Asian Harvest Moon Festival at the Springs Preserve 2011

The Springs Preserve will celebrate one of the world's most time-honored holidays with food and live entertainment at the second annual Asian Harvest Moon Festival.

The festival will feature art and crafts, food concessions, live music and dance performances, retail vendors, a children's lantern parade, and much more.

Observed by numerous cultures throughout Asia, the Moon Festival parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar and is an occasion for family and friends to reunite for lantern parades and to eat moon cakes, the festival's traditional food.

Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 12:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Location	Springs Preserve
Admission	$5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for kids 4 and under. Family packs (good for two adults and up to four children) are available for $12. Prices do not include $1 online convenience fee.
RSVP	No reservations required.

Ladybug Release & Craft Activity

Kids will release ladybugs, nature's most charming natural pest control! Then paint ladybug rocks to decorate your garden.

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays in September 03:30 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
Location	Activity Center
Admission	$3 members, $5 non-members with paid general admission. Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
RSVP	No reservations required.

Wonderful Worm Wonders at the Springs Preserve!

Kids, wiggle on in and learn all about our squiggly friends.

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays in September 01:30 p.m. - 02:30 p.m.
Location	Activity Center
Admission	$3 members, $5 non-members with paid general admission. Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
RSVP	No reservations required.

They crawl. They sting. They hiss. BUGS!!!

Let's face it, desert tarantulas, bark scorpions and centipedes aren't exactly the most charming creatures. But our desert can't do without them.

Get up close -- or not! -- as the mysteries of the Mojave's most amazing insects, arachnids and other invertebrates are revealed every Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Will you squirm in your seat? We guarantee it.

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 10 to 25 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location	Big Springs Theater Inside the Origen Museum
Admission	Free for members or with paid general admission
RSVP	No reservations required.

Make your own Personalized Garden Gloves

Stop by the Springs Preserves library to create your own personalized garden gloves and garden in style.

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays in September 10:00 a.m. - 05:30 p.m.
Location	Gift Shop/Library
Admission	$2 members, $3 non-members with paid general admission. Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
RSVP	No reservations required.

Make your own Firefly Necklaces!

 Visit the Springs Preserve for this FUN craft!  Drop in and make your own GLOWING firefly necklace!

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays in September 10:00 a.m. - 05:30 p.m.
Location	Origen Museum
Admission	$2 members, $3 non-members with paid general admission. Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
RSVP	No reservations required.

Bees, Butterflies and Ladybugs Oh My!

Bees, Butterflies and Ladybugs at the Springs Preserve!

Kids, come in and paint your favorite little critter. 

You pick!

Date & Time	Saturdays and Sundays in September 10:00 a.m. - 05:30 p.m.
Location	Nature Exchange
Admission	$2 members, $3 non-members with paid general admission. Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
RSVP	No reservations required.