Earth Day 2012

Welcome to our Earth Day Festival 2012 Page: This event is celebrated in cooperation with the City of Vista

Please help us and Volunteer your Time

Free Event!

We hope that you will Join Us for our Earth Day Festival April 28 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Attendance last year was estimated at 750-1000 visitors: we expect a whole lot more this year see photos from last year

lots of fun and an exciting day of events!

Our schedule will be uploaded as it develops, here is what we have so far.

Duchy of Brandenburg Medieval Village is returning this year. They will be displaying the costumes, arts and skills of this time period as well as stories for children and stylized sword fighting demonstrations. Click here for the schedule of their all day events.
Children’s Activities and Games: 10:00-2:30 Click for a Schedule of Events
Music and Dance Performances in the Garden all day long
Food Court sponsored by Amigos de Vista Lions Club
Special Guest Speaker 12:00 noon, subject: Climate Reality Project
Artists offering their creations for sale
Plant Sales direct from us, the plant societies and the Growers
Eco Vendors
Plant your Gratitude & Watch it Grow in the New Gratitude Garden- a place to Cultivate Joy!
Tours of the Gardens by our docents and president Bryan Morse
Raffles and a Silent Auction
Gardening Demonstrations:

Help the Alta Vista Gardens Sustainability Program.

Donate to PLANT A TREE

A Billion Acts of Green

Change We Must (music video) Jon Anderson

Earth Song (music video) Michael Jackson

The Earth- a poem by Michael Jackson

If I Can Dream (music video) Elvis Presley

We are the World (music video) Michael Jackson/ Lionel Richie

We are the World (music video) 25 years later

Earth Day Special (Video) Bette Midler & Robin Williams

Saving the Planet (Video) George Carlin

50 Ways to Help Save the Planet

Be a Vendor: Sign up now!

Learn More about how you can help to SAVE THE PLANET

Learn more about Alta Vista Gardens’ Sustainability Program

The ‘Roots of Sustainability’

The word “sustainability” may be relatively new, but its underlying ethic has deep roots on the North American continent. Native Americans have historically held to the “seven generations” rule, meaning that all decisions should take into account the impact on seven generations into the future. Well aware that people have the power to manipulate the world around them, Native Americans use their ceremonies and traditions to help them to maintain respect for life and to remind them that, as one Native American proverb puts it, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Garden Open Daily 7:00-5:00 Monday-Friday; 10:00- 5:00 on weekends

Admission is $2.00 for non-members; admission is Free with Membership

Directions to the Gardens (760) 945-3954 email:info@altavistagardens.org

Alta Vista Gardens is a 501(c)3 Not For Profit Corporation

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