Posts Tagged ‘Nature Walks’

UW-West Madison Agricultural Research Station Urban Horticulture Day – Saturday, August 20 10:00 am-3:00 pm

New Program: 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.  At 8:00am, a Beginners Bird Walk and Bird Survey will be held, hosted by David Drake, Extension Wildlife Specialist, and Marsha Lisitza, local bird expert. They will lead a morning walk and a beginning bird survey program—remember to bring your binoculars! Meet in the parking lot next to the garden. Park across the dumpster near the hay barn.  Then, stay and join the fun at the field day!

Get new ideas and answers to perplexing problems, sample fresh produce and tour one of the area’s most extensive collections of flower and vegetable varieties, including many that haven’t yet appeared in seed catalogs, listen to the Madison Flute Club perform their Spring Concert from 10:30 to 11:30, taste and watch sauerkraut being made, “Silly Soil and Crazy Caterpillar” Sundaes will be available for the kids, Rocket Balloons, Fortune Fish, as well as a treasure hunt, and UV Bead, bracelet making—all at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, 8502 Mineral Point Road, Verona. More details to come! Admission and parking are free. The field day is sponsored by UW-West Madison Agricultural Research Station staff, researchers at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Extension staff, and Master Gardener Volunteers.

Questions: 608-262-2257

Walkabout to Talk About Urban Forests with Tree Expert R. Bruce Allison

Madison arborist and author R. Bruce Allison will lead an hour-long walkabout through the natural areas at Troy Gardens on Sunday, October 3 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Allison will share tree stories, encourage stewardship of natural resources and discuss threats to our forests such as Emerald Ash borer (EAB). Emerald Ash Borer is a deadly pest insect affecting all ash trees and is moving toward our area. Homeowners and community members are encouraged to learn about trees, support urban forests and discuss EAB strategies.

Dr. Allison holds a master’s of science in forestry and a PhD in land resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of several books and articles about trees, the most recent being a revision of “Wisconsin’s Champion Trees: A Tree Hunter’s Guide” and “Every Root an Anchor: Wisconsin’s Famous and Historic Trees.”

Please gather at the yellow shed at Troy Gardens, along the 500 block of Troy Drive.  All ages are welcome. Coffee and treats will be provided.

The Troy Gardens Walkabout is sponsored by Community GroundWorks and is funded in part by an urban forestry grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Forestry Program.

For further information, visit http://www.communitygroundworks.org/

About Community GroundWorks, Inc.

Community GroundWorks is a nonprofit organization that connects diverse communities to nature and local, healthful food. Through hands-on education, children and adults learn gardening, urban farming, healthy eating, and natural areas restoration. Organized in 2001 as The Friends of Troy Gardens―in Madison, Wisconsin―Community GroundWorks serves communities and schools across the region. For more information, visit www.communitygroundworks.org or call (608) 240-0409.

Where: West Madison Agricultural Trial Gardens on Mineral Point Road (just past Steve’s Liquor and the cemetery) on the right.

When: Tuesday, July 13th at 6:30 p.m.

WEST MADISON, Wis.

An evening garden walk focusing on the insects lurking your backyard will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 13 at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station. Come learn about common insects and how to deal with the pests your yard or garden. If you have questions about an unknown bug, this is your chance to bring a critter in and have an entomologist help you identify it! This tour will be led by Extension Specialist in Entomology Phil Pellitteri, and is open to the public (donation requested). For complete details about this and other garden walks, please visit www.cals.wisc.edu/westmad/garden/.

Check out these dates for some nature walks at the Benedictine Life Foundation at Holy Wisdom Monastery (see dates, times and location below).

This evening, Tuesday, June 1, 2010, will be the first in a series of nature walks for all ages at Holy Wisdom Monastery led by conservation biologist Susan Foote-Martin and other guest guides.

Come for one or more of the walks. The first walk will focus on invasive species. Future walks include:

Invasive Species: Susan Foote-Martin on Tuesday, June 1

Kid’s Walk: Frogs, Bugs and More on July 13

Prairies in Bloom on August 17;

Indian Mounds, Geology and History on September 7

Fall is in the Air on October 5.

The walks begin at 6:00pm and finish by 7:30pm. Meet at the new monastery building entrance, 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, to begin the walk. Walks are canceled in the event of heavy of heavy rain or dangerous weather.

For more information, click here to download a flyer or contact jlottig@benedictinewomen.org, or (608) 836-1631, ext. 123. There are no costs for these walks, but donations are always welcome.