Beach cleanups, a seed exchange, seed planting and music will mark Earth Day this weekend.
• An Earth Day Festival is planned for Saturday at the Palindrome at Eaglemount Wine and Cider, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.
The festival will kick off at 1 p.m. with a sunflower seed planting ceremony and blessing of the land with songs and drums.
The ceremony will feature singer Mama Earth, Local 20/20, The Jefferson Land Trust and Olympic Peninsula Prairies.
Following the ceremony, Abracadabra Trip will perform a rock and soul concert at 2 p.m. with new songs as well classics from the 1960s and ’70s.
Speakers, including Betsy Howell and Forest Shomer, will be featured throughout the concert.
Attendees will be able to write out their commitments to the Earth for the upcoming year at a living sculpture of the Tree of Life.
The festival is open to the public. Donations of $5 to $20 are requested to support the artists.
For more information, visit https://events.humanitix.com/earth-day-festival-4xg8d5xc.
• The Third Earth Day Spring Fest will start at noon Saturday at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road, Port Angeles.
The concert will accept donations for the North Olympic Salmon Coalition.
For more information, call 360-460-9421 or visit www.worthyvisions.com.
• Kat Jack will facilitate an Earth Month seed exchange from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Forks Branch Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., Forks.
Participants can bring seeds from their gardens to share or swap. Seeds may be picked up even if you don’t have any to share.
For more information, call the library at 360-374-6402, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• The Port Townsend Marine Science Center, in partnership with Washington CoastSavers, will sponsor its annual Earth Day beach cleanup from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Volunteers will collect debris and contribute data on their findings to the Ocean Conservancy’s international database.
Participants can check in at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend, or at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand, 9122 Rhody Drive, Chimacum, to get directions to beach locations and pick up supplies like trash bags and gloves.
A Discover Pass is required to park at Fort Worden State Park.
For more information, visit www.ptmsc.org/event/earth-day-beach-cleanup-4-19-2025.
• Olympic National Park will sponsor a coastal cleanup Saturday.
National Park employees and volunteers will remove debris from the park’s wild coastline.
The park will focus cleanup efforts at beaches near Mora and Kalaloch this year.
Limited walk-up registration will available at the Mora and Kalaloch trailheads from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. The cleanup event will run until 5 p.m. that day.
The coastline in the Mora area presents unique challenges as volunteers must hike several miles to reach their site, collect trash and carry it back to the trailheads.
Since motorized vehicles are prohibited on park beaches, all litter must be removed on foot.
• Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will co-host the Washington Coast Cleanup on Saturday.
The cleanup will focus on 10 state parks including Cape Disappointment, Fort Flagler, Fort Townsend, Fort Worden, Grayland Beach, Mystery Bay, Ocean City, Pacific Beach, Shine Tidelands and Twin Harbors.
In 2024, 2,339 volunteers removed 159,431 pounds of marine and firework debris from Washington beaches. There were 16,193 pounds of debris collected during the annual Washington Coast Cleanup last year.
Volunteers can check in at Shine Tidelands, Termination Point Road, Port Ludlow, as well as at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand for Fort Flagler and Mystery Bay beaches and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center for Fort Townsend and Fort Worden beaches.
A Discover Pass is required for vehicle access to state-managed lands.
Volunteers should come prepared for variable weather conditions, wear sturdy footwear and bring a packed lunch with plenty of water.
Upon check-in, participants will receive supplies for debris collection, although bringing reusable gloves is encouraged.
Check-in stations also will serve as designated drop-off locations for collected debris.
For more information, visit www.coastsavers.org.
