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Hope everyone is getting excited, B2N is great fun!
Hope everyone is getting excited, B2N is great fun!
>> Back to Nature Festival Oct 17-19
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we're excited! and B2N is a very funn & informational very local outdoor event.
we're looking forward to several activities including the new family fun day at seaside.
remember the Flutterby Wings will be at the B2N Family Fun Day....bring the children.....
Back to Nature Festival Features Family Fun Day
Fall is the perfect time of year for the South Walton Community Council?s Back to Nature Festival. Held the weekend of October 17-19, the festival will be filled with activities that celebrate the natural beauty of South Walton County. New this year is a Family Fun Day event that will take place on Oct. 18, from 10 am ? 4 pm at the Seaside Lyceum. Entry is free to the public.
Bring the family to the Lyceum green at Seaside, located behind Fusion and enjoy the day with family-friendly fun, nature-oriented activities and information. There will be something for every one.
Interested in conservation, gardening, and education? Come see what local individuals and organizations are doing to protect our natural communities. See the progress of the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center in connection with the Nokuse Plantation. Learn about different birds with the Audubon Society. Take a tour of the Seaside Neighborhood School?s edible Corner Garden. Learn about the local Montessori Academy. View the Coastal Dune Lakes Documentary, a short film about these rare bodies of water located in South Walton. Arix Zalace will share the importance of using turtle flashlight stickers on night beach walks. Find out what the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, IFAS-Sea Grant Marine Science, Friends of St. Andrews Bay, and the Master Gardeners do. They will have a variety of touch tanks, displays, and information available on site. Our local radio station, 30A Radio will also be at the event to answer questions about their station.
Interested in good food that?s good for you? At the Family Fun Day, you can be sure to stay energized, hydrated and ready for the next meal by visiting one of the local food vendors. Raw & Juicy will be offering fresh fruit and vegetable juices and other raw foods for purchase. You?ll have an opportunity to talk to Jen about the benefits of eating raw foods. Off the Vine will be there to quench your thirst with fresh lemonade and provide information about their home produce delivery service. If homemade ice cream is your passion, Twin Oak Farms will be dishing it up -- made with organic and local ingredients. They?ll also have preserves, chutneys and local produce. For the Health of It, our beloved local health food store, will be present with goodies and information from their shop. For coffee lovers, Amavida will offer samples of their freshly roasted, fair trade and organic coffees and for the kids, fair trade coffee sack races will be happening throughout the day. Natasha Johnson will have her good-for-you custom herbal tinctures available for purchase.
Interested in learning ways to reduce your impact on the planet? Artisan, Compass Builders, CFH Design Studio, and eco-broker Bruce Johnson are knowledgeable, local sources for green building, design and realty. They will have information available on how we can all incorporate green practices into our lives and homes. Discover how simple it is to use a solar oven, a rain barrel, and a small worm farm on your property.
Interested in art, music, and fun activities to do with the kid?s? There won?t be a shortage of things to do or see. Enjoy the music of James Wisniewski as he engages the audience with flutes and other musical instruments from around the world. Join Sundog Books for a book signing and story telling. Make a flower lei with Grove and see Fisher?s Flowers Reclaimed Art & Living Jewelry. Be sure to check out Perpetual Imagination?s science toys and demonstrations. Abrakadoodle will offer a class ($15), ?Green Kids in a Colorful World? from 1:30 to 2:30. Stop by and learn to play a new card puzzle game, ?Foto Feud Card Game?, invented by local resident Debby Pozza.
As some of you know, the Flutterby Festival has been postponed. In response, The Cultural Arts Association and Sponsors Porath & Associates PA and Seagrove on the Beach Realty, will host a butterfly wing-making booth at the Family Fun Day. Ending a day of making wings, the children will have an opportunity to show off their beautiful creations at the official "Parade of Wings" that will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Seaside Lyceum.
Another interesting activity for all ages is the Art Miles Mural Project sponsored by the Seaside Institute. Anyone can come out and help work on the mural that will be on display at the Lyceum during the Family Fun Day. The mural is part of a larger, 12-mile mural that will be assembled in Egypt in 2010 in support of the UNESCO Decade for the Culture of Peace. This is an exciting opportunity for our area to be part of something much larger than ourselves.
Please join us in making this a fun event and showing support for the SWCC and the work they do for our natural and human communities. The SWCC will also be accepting registrations to other Back to Nature events during the Family Fun Day. The Family Fun Day is sponsored by South Walton Environmental & Low-impact Living (SWELL).
Fall is the perfect time of year for the South Walton Community Council?s Back to Nature Festival. Held the weekend of October 17-19, the festival will be filled with activities that celebrate the natural beauty of South Walton County. New this year is a Family Fun Day event that will take place on Oct. 18, from 10 am ? 4 pm at the Seaside Lyceum. Entry is free to the public.
Bring the family to the Lyceum green at Seaside, located behind Fusion and enjoy the day with family-friendly fun, nature-oriented activities and information. There will be something for every one.
