New England Wild Flower Society’s “Earth Day” is FREE Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.  Get a fresh breath of spring at Garden in the Woods, with guided tours every half hour of the magnificent Garden filled with emerging spring wildflowers and ferns. Learn the “Signs of Spring” through our scavenger hunt. Purchase native plants, gifts, and books.  

New this year ─ Visit the newly created “Earth Day Way” and learn how to be GREEN with recycling games for all ages.  Encounter organizations at the Earth Day Way exhibits committed to good environmental practices. Enjoy the Recycling Relay Race and the Weed out Plant Bullies Activity. Have your face painted and say “hello” to costumed creatures such as Ant Mini, Dani the Monarch Butterfly, and Dottie the Ladybug, who welcome everyone to a day of exciting family activities. They’ll introduce the upcoming BIG BUGS exhibit and web-of-life extravaganza opening July 12, featuring live “BEETLES” music at the opening and 13 GIANT bugs throughout the show.

-- 10 to 10:30 a.m. Meet MOTHER NATURE and learn to juggle as she does  

-- 11 a.m. to noon Enjoy a LIVE animal show from Jungle Encounters and meet an African fox, ringtail cat, hedgehog, chinchilla, and a Patagonian cavy.
-- 1 to 2 p.m. Attend “Animal Adventures” to meet a giant anaconda and a 6-foot long monitor lizard.
-- 3 to 4 p.m. Don’t miss the exciting Rain Forest Reptile Show, which includes a monitor lizard, 7-foot boa constrictor, red-foot tortoise, and 3-foot alligator.

Admission and programs are FREE, rain or shine. Seats for live animal shows are on a first-come basis; come early to pick up tickets for the animal programs. Because of limited seating for live animal shows, one performance per family is requested.

New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA. 508-877-7630, www.newenglandWILD.org.