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Earth Day Festival 2025

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Earth Day Festival 2025
April 26 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
You and the family are invited to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sisters of Providence annual Earth Day Festival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Immerse yourself in nature at our beautiful Woods while enjoying many different activities. There’s something for everyone from nature shows and earth-related craft activities for the kids, to spinning, weaving and felting demonstrations and visits with the alpacas that provide the fiber.

See below for a complete list of scheduled events.

Be sure to bring your refillable water bottles for our free and eco-friendly water station. Our Providence Community will be hosting their popular bake sale with homemade baked goods of all kinds!
The festival begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is located 10 minutes northwest of downtown Terre Haute, Indiana.
We will have entertainment like live music, wildlife presentations, woodcarving demonstrations and demonstrations on spinning and weaving. Food vendors will be available to purchase snacks, beverages, and meals – there will be something for all ages and dietary needs. We will also have vendors and educational exhibitors on hand for earth-friendly shopping and to expand your knowledge of how we can be better stewards of our planet.

As always, our alpacas and chickens will be out-and-about for barnyard visits.
Please see below for this year’s entertainment, vendors and exhibitors.
Educational Exhibitors and Entertainment
- ISU Office of Sustainability
- Moonglade Animal Adventures
- Indiana DNR Division of Forestry
- Vigo County Public Library
- Terre Haute Children’s Museum
- Wabash Valley Herb Society
- International Crane Foundation
- reThink, Inc.
- League of Women Voters of Vigo County
- Parke Trails Alliance
- Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
- Owen-Putnam Friends of the Forest
- Vigo County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Vigo Invasives Management
- SMWC Student Counseling Center
- Terre Haute Wastewater Utility
- Vigo County 4-H Alpaca and Llama Club
- Vigo County Green Party
- Providence Associates Climate Crisis Task Force
- Centerstone’s Foster Care
- Forester Stu Haney
- The VonBoggins
- Footloose DJ Entertainment
Food and Shopping Vendors
- Maggie & Moe’s Coffee
- Taqueria Los Chamacos
- Sati Babi
- Aladdin Campus Dining
- ACME Hot Dog Co.
- Providence Associates Bake Sale
- Jennifer Minnis Photography
- Wabash Valley Master Gardeners Association
- Bunny’s Backyard Garden
- reThink, Inc.
- Loomi Shop
- Earth Drops Natural Handmade, Handcrafted Soaps
- ScentScapes Candle Company
- La Finca Coffe Company
- It’s Only Money Farms
- Hallie Hound Barkery
- Anita’s Primitive Homemade Crafts
- The Twelve Baskets Bakery
- Tupperware/Cooking Smarter Not Harder
- Recreation Creation
- The Brooching Baer
Are you interested in volunteering for the Earth Day Festival? If so, click here!
For more information
Contact White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at 812-535-2932 or wvc@spsmw.org.