Salamander Festival 2020
16th Annual Salamander Festival
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Shades Valley Community Church
160 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209 (across Oxmoor from Patriot Park
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See Real Salamanders! Also displays with birds, fish, frogs, turtles and crayfish.
2020 Awards: Jennifer Andress, Amy Milam, Amber Kustos, Jane Ross, (Presenter: Henry Hughes), Mark Thomas. Not pictured: Dr. Bill Cleveland and Berkley Squires. All helped with invasive plant removal along Shades Creek Greenway.
5 tables of arts and crafts for families to make (free), including Clay salamanders, fish prints, origami, and more.
Fossils, microscopes, Whooping crane information, recycling display, art by Homewood Students,
Southern trees’ display, new educational interactive displays, and much more.
2:00 – Family nature hike (outdoors)
3:00 – Festival begins (indoors) with salamanders and activities
Music with Rob Angus and “Over The Hillbillies” band
Awards and prizes
4:00 – Salamander story with Jay Eubanks, Herpetologist
Dancing with Alessia Lovreglio from Edgewood Dance Center
Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood Architecture
Shades Valley Community Church
Homewood Environmental Commission
Samford University
Eagle Solar & Light