SPRING FAIRE “TO GO” BAGS

• a 1 gallon native plant! Your choice of Yarrow, California Sunflower, Arroyo Willow and Black Sage (while supplies last)
• goodies and recipes from Savor OC Restaurant Showcase sponsors
• a Spring Themed Science Experiment to do at home
• a Spring Themed Craft to do at home
• a children’s nature book
• a 1 gallon native plant! Your choice of Yarrow, California Sunflower, Arroyo Willow and Black Sage (while supplies last)
• goodies and recipes from Savor OC Restaurant Showcase sponsors
• a Spring Themed Science Experiment to do at home
• a Spring Themed Craft to do at home
• a children’s nature book
• A sustainable Butterfly Towel

• In addition, the first 100 bags will include:
• a re-usable straw from Simply Straws
• BAO TEA all-in-one Toothbrush & Tongue Cleaner and Universal Manual Toothbrush Holder (so cool!)
• a jar of NAKED Grandma Pepper Jam!
• A hand painted Tree Cookie coaster
• a butterfly cookie cutter with a Sweet Shack cookie recipe card!
• A packet of California poppy seeds from Mesa Water
• A packet of tomato seeds from the OC Fair’s Centennial Farm
• A certificate for a free children’s meal from Raising Cane’s donated by the OC Fair.
• a bag of Rusty’s Chips
• a free fish taco from Wahoo’s Fish Tacos
• a full size deodorant stick from HINT (no aluminum, parabens, or animal ingredients)
• $5 off coupon and keychain from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
• A sample of activated charcoal/magnesium/prebiotics natural deodorant from Routine Natural Goods
• a butterfly lollipop from B.Candy
• a Volcom sticker.
• a Kean Coffee sticker.
• and more! (email us to donate an item for the bags!)

Click HERE to purchase your bag.

CRAFTS & GAMES

Play nature games and embark on a “Craft Crawl” and “Story Walk”.

ONLINE SILENT AUCTION

Be sure to check out (and bid on!) the items in our fun online auction between May 10 and May 16! Some items are already listed, HERE, including a live performance of up to 3 hours by the All Star Trio and a Cooking Class for 4 people with Produce Catering‘s owner and head Chef, Kiel Andersen, winner of Food Network’s Chopped! There are items for everyone, including clothing from Z Supply, a Plancha Dinner for 4 Guests from Descanso Restaurant, a Spring Wine Collection from Abigail Adams Wine, a Wine Gift Basket and a Craft Beer Mystery Box from Hi-Time Wine Cellars, Science Kits from Child Creativity Lab, gift certificates to California Fish Grill,  Avila’s El Ranchito, Mi Casa Restaurant, Haute Cakes Caffe, and Chipotle Mexican Grill, cookies & hot cocoa bombs from Sweet Shack, a $100 gift certificate to the Balboa Island Museum, a $100 gift certificate to Fishbonz, a $100 gift certificate to Mother’s Market, a $75 gift card to Bluewater Grill, a Rancho Meladuco Date Farm gift basket, 4 packet of tickets from the OC Fair, cupcakes from Sprinkles, macrame plant hangers from Elizabeth & Fred, a two month subscription to Inspired Play from Laguna Parent Participation Preschool, a gift card to Gelson’s, a month of Unlimited Pure Barre, a native plant landscaping consultation, and more! The Environmental Nature Center provides a tremendous service for our community: free, public access to Nature, environmental education, and a sanctuary for our community to escape from life’s pressures. Your Silent Auction donation will help us connect our community to Nature. To donate a silent auction item, please complete this form. If you have questions, please contact lori@encenter.org.

VIRTUAL SAVOR OC

Plan to support local restaurants on and around May 16! The ENC Savor OC is going virtual! Participating restaurants will be donating a percentage of their sales to the Environmental Nature Center. Interested restaurants should contact Mindy. You can donate a percentage of your sales, donate items for our Spring Faire To Go bags, or donate something for our Online Auction – or all three!

• Fill Bakeshop is donating 20% to the ENC on May 16th. Just mention the ENC, and enjoy your delicious treat!

“FIRE CIRCLE STAGE”

Gather ’round the Virtual Fire Circle Stage and listen to the bluegrass stylings of the Sweetwater Creek Band, who will be performing live from our Redwood Forest!  The Sweetwater Creek Band is a group of Orange County, CA musicians who play fiddle, Irish bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, guitar, banjo and baroque recorders. We’ll also feature author Alex McConduit reading his book Bloom, the story of the world’s first flower and author Cindy Jenson-Elliott reading her book Dig In!