Environmental Extravaganza 2021
*The event has already taken place on this date: Tue, 06/08/2021
Choose close-to-home outdoor adventures this spring. Visit a new park, try a new activity or help care for nature each week! Hosted by the City of Surrey together with dozens of community partners, the Environmental Extravaganza normally provides over 100 free environmental programs and events each spring.
Until we can meet again in person, we invite you to get explore and learn about nature with self-guided activities, fun challenges and more. Check out the Get Outside Guide for different Environmental Extravaganza activities each week. Visit a new park, try a new activity and help care for nature!
The Environmental Extravaganza kicks off on April 22 and continues through June 8.
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
This Week's Highlights
April 22 - May 2
- Celebrate Earth Day at Surrey’s virtual Party for the Planet
- Enter the Biodiversity Poster Contest
- Join the City Nature Challenge
- Learn more with a free webinar on April 22
- Week 1 Self-Guided Activities
- Pop-Up Park Walk at Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve Park
- Park Crawl featuring Public Art in Parks
Contest and Challenges
Biodiversity Poster Contest
- April 22-May 16
- Celebrate nature through art!
City Nature Challenge
- April 30-May 3
- Become a citizen scientist, reveal your Surrey-spirit and help showcase our biodiversity on the world stage. It’s easy to participate - all you need is a smart phone, tablet, or camera and PC. No experience necessary.
Urban Forest Bingo
- Explore Surrey’s urban forest.
- How many of these bingo activities can you check off during the Environmental Extravaganza?
Self-Guided Activities
Park Crawls
Parks are more than picnic tables and playgrounds. They protect ecosystems, plants and animals. They are places to recreate and to search for solitude. They also provide opportunities to learn from our past, embrace culture, and express ourselves creatively.
Get to know new parks with our weekly park crawls. Each week, a new theme will introduce you to the diversity of Surrey’s parks and help you to see them through a different lens.
- Week 1: Public Art in Parks - Happening Now!
- Week 2: Treemendous Trees
- Week 3: Best Birdwatching
- Week 4: Park Gardens
- Week 5: Parks’ Past (Protecting our Legacy)
- Week 6: Park Ponds, Creeks and Shorelines
Pop-Up Park Walks
Explore nature! Follow a self-guided nature walk in a different park each week. Each walk will highlight seasonal or natural park features, wow you with fun facts and nature knowledge, and inspire you to care for our parks.
- Week 1: Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve Park (9016-164 Street) - Happening Now!
- Week 2: Surrey Nature Centre (14225 Green Timbers Way)
- Week 3: Surrey Lake Park (7500-152 Street)
- Week 4: Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park (14500 block 24 Avenue)
- Week 5: Bose Forest Park (6203-164 Street)
- Week 6: Blackie Spit Park (3136 McBride Avenue)
Videos
Get inspired or gain some new nature knowledge before your next outdoor adventure.
- Redwood Arboretum Tour
- Mother’s Day Virtual Tour of the Glades Garden
- The Glades is open Saturdays by pre-registration only
- Virtual Tour of Darts Hill Garden
- Darts Hill Garden is open weekends by pre-registration only
- Storytime at Redwood Park
Outdoor Resources
- Community Bee Gardens – learn how to introduce pollinators into our community
- Teacher Resources for Outdoor Learning
- Pack it in, Pack it Out – learn how to keep parks clean and beautiful
- Wild Whales – learn to identify BC’s marine mammals and report your whale and sea turtle sightings
Online Programs
- Youtube Nature Storytimes
- Join Surrey Libraries for nature-themed stories and songs
- New video uploaded every Tuesday morning from May 4 - June 8
- Authors Among Us: Meet Surrey Writer Sylvia Taylor
- Join Surrey Libraries for an Author talk and Q&A with Sylvia Taylor on April 28 at 6-7pm
Our Community Partners
- B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network
- Better Environmentally Sound Transportation
- Burns Bog Conservation Society
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Darts Hill Conservancy Trust Society
- Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.
- Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society
- Friends of Semiahmoo Heritage Trail
- Green Timbers Heritage Society
- Hancock Wildlife Foundation
- Honeybee Centre
- Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver
- Little Campbell Watershed Society
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
- Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Nicomekl Enhancement Society
- Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program
- Ocean Park Beautification Committee
- Ocean Park Community Orchard
- O.W.L. Rehabilitation Society
- Parks Canada
- Salmon Habitat Restoration Program (SHaRP)
- Semiahmoo Fish and Game Club
- Sunnyside Acres Heritage Society
- Surrey Libraries
- Surrey’s Natural Areas Partnership (SNAP)
- Surrey Urban Farmers’ Market
- Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad (SYSS)
- White Rock and Surrey Naturalists Society
*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:
City of SurreyLocation:
13450 - 104 Avenue
Surrey, BC, V3T 1V8Canada
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
604-501-7687Contact name:
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Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
06/08/2021
Time:
all day
Price:
Free
Ages
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