Eco Fair info

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The ninth annual Glen Ridge Eco-Fair will focus on how to live a more active, healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle. Featured will be electric cars, bees and butterflies, home brewing, essential oils, organic soaps, free-trade products, organic fruits and vegetables, as well as expert advice for planting your own vegetable garden, creating a rain garden and making your own compost.
Animals from the Turtle Back Zoo will be on site, as will animals for adoption! In addition, demonstrations will include a wide-range of simple to substantial “green,” yet money saving, products, along with activities for children, such as making birdhouses and picture frames from scrap wood. A selection of herbs and berry plants, along with terrariums games, will be available for purchase. There will also be a raffle table offering chances to win prizes.

The Eco-Fair, to be held on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is sponsored by the borough’s Environmental Advisory Committee and the Glen Ridge Women’s Club. As in past years, it is held in conjunction with the Arts Festival, making food concessions and live entertainment a vibrant part of the day’s festivities. This year, however, there will also be an event for pre-schoolers on the lawn of the GR Congregational Church, honoring the 60th anniversary of the Pilgrim Nursery School. It will feature a bounce house, a balloon artist, arts and crafts and refreshments for the pre-K set and their guests.