Essex County To Hold Fall Family Festival, Outdoor Activities

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Environmental Center will host its 15th annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28.

According to a county news release, the free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Essex County Environmental Center, 621B Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland.

County officials wrote:

“Visitors to the Fall Family Festival can go on canoe trips on the Passaic River or nature walks in Essex County’s West Essex Park. There will be a petting zoo, gardening tips, a live beehive display, woodturning demonstrations, Star-Dome gazing, nature arts and crafts, face painting, a pumpkin patch, display tables from a variety of eco-vendors and live music. Partnering with the Environmental Center are New Jersey Audubon, Essex County Master Gardeners, Essex County Beekeepers, 4-H Club, Essex County Rutgers Cooperative Extension, New Jersey Woodturners Association and the Essex County Environmental Commission.”

Admission throughout the day is free, but vendor items will be for sale. For more information, call 973-228-8776.

“The Fall Family Festival is a great opportunity to visit our state-of-the-art Environmental Center and meet our environmental partners,” Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said.

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