See and learn about live animals, play nature-related games and make crafts with regional nature organizations during the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums annual GroveFest on Saturday, June 21.

GroveFest celebrates nature and wildlife and takes place on the grounds of Spiegel Grove, an accredited arboretum and the estate of 19th U.S. President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes.

The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and attendees can stop by any time throughout the event to join in the festivities. Admission is free.

Participating organizations include:
- Shooting Star Farms petting farm
- Back to the Wild Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission bringing live sea lampreys
- Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Solid Waste (recycling) District
- Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Facility
- Sandusky County Help Me Grow/Home Visiting
- ProMedica Total Rehab
- Toledo Zoo
- Erie County Public Health
- Whispering Meadows Garden Club
- YMCA of Sandusky County

Hot dogs and ice cream will be available. Donations for food are accepted but are not required.

Visitor parking is off-site only with the exception of those who have handicapped tags for their car. Parking will be available on the street and in ProMedica Memorial Hospital's parking lots at Buildings A and B, located at 605. Third Ave. Spiegel Grove is a short walk to the east of the hospital parking lots.

GroveFest is an opportunity to enjoy nature at Spiegel Grove and to learn about Rutherford and Lucy Hayes' love of the outdoors. The couple raised cows and chickens and planted trees on their beloved estate.

Lucy Hayes enjoyed fishing, and she loved nature so much that her official White House china had images of the flora and fauna of the United States, from deer and raccoons to fish and lobsters.

Partial funding by The City of Fremont and ProMedica Memorial Hospital. Activity sponsor: Impact Credit Union.

Hayes Presidential is America's first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove on Buckland Avenue.