Environmental Fun Fair

Join Dane County for an Environmental Fun Fair located on the grounds of our Lussier Family Heritage Center facility. This FREE fun afternoon will be full of hands-on, sensory activities centered around nature, outdoor recreation, and science. This is an inclusive event appropriate for ALL ages and abilities! Parking is available at the Heritage Center and across the road at the Capital City Trail/Lower Yahara River Trail Trailhead (3102 Lake Farm Road).

Activities will include:

🎵 Live Music by Cédric Baetche - Funded by Dane Arts

🌼 Native Gardening Learning Hub - Dane County Land & Water Resources Department and Wild Ones Madison

🎨 Mural Painting with Sonya Sankaran - Funded by Dane Arts

 Mobil Trash Lab - Dane County Waste & Renewables

⚽ Outdoor Games & Stories - Dane County Office for Equity and Inclusion

🛰️ Bird Banding and Tracking - International Crane Foundation

🌻 Roadshow - Madison Children's Museum

🐦 Bird and Nature Activities - Madison Friends of Urban Nature (FUN)

🌧️ Rainfall Simulator - Madison Area Municipal Stormwater Partnership

🐞 LED Bugs– Dane County 4H

🧴 Recycled Art with Victor Castro (TetraPAKMAN) - Funded by Dane Arts

 Live Animals - Bethel Horizons Nature Center

🌸 Pressed Flower Art - Sprouts Nature School

🚲 Energy Cycle - MG&E

☀️ Renewable Energy Activity and Solar Trivia - All Energy Solar

🏞️ Enviroscape - Dane County Land & Water Resources Department

🌳 Madison School and Community Recreation

🥏 Meet a Park Ranger and Disc Golf - Dane County Parks

🔬 Diagnostic Laboratory with Microscope - Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

📖 Book Bike - Monona Public Library

🚲 Flat Diagnosis/Repair, Cleaning, and Lubing Chain Demos (every 30 minutes) - Free Bikes 4 Kidz

 🌊 Slip N' Slide

👩🏾‍🦽 All-Terrain Wheelchair - Dane County Parks

All station areas listed on the map will have picnic table seating. There are benches and restrooms are available at the front entrance of the Heritage Center.

This event is a collaboration between Dane County Land & Water Resources and  Dane Arts.

Our department is committed to providing meaningful access to our programs and resources to all individuals, regardless of primary language or ability. If you need language assistance services or an accessibility modification for this event, please email heritagecenter@danecounty.gov a minimum of 14 days before the event to make the request.