2024 Festival Schedule
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All events for the 7th Annual Roots & Wings Festival will take place from Saturday, October 19 through Sunday, November 3. The calendar will be updated with events as they are added to the Festival. Click here for a mapped search tool to find events.
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2024 Roots & Wings Festival Events
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Please note: Some events require pre-registration and some are reserved for students. Click on an event name to learn more.
Urban Forest Explorers: Nature Play at APL!
Discover the magic of nature with Urban Forest Explorers: Nature Play at APL!
Children can explore roots, mushrooms, rocks, fossils, and bugs through interactive, hands-on stations that inspire curiosity and learning.
This event is perfect for young nature enthusiasts to engage with the natural world in a playful and educational setting!
A Bat-tastic Tale: ¡Un Cuento con Latino Outdoors Austin!
Join Latino Outdoors Austin at Guerrero Park in learning about bats through this engaging Read Aloud of "Amara and the Bats". Throughout this story we will learn all about bat conservation and how amazing they are! We will be reading this story in Spanish and English so bring the whole family to enjoy this bat-tastic tale! There will be activities about bats and more information about these lovely creatures for you to take home after the story.
We are excited to host this event and look forward to meeting you soon! Rain Date is Sat. Nov. 2nd at 11am
¡Únete con Latino Outdoors Austin para aprender sobre los murciélagos a través de esta fascinante Lectura en Voz Alta: "Amara y los Murciélagos"! Durante esta lectura, aprenderemos todo sobre la conservación de los murciélagos y lo increíbles que son. Leeremos esta historia en español e inglés, ¡así que trae a toda la familia para disfrutar de este cuento murciélago-tástico! Habrá actividades sobre murciélagos y más información sobre estos adorables seres para llevar a casa después del evento.
¡Estamos emocionados en organizar este evento y esperamos conocerte pronto!
Fecha de lluvia es el Sáb. 2 de Noviembre a las 11
Preschool Imagination Station: Roots & Wings!
Join us at the Hampton Branch for a morning of imaginative play! Designed for young learners, Imagination Station encourages learning through play. Discover the arts, practice your motor skills, and start your STEM exploration.
This month, learn about a variety of native pollinators, build a mushroom-based world-wide web, learn how trees carry water, learn to be a tree ID hero, and more!
Session 1: 10:00 - 10:45 am
Session 2: 11:00 - 11:45 am
Grow Green Fall Garden Party!
Is your garden in need of a little TLC, or are you dreaming of starting one? We've got just the thing! Come fall back in love with your garden at the Grow Green Fall Garden Party!
Picture this: chatting with garden gurus who know all the secrets to creek-friendly gardening, and leaving with freebies like a plant, a tree, and more garden goodies! Got a pesky plant problem? The Master Gardeners will be on call at the plant clinic to help you out. And hey, don't leave the kiddos at home! We will have crafts and activities for all ages, including making seed balls & butterfly masks that are sure to get those creative juices flowing!
We'll also have Blooms & Bees: A Rain Garden and Native Plant Tour at Givens, where you can explore how native and adapted plants thrive in our local climate. Learn how eco-friendly landscape features, like rain gardens, can help manage rainwater naturally, while supporting pollinators and adding beauty to your space.
We'll have plenty of snacks, drinks, and good vibes to keep the garden party going. And because it's Halloween season, we say bring on the costumes, especially if they're plant-themed. Plus, don't miss your chance to enter our prize drawing for a special garden-themed gift that will make your day even brighter. Let's make this a garden party to remember!
Urban Forest Explorers: Nature Play at Un-BEE-Lievable Pollinators Festival!
Celebrate nature at our Windsor Park Branch during the Roots and Wings Festival with Urban Forest Explorers! There will be a booth at their Un-BEE-Lievable Pollinators Festival featuring interactive nature play where kids can discover the wonders of roots, mushrooms, rocks, fossils, and bugs. It’s a fun, hands-on experience that invites young adventurers to learn about the hidden treasures of the forest ecosystem!
Preschool Imagination Station: Roots & Wings!
Join us at Yarborough Branch for a morning of imaginative play! Designed for young learners, Imagination Station encourages learning through play. Discover the arts, practice your motor skills, and start your STEM exploration.
