun for the whole family.

Scheduled Activities

In Great Hall:
1:30 – Backyard Habitat Certification
2:15 – Dan Hannafious, the Bat Man
3:00 – Growing Wildlife Habitats with Native Plants

Leaving from Welcome Center:
1:45  and 2:45 Nature Walk  and Bug Hunt with IslandWood Staff

In the Dining Hall:
1:30, 2:15 and 3:30  Ed Sheridan – storyteller
3:00  Story Time with Mayor Kordonowy

Ongoing Activities

1-4 pm In the Welcome Center:

• Jim Trainer – Treetures Demo
• Natural Landscapes Project – natural yard care -Bobbie Morgan
• Kitsap Audubon – Jim Ullrich - attracting birds to your yard
• National Wildlife Federation - certification applications
• Bainbridge Island Land Trust
• Display of bird baths, water features – Katya Bridwell
• Weed Warriors – how to discourage invasive plants
• West Sound Wildlife Shelter (from 1-2 pm) – owl visit
• Bee demo with portable hive – Dale Spoor

1-4 pm In the Art Studio

• Bat Craft
• Butterfly Mask (make one to wear)
• Backyard Habitat Shoebox Dioramas
• Carpentry with Jeanne Huber - build a bird nest box to take home

Dining Hall Solar Meadow:

• Harvard Web of Life game

Roving:

• Sammy Snag and Partner

Learning Studio 102:

• Origami Animal Craft

Learning Studio 103:

• Make Pine Cone Bird Snack

Learning Studio 104:

• Slime, Scales and Tails

Under Covered Walkway Outside of Dining Hall:

• Button Badge Maker – create a habitat logo with Stair Dickerman
• Native Plant Display
• Face Painting
• Plant Sunflower Seeds
• Backyard Wildlife Poetry with Van Calvez

Great Hall Patio:

• Habitat Puppet Show

This project is funded by the City of Bainbridge Island and by Washington State Department of Ecology’s Public Participation Grant.