Interested in conservation, gardening, and education? Come see what local individuals and organizations are doing to protect our natural communities. See the progress of the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center in connection with the Nokuse Plantation. Learn about different birds with the Audubon Society. Take a tour of the Seaside Neighborhood School?s edible Corner Garden. Learn about the local Montessori Academy. View the Coastal Dune Lakes Documentary, a short film about these rare bodies of water located in South Walton. Arix Zalace will share the importance of using turtle flashlight stickers on night beach walks. Find out what the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, IFAS-Sea Grant Marine Science, Friends of St. Andrews Bay, and the Master Gardeners do. They will have a variety of touch tanks, displays, and information available on site. Our local radio station, 30A Radio will also be at the event to answer questions about their station.
Interested in good food that?s good for you? At the Family Fun Day, you can be sure to stay energized, hydrated and ready for the next meal by visiting one of the local food vendors. Raw & Juicy will be offering fresh fruit and vegetable juices and other raw foods for purchase. You?ll have an opportunity to talk to Jen about the benefits of eating raw foods. Off the Vine will be there to quench your thirst with fresh lemonade and provide information about their home produce delivery service. If homemade ice cream is your passion, Twin Oak Farms will be dishing it up -- made with organic and local ingredients. They?ll also have preserves, chutneys and local produce. For the Health of It, our beloved local health food store, will be present with goodies and information from their shop. For coffee lovers, Amavida will offer samples of their freshly roasted, fair trade and organic coffees and for the kids, fair trade coffee sack races will be happening throughout the day. Natasha Johnson will have her good-for-you custom herbal tinctures available for purchase.
Interested in learning ways to reduce your impact on the planet? Artisan, Compass Builders, CFH Design Studio, and eco-broker Bruce Johnson are knowledgeable, local sources for green building, design and realty. They will have information available on how we can all incorporate green practices into our lives and homes. Discover how simple it is to use a solar oven, a rain barrel, and a small worm farm on your property.
Interested in art, music, and fun activities to do with the kid?s? There won?t be a shortage of things to do or see. Enjoy the music of James Wisniewski as he engages the audience with flutes and other musical instruments from around the world. Join Sundog Books for a book signing and story telling. Make a flower lei with Grove and see Fisher?s Flowers Reclaimed Art & Living Jewelry. Be sure to check out Perpetual Imagination?s science toys and demonstrations. Abrakadoodle will offer a class ($15), ?Green Kids in a Colorful World? from 1:30 to 2:30. Stop by and learn to play a new card puzzle game, ?Foto Feud Card Game?, invented by local resident Debby Pozza.
As some of you know, the Flutterby Festival has been postponed. In response, The Cultural Arts Association and Sponsors Porath & Associates PA and Seagrove on the Beach Realty, will host a butterfly wing-making booth at the Family Fun Day. Ending a day of making wings, the children will have an opportunity to show off their beautiful creations at the official "Parade of Wings" that will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Seaside Lyceum.
Another interesting activity for all ages is the Art Miles Mural Project sponsored by the Seaside Institute. Anyone can come out and help work on the mural that will be on display at the Lyceum during the Family Fun Day. The mural is part of a larger, 12-mile mural that will be assembled in Egypt in 2010 in support of the UNESCO Decade for the Culture of Peace. This is an exciting opportunity for our area to be part of something much larger than ourselves.
Please join us in making this a fun event and showing support for the SWCC and the work they do for our natural and human communities. The SWCC will also be accepting registrations to other Back to Nature events during the Family Fun Day. The Family Fun Day is sponsored by South Walton Environmental & Low-impact Living (SWELL).
remember the Flutterby Wings will be at the B2N Family Fun Day....bring the children.....
Our wings from last year wore out- time to make some new ones!!
"Awaken the Day" sounds really cool, watching the sun rise at the beach. Philip Ellis does a great job!
BACK TO NATURE kick off event is tonight, Friday, at Bud and Ally's in Seaside, in the herb garden, 7-9 p.m. Free food and cash bar, You can register for events if you haven't yet. Also, remember the all day Family Fun Day on the Lyceum ground on Saturday.
we enjoyed family fun day at seaside today! it was great fun!!
We went to Seaside planning to attend the Family Fun Day for a few hours, but ended up staying until the end at 4 pm! My kids had a blast- painting on the amazing Art Miles mural, making butterfly wings (thanks Goodwitch), listening to the always awesome Jimmy Wz and our new favorite singers from California- MaMuse. The day ended with puppies and kids running wild.
Caught up with lots of new and old friends- this was a great event and we are looking forward to next year.
A little advice- don't attempt a sack race/pumpkin head relay at age 44. I am hitting the Advil bottle and heat pack now!:shock: I did beat RepComic - but he had a hard time at dress-up part of the relay, and clearly had issues with wearing a pumpkin on his head.
Caught up with lots of new and old friends- this was a great event and we are looking forward to next year.
A little advice- don't attempt a sack race/pumpkin head relay at age 44. I am hitting the Advil bottle and heat pack now!:shock: I did beat RepComic - but he had a hard time at dress-up part of the relay, and clearly had issues with wearing a pumpkin on his head.