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Please join us for our 2nd Annual Earth Day on the Rez on Sunday, April 23rd from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Reservoir Botanical Gardens located at 2230 Spillway Rd in Brandon, MS. Visit special Earth Day learning stations to visit as you walk along the .6 mile braille trail in the Reservoir Botanical Gardens. The braille trail has 13 stops and the visually impaired can call 601-258-7366 to get an audio tour at each of the locations or read the braille characters located at the bottom of each posted sign.

For Earth Day on the Rez, special stations have been added at many of the braille trail stops with learning activities or educational information for visitors. Please note that parking will be limited, so arranging for someone to drop off and pick up your group is encouraged. 

Earth Day stations and braille trail stops include:

Community Center – Master Gardener Plant Swap – please bring a plant to swap and you can choose a new plant to take home with you.

Behind Community Center – Recycle Relay Race hosted by Rick Hollis with Pearl River Valley Supply District.

Inside Community Center – the Madison Lions Club will offer free vision screenings.

Entrance to Trail -Welcome Tables – hosted by Keep the Rez Beautiful (KRB). Volunteer groups such as the Metro Leo Club, Northwest Rankin Middle School Cougar Green Club and Boy Scouts will be providing many of the volunteers for the event.

Stop 1: Sensory Garden and Vermicomposting hosted by Nichole Kitchens with Growforth Gardens with children’s plant a seed to take home activity hosted KRB.

Stop 2: Mill Creek Slough – (located just past slough) Leaf Rubbing station hosted by Northwest Rankin Middle School Cougar Green Club

Stop 3: Fern Bog hosted by Allen Holditch with Keep the Rez Beautiful (KRB)

Stop 4: Outdoor Learning Center Pavilion will feature the Geology/Wildlife station hosted by James Starnes with MDEQ

Stop 5: History of the Gardens with children’s chalk drawing area.

Stop 6: Sasanquas and Camellias hosted by Metro Leo Club with kids coloring page activity.

Stop 7: Bird Stop hosted by Jackson Audubon Society and Wild Birds Unlimited with make a bird feeder activity hosted by Northwest Rankin Middle School Cougar Green Club

Stop 8: Geological Flood Plain with Wildlife hosted by Jonathan Leard with MDEQ

Stop 9: Devil’s walking sticks stop with children’s How Plants Protect Themselves activity

Stop 10/11: Bridge and Native Plants at the Bridge stop

Stop 12: Millcreek Overlook and Wisteria Garden – Water Quality Station and water quality experiment activity hosted by Billy Mitchell with Pearl Riverkeeper.

Stop 12: Watersheds/EnviroScape learning station hosted by Deb Veeder with Adopt A Stream Mississippi/ Mississippi Wildlife Federation.

Stop 13: Children’s Area – Children’s book reading activity and photo opportunity

Keep the Rez Beautiful will hold it’s annual E-Cycle Day on Saturday, September 17 at the Reservoir Square Shopping Center (in front of the Revell Ace Hardware) from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. Bring your old electronics and tennis shoes! See the flyer for more details.

Metro Leo member and MCHS Student, Molly Collins, created a video about the New Brail Trail at the Reservoir Botanical Gardens and Earth Day on the Rez 2022. Scroll down for more Earth Day on the Rez 2022 photos.

Thank you to all the visitors and volunteers who came out to Keep the Rez Beautiful’s Earth Day 2022.

Please join us for Earth Day on the Rez on Saturday, April 23rd from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Reservoir Botanical Gardens located at 2230 Spillway Rd in Brandon, MS. There are some special Earth Day learning stations to visit as you walk along the recently completed Braille Trail in the Reservoir Botanical Gardens. The Braille Trail has 13 stops and the visually impaired can call 601-258-7366 to get an audio tour at each of the locations or read the braille characters located at the bottom of each posted sign.

For Earth Day on the Rez, special stations have been added at many of the Braille Trail stops with learning activities or educational information for visitors. Public Restrooms can be found at the Reservoir Library. Please note that parking will be limited, so arranging for someone to drop off and pick up your group is encouraged. 

Earth Day Stations and Braille Trail Stops include:

Entrance to Trail -Welcome Tables – hosted by Keep the Rez Beautiful with volunteers from Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the Metro Leos

Gardner Plant Swap Area – hosted by Nancy Magee

Stop 1: Sensory Garden and Vermicomposting hosted by Nicole Kitchens with Growforth Gardens & Rock Painting Station hosted by Martha Brackin

Stop 2: Mill Creek Slough – Recycling Station

Stop 3: Fern Bog hosted by Allen Holditch with Keep the Rez Beautiful (KRB)

Just past Stop 3:  On left side of trail will be Leaf Rubbing station hosted by Rick Hollis with Pearl River Valley Supply District

Stop 4: Outdoor Learning Center Pavillion will feature the Geology/Wildlife station hosted by James Starnes with MDEQ

Stop 5: View the Welcome Sign with History of the Gardens

Stop 6: Sasanquas and Camellias

Stop 7: Bird Stop hosted by Marcie Lockett with Wild Birds Unlimited

Stop 8: Geological Flood Plain with Wildlife hosted by Jonathan Leard with MDEQ

Stop 9: Devil’s Walking Sticks

Stop 10: Bridge

Stop 11: Native Plants at the Bridge

Stop 12: Millcreek Overlook and Wisteria Garden – Watersheds/EnviroScape and WaterQuality Station hosted by Deb Veeder with MS Wildlife Federation/MDEQ

Stop 13: Children’s Exploration Area

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Limited copies of “Discover the Pearl” children’s book are now available.

A limited number of upper elementary children’s book “Discover the Pearl” are available through Keep the Reservoir Beautiful.   Lynn Porter, KRB, board member worked for over two years on the book which highlights the history, the significance, water quality issues, wildlife and conservation of the Pearl River.  As stated by Lynn “My goal is to inspire and educate upper elementary children on taking care of our waterways- the Pearl River and beyond.”  The book can also serve as a curriculum in the classroom covering history, science, geography and also vocabulary words.  To obtain a copy contact Keep the Reservoir Beautiful.