Kids explored nature at Hauberg Civic Center’s Earth Day event, creating seed bombs to support native plants.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Ahead of Earth Day, Quad Cities kids came to Rock Island’s Hauberg Civic Center on April 19 to better understand nature’s offerings.
Volunteers arranged hands-on activities for kids who attended to take part in. Together they created seed bombs, which work as an easy means for native plants to repopulate and will grow into herbs and flowers attractive to butterflies and pollinators.
One volunteer told News 8 that these events are intended to help get kids outside and off their screens.
“So much of the land around here is cornfields for soybeans and things that we use for our living, but there are whole other ecosystems around here that [kids] can dig a little bit to see and play with, and realize how much bigger the world is,” Todd Linscott, board-chair holder at Hauberg, said.
Hauberg has hosted the Earth Day–related event for the past six years, drawing in around 100 kids each year.
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