Wesselman Nature Society will host the Evansville Earth Event, a free community-wide celebration of the birthday of Earth Day. The event will take place on Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be held at no other than Evansville’s premier urban green space, the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve.

The spring festival will feature a full day of entertainment, family oriented activities, eco-friendly demonstrations, nature hikes, animal encounters, scavenger hunts, and much more. Entertainment will be provided by Tales and Scales, Rivertown Storytellers, Southern Hollow Dulcimers, Andy Norvell with Kyle Arnette, the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Magic Gardener, and the D’Alto School of Performing Arts.  Plus plenty of local not-for-profit groups and environmentally conscious businesses will demonstrate tools and techniques that anyone can use to be more earth savvy.

As part of the “Evansville Earth Days -2012 Shades of Green” celebrations, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke has announced  the Bits O’Green Trivia Scavenger Hunt to encourage families to visit the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, Wesselman Nature Center, the Pigeon Creek Greenway and Evansville’s parks.          

Print out the Bits O’Green Trivia Scavenger Hunt questionnaire from any of the websites listed below.  Travel around the City to find the answers to the TRIVA questions and turn in your completed form by mail, email or drop it by the Wesselman Nature Center or the main entrance of the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden.