Overview:
- More than 20 Earth Day events are scheduled across Metro Detroit from April 22-26, including park clean-ups, urban farm activities, and family workshops.
- Organizations are hosting hands-on activities like rain barrel making on Detroit's riverfront,, seed packing with Keep Growing Detroit, and community gardening events.
- Events range from Wednesday's Earth Day clean-ups at Clark Park and O'Hair Park to weekend celebrations at Belle Isle, Palmer Park, and urban farms across Detroit.
The first Earth Day in 1970 led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Fifty-six years later, the event that organizers say is the largest secular day of protest in the world is honored in Detroit with family activities, park cleanups, opportunities to visit urban farms, and childrens’ activities at libraries.
Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22. Here’s how organizations in Metro Detroit are honoring this year’s event, and how you can participate.
•Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Earth Day Events: Plein Air painting from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday, April 22 at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, 1801 W. Jefferson in Detroit. Rain barrel making, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at Gabriel Richard Park, 7130 E. Jefferson in Detroit.
• Clark Park Earth Day Clean-Up, 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 1130 Clark Ave. in Detroit. Youth and adults are invited to roll up their sleeves and help us beautify our beloved green space. To keep the energy high, we’ll have light refreshments and music for all attendees to enjoy. Equipment will be provided.
• Earth Day @ Parker Village, 2026 season opening to the public. Come enjoy our new solar Patio, Food, music and grab your groceries from our organic farm, right here in the city! 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 181 East Buena Vista in Highland Park.
• O’Hair Park Community Association Clean-Up, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Pembroke and Edinborough (Shelter #2 and Pitcher Woods) in Detroit. Trash removal and fun nature study activity.
• Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 22: Northend Christian CDC is pleased to announce plans for a new 9,000-square-foot Community Food and Resilience Center on the 10-acre campus at Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, 9227 Goodwin St. in Detroit. The Farm Community will officially celebrate the launch of plans for this ambitious new facility, during a scheduled youth cleanup/work day with the 10th grade class from University of Detroit Jesuit High School. Farm tours will be available.
• Earth Day @ The Detroit Food Commons! Meet Shay, our new Compost Coordinator and bring your food scraps so that we can turn your everyday waste into nourishment for our community. 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 8324 Woodward Ave., second floor, in Detroit.
• Hamtramck Parks Conservancy Earth Day Volunteering: Be a good steward of the Earth! Join us as we beautify Veterans Park in Hamtramck. We will pick up trash. Give some love to our planters and beds – including our pollinator garden – with soil amendments and weeding. Create new beds, plant new plants, and add mulch. 8648 Joseph Campau Ave. in Hamtramck. Different time slots available, Wednesday, April 22.
• Earth Day Clean-Up: Join us in NW Goldberg to celebrate Earth Day with a neighborhood clean-up! We’re celebraing Earth Day the best day we know how – with a neighborhood clean-up! 5:30-7:30 p.m.. Wednesday, April 22, McGraw Mini Park, 6000 16th St. in Detroit.
• Earth Day Celebration: Join us for a fun, hands-on gardening experience for the whole family! Children will enjoy decorating their own small ceramic pots with colorful paints before planting a flower to take home. It’s a creative and engaging way to introduce kids to gardening. Registration is required. 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Center Line Public Library, 7345 Weingartz in Center Line.
• Earth Day SavingGaia Eco Artistry Upcycling Event: Join us in person as we take recyclable items and make them in to creative crafts. Kits available for pickup (limited to three crafts at Duffield Branch) or plan for a craft pickup and enjoy the event hybrid via Google Meet from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Detroit Public Library Duffield Branch, 2507 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
• Earth Day Craft Buffet: In celebration of Earth Day, join us for a Craft Buffet for all ages! All supplies will be provided, but space is limited, and seating will be on a first-come first-served basis. If you have questions, please contact Juliette at the Parkman Branch, 313-481-1817. 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Detroit Public Library Parkman Branch, 1766 Oakman Blvd. in Detroit.
• Outlier Media Earth Day Seed Packing Social: Join fellow members of The Outlier Collective for a Seed Packing Social with Keep Growing Detroit, hosted at Vámonos. Together, we’ll help KGD prepare seeds that will be shared with local gardeners through their Garden Resource Program — supporting food sovereignty empowering Detroiters. If you are not currently a member of The Outlier Collective, we’re offering this event on a donation basis. Noon-2 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, Vamonos! 4444 Vernor Highway, Detroit.
• Earth Day with the Library: Celebrate Earth Day with fun, hands-on activities that help kids learn about caring for our planet. 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Detroit Public Library Campbell Branch, 8733 W. Vernor Highway in Detroit.
• Troy Public Library: Earth Day Upcycled! Kids will use their artistic prowess to upcycle boxes and other scrap supplies into buildings and homes, creating a mini city of Troy! Buildings will be on display in the Youth Dept. through the end of the month! All supplies will be provided! This event is for registrants grades K–6. 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, Troy Public Library, Story & Craft Room, 510 W. Big Beaver Road in Troy.
• The City of Detroit Office of Sustainability is hosting an Earth Day Celebration at the Outdoor Adventure Center, 7807 Atwater, from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, April 23.
• Swords Into Plowshares Gallery: “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,” a new film by Abby Martin about U.S. military pollution, screens at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 33 E. Adams Ave. in Detroit. Q&A following the film with Dr. Jim Rine of the Veterans For Peace’s Climate Crisis & Militarism Project.
• Belle Isle Spring Cleanup: Celebrate Earth Day and kick off Keep Belle Isle Beautiful cleanup, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25 on Belle Isle.
• Congress of Communities Earth Day/Day of the Young Child Resource Fair: Join us for a FREE Family Friendly event. Every child gets to plant a seed and take home a free book. Children’s activities & bouncy houses. Multiple resource vendors sharing free programs. Special guests Keep Growing Detroit. 2-5 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 4870 Saint Hedwig St. in Detroit.
• Palmer Park Earth Day: Park-wide Clean-Up, Art & Music in the Trees and Aziza Fairy Forest Treasure & Trash Hunt Transform Palmer Park! 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 1121 Merrill Plaisance St. in Detroit. Detroit’s Palmer Park Earth Day celebration will be filled with art, music, magic, and by the end of the day less trash. While teams of volunteers participate in the annual parkwide cleanup, Palmer Park’s historic Witherell Woods will reverberate with artists and musicians.
• City of Auburn Hills: Celebrate nature with Auburn Hills Recreation this Earth Month! This family friendly Eco Celebration will include sustainable activities for those big and small. Learn about our local seed library, about how you can help out birds in your backyard, and so much more! 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 3311 Parkways Blvd. in Auburn Hills.
• UYA 6th Annual Earth Day Event: UYA’s 6th Annual Earth Day brings the community together with planting, painting, horse rides, food, and family fun for all ages! 2-5 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Urban Youth Agriculture Farm, 14455 Wilshire Dr. in Detroit.