2025 Floyd Earth Day Celebration in the Park
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Class, STEM Events
Cost: Free
Description:
Join Partnership for Floyd and Springhouse, and a dozen other nature organizations and local non-profits for a collaborative Earth Day Celebration event and 3rd Annual Procession of Appalachian Species at Warren G. Lineberry Park on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

The Floyd Earth Day Celebration will feature workshops and exhibits, crafts for all ages, music featuring the Handmade Music School and Big Poppa Squat, a barter fair, nature walks and more. This is a wonderful opportunity to come together in celebration of the natural world, Appalachian biodiversity and creative expression in the heart of Floyd!

The highlight of the day is the Procession of Appalachian Species, happening from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. The Procession of Appalachian Species is a giant puppet parade that will parade through the Town of Floyd. Each year Springhouse celebrates the great biodiversity of our region by building and parading with giant puppets. These puppets are a way of honoring and highlighting these amazing creatures in an attempt to bring consciousness and conservation to this immense resource in our region. Visitors and community members are invited to join the procession and bring a puppet, costume, or instrument, or use one provided by the organizers. All are welcome to celebrate in the way you are called; we need musicians, extra puppeteers, dancers, etc.

Morning activities include small workshops and skill shares (nature scavenger hunt, puppet-making, nature-crafts, etc.) with the afternoon focus on the Procession of Appalachian Species.

Local nature organizations and non-profits participating include:
• Sustain Floyd
• Partnership for Floyd
• Springhouse
• Spikenard Bee Sanctuary
• Master Naturalists
• Blue Ridge Green Burial
• Master Gardeners
• Floyd Library - featuring nature books for all ages
• Poetry featuring local poets
• Farmer's Market Specials & special sale at Floyd's Refillery Shop

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Note: This event is weather permitting.

Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park is located at 284 S. Locust Street in Floyd, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/rFqMfyQY/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://partnershipforfloyd.org/celebrate-earth-day-2025-all-week/ or https://www.facebook.com/springhousecommunityschool or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557125793393 or https://www.facebook.com/events/2037160583467858/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/2040122636398219/.