Conservation in Action Expo

Name: Conservation in Action Expo
Start: 2025-10-11T09:00:00-05:00
Location: Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park

Schedule

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park | Murfreesboro, TN

Learn about Central Basin ecology, take part in naturalist-led hikes and hands-on activities, visit with natural resource professionals about the work that they do, shop for native plants for your garden, and discover local citizen science projects and volunteer stewardship opportunities.
2025 Theme: Connections
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." ~ John Muir
Highlights include:
Native Plant Sale, 9:00a-1:00p
Nature book signings (morning)
Invasive Insect Detection Dog Demo
Prescribed Fire Equipment Display & Demo
Native Garden Tours
Animal Ambassadors
Native Plant Give-Away Drawings*
Naturalist-led Hikes*
Wheelchair-accessible Golf Cart Trail Rides*
Photographing Plants for Identification Workshop*
Mosquito Bucket of Doom Demo
Native Plant Propagation Demo
How to Start an Arboretum or Tree Sanctuary
---and much more!!
* Register at the event for drawings and space-limited activities (hikes, trail rides, and photography workshop). No registration required for other activities.
Free for all ages! (Info and activities geared towards ages 10+ with supplementary activities for younger family members.)
Activity schedule: https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/35119/2025-CiA-Expo-Activities---Demonstrations
Exhibitors: https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/35120/2025-CiA-Participants-All
For details: https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/2716/Conservation-in-Action-Expo