Rain location: The show will go on! Find Earth Day Fest will take place at the Boothbay Harbor Fire Department building at 11 Howard Street. 

Join us for an afternoon of love for our planet out on the library lawn! This event is FREE and will include something for everyone! We’ll be joined by amazing community partners for games, crafts, and learning all afternoon.

This year we are joined by amazing community partners Bigelow Laboratory, Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative, Boothbay Region Climate Action Team, Boothbay Region High School Interact Club, Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay Sea & Science Center, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Healthy Lincoln County, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, Maine State Aquarium, Neighborhood Naturalist, New England Aquarium, Pedego Boothbay Harbor, & Pollination Station.

Learn with our community partners!

Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative
Join us for coloring activities and learning about watersheds, the water cycle, and the life cycle of a frog. We will have native plants to show examples of what could be helpful in a vegetative buffer.

Boothbay Region Land Trust
Get information about the Boothbay Region preserves and learn about our local flora and fauna. Enjoy a touch table filled with natural objects from our region and try your hand at dissecting an owl pellet.

Boothbay Sea & Science Center
Where our hands meet the sea! BSSC invites one and all to join them in creating unique works of art using shells from oysters grown in the Damariscotta River and Casco Bay. Take home a lifelong treasure and a gentle reminder of why we need to take good care of our beautiful oceans!

We promise you will “knot be board”! Some folks say that If you can’t tie a knot … tie a lot! Come learn how to tie a few of the most useful nautical knots using reclaimed lobster pot warp and seasoned dock lines.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Celebrate Earth Day with Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Try your hand at nurturing a plant from seed with a family-friendly seed-planting activity that you can take home. Gardens representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the upcoming season. Learn how we plan to bring our mission of inspiring meaningful connections between people and nature, and promote plant conservation through horticulture, education, and plant science to life this year.

Healthy Lincoln County
Join us at Earth Day to connect with the Lincoln County Youth Advisory Board (LC YAB), a coalition of our community’s youth dedicated to preventing substance use and promoting positive mental, physical, and environmental health. We believe these issues are deeply intertwined and crucial to the well-being of our youth. At this event, we invite you to plant a positive thought along with a seed and experience how setting intentions is as natural as planting a seed in the soil. Just like a plant, your dreams need time, care, and nurturing to grow. Let’s come together, plant seeds of hope, and cultivate a brighter future for ourselves and our community!

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Learn about the many resources Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District offers—including technical assistance, adult education, youth programming, and more. We will give out soil test kits, information about invasive species, and other resources helping residents and visitors alike understand Maine’s natural resources they impact and enjoy. We also offer an Invasive Forest Pest cornhole game — come see how many points you can get!