This month, learn about a variety of native pollinators, build a mushroom-based world-wide web, learn how trees carry water, learn to be a tree ID hero, and more!
Urban Forest Explorers: Nature Play at Dottie Jordan Park Roots and Wings Festival!
Celebrate nature at Dottie Jordan Park during the Roots and Wings Festival with Urban Forest Explorers! This event offers interactive nature play stations where kids can discover the wonders of roots, mushrooms, rocks, fossils, and bugs. It’s a fun, hands-on experience that invites young adventurers to learn about the hidden treasures of the forest ecosystem!
Wings and Roots at Laguna Gloria
Join us at Laguna Gloria for an evening of exploration and celebration! We are excited to be part of this year’s Roots and Wings Festival! While here, make art inspired by the rich flora and fauna of Laguna Gloria, learn more about how you can help support the pollinators in our city, and enjoy exploring all the art and nature Laguna Gloria has to offer!
Check out TheContemporaryAustin.org for more information on what the evening will hold!
We can't wait to see you!
Seedballs and Stories!
Enjoy stories and seedball crafts to learn about bugs, flowers, and pollination in the Children’s Area at the Central Library!
Garden Storytime!
A storytime featuring butterflies for Roots & Wings at the North Austin Community Garden with a butterfly craft and live caterpillars to raise into butterflies at home!
If rain, this event will be moved into the Little Walnut Creek Library.
Sapling Superheroes & Sapling Planting with Dove Springs Proud at Kendra Page Neighborhood Park
Join Dove Springs Proud at Kendra Page Neighborhood Park for an afternoon of nature activities and tree planting!
NLID Fall Fest & Tree Adoption
Enjoy the beauty of fall in central Texas by joining the North Lamar International District Merchant Association for free family fun! Help us celebrate Arbor Day by adopting your very own, free, native tree from our partner organization, TreeFolks, and get your tree related questions answered by an expert certified arborist. We will also be celebrating Monarch Appreciation Day by learning all about butterflies and our other invaluable pollinator friends. Activities include seed ball making, a scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, story time, balloon artist, pumpkin patch, free snacks, and more!
Park Party at the Pleasant Hill Branch Library
Join us at Pleasant Hill for a special Roots & Wings-themed Park Party and celebration of the natural world in our library's beautiful green space. Learn about the plants in our park and enjoy a nature-themed story walk around the grounds. Youth Librarian Jace will host an outdoor storytime for all ages, followed by butterfly- and plant-themed crafts, activities, a chalk mural, and games. Free refreshments will be provided along with a seed ball creation station.
Roots & Wings Festival Day with Parents as Teachers
This event is reserved for Leander ISD students and families and not open to the general public. Invite pollinators to your front porch! Leander ISD’s Parents as Teachers invites you to engage in activities about our winged and rooted friends, fly like butterflies and leaves, and read books about trees and butterflies. You will leave with your own mini butterfly gardens and lots of knowledge about trees and butterflies!
Author Read Aloud with Collin Pine + Backyard Pollinator Garden Workshop
Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.
This is a hybrid event. To attend virtually, you must pre-register. Join us in celebrating the Roots & Wings Festival on October 30th, 2022 at the Zilker Botanical Garden, or attend online for a special hybrid live read-aloud of Collin Pine's new children's book “The Garden Next Door.”
Monarch Storytime with Local Children’s Book Author Tania DeGregorio at Zilker Botanical Garden
Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.
Come hear local children's book author Tania DeGregorio read her book Skydancer for a special story time at the Oak Grove Stage from 11:30 am to 11:55 am during the Roots & Wings Festival Celebration at Zilker Botanical Garden.
Pollinator Protection w/PEAS!
This event is reserved for students and not open to the general public. PEAS will help schools cultivate and revitalize their pollinator gardens by purchasing pollinator plants for schools who "opt-in" to accepting a delivery from us and can ensure they will get planted. In some schools, we will be able to lead the plantings with our students during their programming times. Through our school programming, we will be able to share about the importance of pollinator plants and basic care instructions with the teachers and students.
Caterpillars, Trees, & Gardens, Oh My! at the Yarborough Branch Library
Come visit the Yarborough Branch Library to learn all about caterpillars, butterflies, trees, and gardens!