Environmental Extravaganza

Explore nature each spring with a wide range of free programs and events!

People pointing and looking at a tree in a park.

Surrey’s Environmental Extravaganza is a long-running series of free environmental programs that run from April to June each year, hosted in collaboration with our community partners.

Program Highlights

Thank you to everyone who joined us to explore nature this past spring. With over 100 programs and events to choose from, Surrey residents learned how to fish and to identify native plants; explored parks, trails and gardens; discovered owls and other birds; and celebrated bees and other pollinators.

Here are some highlights from spring 2023.

group of four youth and a leader standing in a forest — Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad Invasive Removal, Port Kells Park

a person looking through binculars at a wetland — World Migratory Bird Day Celebreation, Blackie Spit Park

Indigenous elder pointing to a flower in a forest — Indigenous Plant Walk for Youth, Bear Creek Park

A person holding a barred owl with two children looking at it — Discover Owls, Surrey Nature Centre

Two people planting a large tree in a park — Arbor Day Tree Planting, T.E. Scott Park

person releasing salmon fry from a bucket into a stream — Salmon Sendoff, Tynehead Regional Park

youth volunteer smiling in a forest with "Learn Restore Enhance Grow" tshirt — Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad Invasive Plant Removal, Fleetwood Park

several people looking at a small aquarium tank in a park — World Oceans Day, Blackie Spit Park

A woman looking up with binoculars in a forest — Birding Walk, Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park

group of seniors looking at plants in a garden — Seniors Planting Workshop, Historic Stewart Farm

Surrey is situated on the unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the Salish Peoples, including the Katzie, Kwantlen and Semiahmoo Nations. We recognize them as stewards of this land since time immemorial—they walked these lands first and continue to care for them today.

In hosting the Environmental Extravaganza, we are honoured to be able to offer a variety of opportunities for people to care for and connect with these special places.