An Earth Day Celebration

Protect Your Wild

Protect Your Wild event at Great Parks
protect your wild event at great parks
protect your wild event at great parks
Protect your wild event at great parks

Supporting Sponsors


Volunteer Luncheon Sponsor


IMEG Corp. Electric Vehicle Station Sponsor

Collaborating Sponsors


Water Station Sponsor


Food Truck Sponsor


Official Automotive Partner


Craft Brews Partner

Participating Sponsors

Participating Partner

Celebrate Earth Day with purpose at the third annual eco-extravaganza! Discover Great Parks' regional conservation efforts and how to make a positive environmental impact at home. Enjoy a free concert by The Grateful Dads, view a stunning eco-art installation by local artist and ecologist Julia O. Bianco or roll up your sleeves for the volunteer lake cleanup.

Stroll through exhibitor booths, learn sustainable practices and enjoy delicious bites and HighGrain brews in the heart of Winton Woods. Whether here to volunteer, learn or simply soak in the outdoors, help honor, celebrate and protect the wild spaces you cherish.

Conservation Panel
Head to the main stage at 12:30 p.m. for a conservation panel to learn about Great Parks' conservation efforts and how you can make a positive environmental impact at home.

Stuff the Trunk with Cincinnati MINI
Bring your hard-to-recycle items and help “Stuff the Trunk” with Cincinnati MINI! Accepted items are collected in the trunk of an on-site MINI Countryman and delivered to the Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub. For a list of accepted items, click here.

When

April 19, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (volunteer lake cleanup 11 a.m.-1 p.m.)

Where

Winton Woods | Harbor
10245 Winton Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45231

Click Here to Volunteer

  • Entertainment
    • The Grateful Dads – The Grateful Dads is a fun party band who play songs from the 60s to today with plenty of crowd interaction. They take their music seriously - but not themselves!
    • Greg Lee (Emcee) - Greg Lee is a professional musician, singer, songwriter, and entertainer who performs with the musical group “The Chuck Taylors.”
    • Julia O. Bianco (Art installation creator) – Julia Orquera Bianco is an interdisciplinary artist and ecologist who explores the “intersection of self, other and The Land” in her work.

  • Exhibitors & Vendors
    • Bike513 
    • Cardinal Land Conservancy 
    • Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library
    • Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub
    • Drive Electric Cincy 
    • Fernald Preserve 
    • Gorman Heritage Farm
    • Great Parks Interpreter Stations – live animal encounters, native plant identification, citizen science and more!
    • Great Parks’ Merchandise Shop 
    • Groundwork Ohio River Valley 
    • Hamilton County Conservation District 
    • Hamilton County ReSource 
    • Mankai Teas
    • Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    • Oxbow 
    • ORSANCO’s “Life Below the Waterline” Mobile Aquarium 
    • Rumpke 
    • Sierra Club Miami Group 
    • Sunburst Valley Alpacas 
    • The Happy Groundhog Studio’s Stuffed Animal Repair Clinic

  • Food & Beverage
    • Great Parks’ Eats & Treats Trailer
    • High Grain Brewing
    • Rapid Fired Pizza
    • Steak It Eazy
    • Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee (11 a.m. – noon)

  • Get Involved

    Great Parks welcomes inquiries to participate in or sponsor Signature Events.

    For sponsorship opportunities, contact LeAnne Anklan, Director of Donor Engagement, at lanklan@greatparks.org or by calling 513-728-4517.

    For businesses interested in selling products, complete the Vendor Application Form.

    For organizations interested in hosting an information or activity booth, complete the Exhibitor Application Form.

    For restaurants and food trucks interested in selling food, complete the Food Vendor Application Form.