23rd Annual Fall Festival
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 09/16/2023
Enjoy the premier festival that celebrates all things nature and environment in WNY! Crafts for kids, live animals, hands-on activities, and more! No registration is required.
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Enjoy the premier festival that celebrates all things nature and environment in WNY! Crafts for kids, live animals, hands-on activities, and more! No registration required.
Boy Scout Troop 500 will sell hotdogs, drinks and snacks.
Branding Buffalo will be on site printing Friends of Reinstein Woods’ 20th Anniversary T-shirts, hoodies and more!
Green your transportation by riding the Parks Adventure Bus to the Festival! The bus will arrive at the festival at 9:50 AM, 11:50 AM, and 1:50 PM and departs for Metropolitan Transportation Center at 12:15 PM, 2:15PM, and 4:15 PM. See the NFTA website for more details.
We encourage visitors to bring cash to purchase food and merchandise, as there is no ATM on site.
Please leave pets at home.
Enjoy These Activities:
- Visit with Buffalo Zoo Animals (11 AM to 2 PM) and other live animals on exhibit!
- Wildlife Talk from the Wildlife Department of the SPCA Serving Erie County (time TBA)
- Discover how NYS Forest Rangers fight wildfires at their demonstration!
- Explore critters living in the Lily Pond
- Kids can make Nature Crafts
- Take part in a Scavenger Hunt and win a prize
- Become a Scientist in the Science Zone!
- See how well you do in the Wildlife Spotter’s Challenge
- Interact with costumed characters
- Go on a birding or nature walk!
- Food from Boy Scout Troop 500
- Facepainting with Cheektowaga YES (11 AM – 3 PM)
- Performances by the Buffalo Ukulele Club at 11:30 AM and 12:45 PM
Confirmed Exhibitors:
- Adirondack Mountain Club
- B WELL (Buffalo Women for Environmental Leadership and Learning)
- Birds on Niagara Festival
- Buffalo Audubon Society
- Buffalo Geological Society, Inc.
- Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- Buffalo Zoo (11 AM to 2 PM)
- Cheektowaga Historical Association
- Cheektowaga YES (Youth Engaged in Service)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County- Master Gardner Program
- Cradle Beach, Inc.
- DEC Forest Protection
- DEC Lands and Forests
- DEC Law Enforcement
- Earth Spirit Educational Services
- Erie County Department of Environment & Planning
- Erie County Park Rangers
- Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Explore and More Museum
- Friends of Reinstein Woods
- Girl Scouts of WNY
- New York State Office of Parks
- Niagara Frontier Search and Rescue Team
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
- SPCA Serving Erie County Wildlife Department
- Tifft Nature Preserve
- Tobacco Free Roswell Park
- Tropical Fish Club of Erie County
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- WNY PRISM
- WNY Young Birder Club and the Spark Bird Project
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Organization:
Reinstein Woods Nature PreserveLocation:
93 Honorine Drive
Depew, NY, 14043United States
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
716-683-5959Contact name:
Reinstein Woods
Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
09/16/2023
Time:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Price:
Free, donation at the door appreciated
Ages
All Ages Adults & kids together Adults without kidsWeb Service