Flagstaff Festival of Science: Science Bedtime Stories
Featuring five local authors and their books to engage children. This filmed series can be enjoyed at home with your child before bed or at anytime. We are proud to...
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Events for September 24, 2025
Flagstaff Festival of Science: Apple Orchard Tour
Learn all about the historic apple orchards at Slide Rock with a ranger-led hike! You will find out about our many apple varieties, including what it takes to care for them, and see the Pendley irrigation ditch. Closed-toe shoes and a water bottle are recommended. RSVP required. (928) 282-3034. Part of Flagstaff...
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Flagstaff Festival of Science: Nature Walk
A volunteer naturalist will lead a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalist welcomes questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience. Park entry fees for the walk on this...
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Arizona State Parks and Trails: Daily Guided Nature Hikes at Red Rock
Every morning, a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk may include geology, wildlife, history, archeology, and plant life. The naturalists welcome questions during the walk, enhancing the learning experience. Hikes are included with park entrance fees...
Free with Park Fee
Flagstaff Festival of Science: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults Book Discussion
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer is trained to use the tools of science to ask questions of nature. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces plants and animals as our oldest teachers. Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, Kimmerer demonstrated how when we listen to the languages of other...
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Yavapai County Free Library District: Gardening Group Meetup
Join us at the Wilhoit Public Library for our monthly Gardening club meetup! Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just getting started, this is a great place to sharre tups swap seeds, connect with fellow plant lovers. Each month we discuss seasonal gardening topics troubleshoot plant problems, and enjoy good company.
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Flagstaff Festival of Science: Braiding Sweetgrass Book Discussion
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and...
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Flagstaff Festival of Science: Visit an Herbalist’s Garden
Learn about some of the important wild plants of the Colorado Plateau and their uses on this guided tour of the Moore Medicinal Garden at the Museum of Northern Arizona. The garden has more than 130 species, many featured in the books of Southwest herbalist Michael Shaw Moore, who studied the Indigenous knowledge of ways...
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Flagstaff Festival of Science: Buffalo Park Night Hike
Join us for a 1-mile night hike through Buffalo Park! As we walk along a flat, well-maintained dirt trail, we will experiment with our senses, explore the constellations, and discuss nighttime environment/ecology. Please bring water and red lights (no white lights, please!) to help preserve night vision. Part of Flagstaff Festival of...
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