Spring to Life Family Festival

Celebrate spring’s arrival in Atlanta at Oakland Cemetery’s Spring to Life Family Festival!

Join us for the free Spring to Life Family Festival on April 5th, and enjoy wildlife demonstrations, a plant sale, food trucks, family yoga, interactive kids activities, gardens tours, and more!

Schedule:

10:00 AM: Event opens  

Spring Plant Sale begins on Magnolia Lawn (Reservations required for admission from 9 AM - 12 PM

11:00 AM: Gardens Tour

Join our Horticulture tour guides for a family-friendly gardens and nature tour of Oakland. Learn about plants, trees, and animals that depend on them for survival.  

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM: AWARE Wildlife Center demonstrations

Meet the Animal Ambassadors of AWARE Wildlife Center, hear their stories, and get tips on peaceful coexistence with wildlife.

12:00 PM: Spring Plant Sale opens to the public without reservations

12:00 PM: Family Yoga with Jess Pfeffer

Spring isn’t just a season—it’s a state of being. Join Jess Pfeffer as she leads you through Burst Into Bloom, a yoga experience designed to awaken your body, mind, and spirit as you step into your fullest potential. This practice will leave you feeling refreshed, radiant, and ready to bloom into your most vibrant self.

1:00 PM: Pollinator Planting in DIY Containers with Georgia Tech Beekeeping Club

Hear from the GA Tech Beekeeping Club about the contributions of local bees as pollinators for many of the plant life in Oakland and throughout the city.   Participants will build DIY plant containers and fill them with dirt to plant native pollinators.

1:00 PM - 4 PM: Gardens Tours  

Join our Horticulture tour guides for a family-friendly gardens and nature tour of Oakland, beginning at 1 PM, 2 PM, and 3 PM. Learn about plants, trees, and animals that depend on them for survival.

2:00 PM: Protecting Atlanta’s Watershed Litter Clearing Competition

Learn more about local watersheds and explore how runoff from different surfaces impacts these watersheds.  Then join in our Litter Cleaning competition to remove rubbish from Oakland, with prizes awarded.

3:00 PM: Georgia’s Native Residents: Sidewalk Chalk Art

Honor the native plants (magnolia, dogwood, azalea, hydrangeas) and animals (red-tail hawk, possum, white-tail deer, gopher tortoise) of Atlanta by sketching images of them on the Visitor’s Center walkway.

5:00 PM: Run Like Hell 5k Begins

Registration required - learn more here!