Events

About Events
The following sections provides information on community celebrations, special events, and other activities happening in the Park.

Spring Landscaping Workshop
Get a jump on your spring landscaping. Learn from the City's Environmental Coordinator about the emerald ash borer and its potential effects on your trees. Hear about the latest trends and ideas in landscaping, as well as environmentally friendly gardening techniques.

• Tuesday, March 30, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• City Hall Council Chambers, 5005 Minnetonka Blvd.
• Free - No registration required

Lions Club Bunny Egg Extravaganza
Ages 3 to 8 (with accompanying adult)
Join us as we have a hoppin' good time hunting for colorful eggs with Big Bunny and enjoying entertainment in the park. Prizes will be awarded for the Big Bunny Coloring contest to be judged by the Lions Club. Pick up your coloring sheet at The Rec Center or one can be mailed by calling (952) 924-2540. Special bags will be given to each registrant to collect eggs. Bring a camera to take a photo with the Lions Club lion. Different areas will be set up for age groups during the hunt and start at offset times. This program is generously sponsored by the St. Louis Park Lions Club.

• Saturday, April 3, Check-in at 10 a.m.
• Bunny Egg Hunt starts promptly at 10:15 a.m.
• Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Drive
• $6 per child (resident) / $8 (non-resident)
• Click here to register for Activity #4835
• Coloring Contest Bunny 
• No fee for supervising adult
• Registration deadline: March 26 or until full

Rain Garden Education Workshops
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and the City of St. Louis Park are sponsoring a Rain Garden Education Workshop. The workshops (Part A and Part B) will be taught and facilitated by Metro Blooms with local landscape ecologist Rusty Schmidt.

Part A Workshop
The rain garden workshop (Part A) gives property owners all the information they need to install a rain garden, redirect downspouts and select native perennials that don't require fertilizers or pesticides, and whose long roots help draw the water deep into the soil.

Thursday, April 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Rec Center Banquet Room, 3700 Monterey Drive
$10 per person

Part B Workshop
The next step to the Part A workshop, this two-hour small group workshop will focus on the plans you developed from the Part A workshop. You will receive personalized advice from Metro Blooms Landscape Design Assistants and Hennepin County Master Gardeners who are trained in landscape architecture, rain garden design and horticulture.

Saturday, May 1 from 10 a.m. - Noon
The Rec Center Banquet Room, 3700 Monterey Drive
$10 per person

Registrations for the workshops will begin on February 1. Click here to register online or call (651) 699-2426.

Park & Run Family Fun Run/Walk
All ages
Join us for a 5K family-friendly run or walk and the "Almost-a- Mile". Both courses travel along paved city trails and around lakes before finishing in Wolfe Park. Proceeds support Teens Alone, a non-profit organization providing free and confidential counseling and crisis services for teens and their parents. Last year, Teens Alone responded to 400 crisis calls from youth and families in St. Louis Park. They also provided one-on-one counseling services to almost 90 St. Louis Park youth; many of whom were homeless. Registrants receive a T-shirt and goodie bag.

• Saturday, May 15
• Registration begins at 8 a.m.
  
  
• Almost-a-Mile starts at 9 a.m.
• $5 per person Activity # 4973
  
  
• 5K run starts at 9:15 a.m. Activity # 4974
• 5K walk starts at 10:15 a.m. Activity # 4975
• $15 in advance / $20 on day of race
  
• Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Drive
• Registration deadline: 8:45 a.m. on race day

Spring Clean-Up Day is June 12
The Annual Spring Clean-Up Day Event will be held Saturday, June 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Louis Park Junior High, 2025 Texas Ave. S., for St. Louis Park residents only.

Items such as furniture, tires, leftover remodeling supplies, appliances, electronics and equipment (lawn mowers and snow blowers drained of all fluids) can be brought to the event. A disposal fee will be charged for all items.

Note - there will be a charge for electronics this year. Furniture, household items and bicycles in fairly good condition also will be accepted for redistribution to others.

Tree debris, brush, yard waste, garbage, recyclables and hazardous waste will not be accepted.  The Clean-Up Day is sponsored by Waste Management and St. Louis Park. This event is provided as a lower-cost alternative to having items picked up at your home. 

• Saturday, June 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Location: St. Louis Park Junior High **New location**
• For more information, call (952) 924-2555

Step To It Community Challenge
All ages

The Step To It Community Challenge is a fun, light-hearted way to connect with family, friends, and neighbors and get moving again after a long winter. Eighteen cities will compete to see which one has the most active residents. Participants from each city will have a chance to be honored by Hennepin County and the Minnesota Twins at a Twins home game during the 2010 season. As a Step To It participant, you will keep an ongoing total of the steps you take during the challenge.

Using an activity conversion chart other activities such as biking, skateboarding, Tai Chi, or even just mowing the lawn can count toward overall steps. A website will  allow you to record your steps online. Best of all, it's FREE! Registrants receive a free pedometer while supplies last.

Monday, May 17 - June 13
Registration forms available at the May 16th Ice Cream Social; register online after April 1 at www.steptoit.org or request a registration form from The Rec Center.
Free

2010 SLP Tree Sale
The tree canopy of St. Louis Park's private properties is dwindling. For every new tree residents plant, five more trees are lost to storms, pests, and disease. The presence in Minnesota of emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that has the potential to wipe out all our ash trees, makes it even more critical to start planting tomorrow's trees today.

In 2010 the City of St. Louis Park has teamed up with Tree Trust to make it affordable for you to reforest your own yard. Please do your part to restore the city's tree canopy by planting one of these trees this spring.

More Information
Tree Sale Brochure
Tree Trust Website