Up to 500 people attended Carol Stream’s largest ever Earth Day event on Saturday at Armstrong Park.

The free festival, hosted by the Carol Stream Park District and Cool City Carol Stream, gave visitors a chance to get hands-on with interactive displays and workshops, including a worm farm, solar energy displays and recycled kids crafts. Around 400 reusable tote bags and over 200 free eco-friendly CFL lightbulbs were given away, and visitors also had the opportunity to build their own rain barrel using recycled pickle barrels.

For the first time, the festival also featured a local farmers’ market. Products on sale included Illinois cheese, free-range eggs, Illinois farm meats; wooden toys, organic tomato salsas and sauces, and local honey, beeswax candles and skin care products.

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