Doing What Comes Naturally at the 13th Annual ECO Fair
Artful Living, Handmade & Homegrown will take center stage in New Jersey’s Heartland on Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. when WheatonArts and Cultural Center joins with the Cumberland County Improvement Authority to present the 13th Annual ECO Fair. In addition to showcasing hand-made works of art from New Jersey artisans and environmental groups, the day-long event will feature live music, family art events and the sale of a variety of plants and herbs by the Rutgers Master Gardeners.
CU Maurice River, New Jersey’s Heartland’s leading watershed organization, will present Keynote Speaker Pat Sutton, whose program is entitled, “It’s a Jungle Out There: LIFE & DEATH in the Wildlife Garden.” Sutton’s presentation will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Event Center.
There will be a series of free family art activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., including Tree Ring Prints, Paper Beads, Leaf Prints on Fabric and your chance to create a Seed Bomb at the Ceramics Studio. If you like glass blowing, there will be a large-scale glass blowing demonstration and a class where you can blow a glass bubble (visit https://www.tfaforms.com/4732933 because space is limited and pre-registration is required).
There will also be a Scavenger Hunt with Naturalists and two Rain Barrell Workshops from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There is a fee for these workshops and pre-registration is required by visiting http://2jfsr62yu64dl0xeu1bm4zi3.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Rain-Barrel-Flyer-2019-1.pdf.
Included among the exhibitors at the 13th Annual ECO Fair will be Air Plant Artistry, American Littoral Society, Amy’s Pottery, ANJEC, Beads on Cypress, Cherelle Oriolo, Cohansey Area Watershed Assn., Countryside Garden Club, CU Maurice River, Cumberland Air Solutions, Deppenwood Products, dōTERRA, Essential Oils, Dunebeads, Earth & Sky Nursery, Earth Products Essentials, llc, Gaia Darling, Happy Goats Soap Co., Heavenly Joy Soap, LLC, Jersey Jerry Broomsquire, Junior’s Favorite Dog, Treats, Lavender and Old Lace, Nature Photography, Phyllis Seidner Pottery, Pollination Station, RCE Water Resources Program, Renewal by Anderson, Rutgers Master Gardeners of Cumberland County, Ryans case for smiles, Samantha Bartlett, Save Nosey Now, Inc., Shirley Sews, South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild, Sticks N’ Things, TapestryGal Designs, Tessa Cotta, Tori’s Critters LLC, Tupper’s Perch, Uniques, WheatonArts Museum Stores and White Cloud Therapy.
WheatonArts and Cultural Center is located at WheatonArts 1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ, 08332 (GPS: 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ 08332). For information about the 13th Annual ECO Fair, please visit http://www.wheatonarts.org/calendar-eventon/events/eco-fair/.
