Earth Day, which officially was Wednesday, and Arbor Day, which is today, will be celebrated with a variety of activities this weekend.
Here is a sample of events across the North Olympic Peninsula:
PORT ANGELES
Fairgrounds welcome
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will celebrate Arbor Day at the 16th Street garden at 10 a.m. today.
The club has maintained the area since 2003 to welcome those who come to the fairgrounds.
The club provides rose bushes and other shrubs as memorials for members. A hand-painted rock at the base of each bush carries a member’s name.
Members and guests are encouraged to bring gloves, shovels and containers of water.
For more information, contact Sally Shunn at 360-551-3312 or Pjsdeeda@gmail.com.
Tree planting
PORT ANGELES — Trees will be planted in recognition of Arbor Day, which is today, at the 5th Street Community Garden road verge from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
All are welcome to the free event.
Volunteers are needed to prepare the space and plant the trees in the public right of way in front of the 5th Street Community Garden, which is across from City Hall.
For more information, contact Hank Gibson at 360-417-2279 or gibson@olypen.com.
Tree giveaway
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Timber Action Committee’s annual tree giveaway will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
The giveaway will be at the Green Crow parking lot at the corner of Eighth and Francis streets.
Due to a limited number of donated trees, there will be fewer trees overall than last year, organizers said.
SEQUIM
Site cleanup
SEQUIM — Olympic Peninsula Geocachers will clean up several sites in the Sequim area from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Volunteers will meet outside Westside Pizza, 540 W. Washington St., to register and sign liability waivers.
Trash bags and disposable gloves (in medium and large sizes) will be provided.
After the work, a no-host lunch is planned at the pizzeria.
RSVP to 360-683-1329 today.
Discovery Tour
SEQUIM — Those who take a walking or driving tour of Bell Creek will not only find 10 educational stops from the headwaters to the mouth of the creek, they also are possibly eligible for prizes.
The city’s Stormwater Stewardship Project and Sequim High School’s Be the Change club launched the Bell Creek Discovery Tour on Wednesday, which was Earth Day.
Participants who answer the educational questions on the Bell Creek Discovery Tour Facebook page or on the tour sheet by Memorial Day, May 25, will be invited on a guided walk with snacks across Washington Harbor at the mouth of Bell Creek to Port Williams beach.
They will also be entered into a raffle for dinner for four at Nourish Restaurant.
Information and an app for the tour for smartphones are available at www.tinyurl.com/PDN-BellCreekTour or the Bell Creek Discovery Tour Facebook page.
The tour sheet, map and instructions also are available at a box on the outside of the city’s interpretive center at the Water Reuse Park, 500 N. Blake Ave.
For more information, contact Ann Soule, city water resource manager, at 360-582-2436 or asoule@sequimwa.gov.
GARDINER
Wild Birds celebration
GARDINER — Raptors, flute music and a variety of booths will celebrate Earth Day at Wild Birds Unlimited from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
It will be the 10th annual festival at the business at 275953 U.S. Highway 101.
The nonprofit wild animal rescues the Northwest Raptor & Wildlife Center of Sequim and Discovery Bay Bird Rescue of Port Townsend will be represented.
Jaye and Gary Moore of the raptor center will present rescued birds.
Students of Northwest native flute player Vince Redhouse who are in his WindPeople Music of Allyn will perform at 11:30 a.m.
A variety of booths in the garden area of the business will sell goods and provide information.
Visitors are invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets for the day.
Donations will be accepted for the animal rescue centers.
For more information, call 360-797-7100 or see www.gardiner.wbu.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Beach cleanup
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Food Co-op, 414 Kearney St., is the center of operations for an Earth Day beach cleanup effort supporting the Port Townsend Marine Science Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Those who register will receive materials for collection, instructions and directions to a beach.
Those who return to the co-op with trash they have collected from a beach will receive a voucher to use in the store.
A drawing is planned at 5 p.m. for all who registered.
The cleanup is co-sponsored by the co-op and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, which will open a new exhibit, Go Blue, during the cleanup.
For more information, contact Amy Johnson at 360-385-5582 or ajohnson@ptmsc.org.
Earth Day Weed Pull
PORT TOWNSEND — An Earth Day Weed Pull is planned at Fort Worden State Park from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
As part of an ongoing effort, the Friends of Fort Worden Trail Team plans to remove invasive weeds from several locations at the park.
Volunteers will meet at the guardhouse at 9:30 a.m.
For more information, contact Jan North at janorth@olympus.net or see www.fwfriends.org.