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Celebrate nature
from Outlook
Community events care for our water, our landscape and the Earth
Earth Day, Saturday, April 22
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For more than 50 years, April 22 has been designated as "Earth Day." On this day each year, people worldwide join with others in their communities to clean up and restore natural resources and celebrate the Earth.
On Saturday, April 22, Festival Park will become Castle Rock’s Earth Day headquarters. Everyone in Castle Rock is invited to join their friends and neighbors from noon to 3 p.m. for an Earth Day festival. Come to Festival Park to mark the day and learn more about environmental conservation. You’ll find educational information from local nonprofits, crafts, demonstrations, vendors featuring upcycled goods, music and food trucks. It will be a day to act, learn and enjoy.
For almost a decade, volunteers have helped the Town celebrate Earth Day by restoring disturbed areas at Philip S. Miller Park or along Sellars Gulch in Downtown Castle Rock. In 2022, 130 volunteers each spent three hours harvesting and planting willows. Continuing the tradition, this Earth Day, volunteers will plant native grasses at Festival Park and remove invasive plants, including watercress, in the park and along Sellars Gulch. Find out more at CRgov.com
Spring Up the Creek, Saturday, May 6
Warmer temperatures bring spring cleaning. You can help clean up the outdoors at the Town’s Spring Up the Creek event. This year marks 20 years of community members helping to keep our Town’s waterways clean while promoting the importance of protecting the environment.
Join us and give back to your community by picking up trash and keeping Castle Rock and our local watershed beautiful. All ages of volunteers are welcome. This is a great opportunity for youth to fulfill needed community service hours. Learn more and register at CRgov.com/SpringUp.
This event is hosted by Castle Rock Water in partnership with Douglas County, Castle Pines Metropolitan District, Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority and the Chatfield Watershed Authority.
