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| PUBLIC PROGRAM-CORN MOON WALK-7:30 PM-MEMBER:$3-NONMEMBER:$5-CHILDREN:$1-Native Americans marked time by counting and naming the full moons of the year. The corn moon was harvest time for this important crop. Enjoy a leisurely moonlit walk with naturalist Jan Aiels along the Nature Center's Cedar Greenbelt Trails. CALL 362-0664 TO REGISTER. |
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM-BUSY, BUZZING BEES-10 TO 11 AM-MEMBER CHILD:$4-NONMEMBER CHILD:$5-PARENTS:FREE-Taste sweet honey that bees have worked all summer to make. Discover the complex community of a honeybee hive and act out the various jobs of a bee. Learn ways these amazing insects help people and visit our live indoor observation hive. CALL 362-0664 BY 4 PM ON THE DAY BEFORE TO REGISTER.
PUBLIC PROGRAM-MONARCH TAGGING-1 PM-MEMBER:$4-NONMEMBER:$5-CHILDREN 5 OR OLDER:$1-Participants of all ages will learn about the monarch butterfly and its unusual feeding and migrating behaviors. Help catch and tag these beauties in our prairie. CALL 362-0664 TO REGISTER. |
| THE NATURE CENTER BUILDINGS WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY. TRAILS ARE OPEN 6 AM TO 10 PM. |
| PRESCHOOL PROGRAM-BUSY, BUZZING BEES-9:30 TO 10:30 AM-MEMBER CHILD:$4-NONMEMBER CHILD:$5-PARENTS:FREE-Taste sweet honey that bees have worked all summer to make. Discover the complex community of a honeybee hive and act out the various jobs of a bee. Learn ways these amazing insects help people and visit our live indoor observation hive. CALL 362-0664 BY 4 PM ON THE DAY BEFORE TO REGISTER. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-BAT WATCH-7 PM-MEMBER:$3-NONMEMBER:$4-CHILDREN:$1-Learn about the fascinating bat, a beautiful, misunderstood mammal that is an essentail part of a healthy ecosystem. Observe the Nature Center's bat colonies as they leave to forage for the evening. Enjoy bat games and crafts for children. CALL 362-0664 TO REGISTER. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-BUG ACADEMY-2 PM-MEMBER:$5-NONMEMBER:$8-The bug guys, Dennis Schlict and friends, will lead an educational insect collecting experience in the prairies and woods. Bug Academy is open to all adults and children 8 years old and over. CALL 362-0664 TO REGISTER. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-ELEVENTH ANNUAL HONEY FEST-1 TO 4 PM-$2/PERSON-ALL CHILDREN THREE YEARS AND YOUNGER: FREE-Honey is a sweet reason to appreciate bees. Explore honey's benefits and its medicinal use throughout history. Learn about the amazing honeybee as you travel the bee trail. Enjoy bee crafts and games, taste food made with honey, see how honey is extracted, enjoy music, and watch in wonder as a beekeeper dons a "beard" of live bees! CALL 362-0664 FOR DETAILS. |
PUBLIC PROGRAM-DESIGN IDEAS TO SHRINK YOUR LAWN-1 PM-MEMBER:$10-NONMEMBER:$15-Are you interested in . . .
landscaping to lower heating and cooling costs?
catching and soaking up runoff before it creates pooling, erosion, and other problems?
planting edibles, creating more privacy, or adding habitat for birds or butterflies?
receiving a dose of inspiration to help you design a new garden area?
Learn about these topics and more at award-winning author Evelyn J. Hadden's colorful presentation of landscaping ideas. Encounter fresh ideas from large-scale to small, and return to your own yard with a renewed sense of its potential. CALL 362-0664 TO REGISTER. |
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