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| PUBLIC PROGRAM-27TH ANNUAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL-8:30 AM TO 12:30 PM-ADVANCED TICEKTS: ADULTS:$6.50-CHILDREN 3-12 YEARS:$3.50-AGE 2 AND UNDER:FREE-AT-THE-DOOR TICKETS COST AN EXTRA $.50 EACH-Bring your family and friends for our terrific pancake breakfast and learn about how maple syrup is made! Warming weather is causing maple sap to rise. Celebrate this early sign of spring at our Maple Syrup Festival! Enjoy pancakes, sausage, real Nature Center maple syrup, live music, and syruping demonstrations. Call 362-0664 for ticket information. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-27TH ANNUAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL-8:30 AM TO 12:30 PM-ADVANCED TICEKTS: ADULTS:$6.50-CHILDREN 3-12 YEARS:$3.50-AGE 2 AND UNDER:FREE-AT-THE-DOOR TICKETS COST AN EXTRA $.50 EACH-Bring your family and friends for our terrific pancake breakfast and learn about how maple syrup is made! Warming weather is causing maple sap to rise. Celebrate this early sign of spring at our Maple Syrup Festival! Enjoy pancakes, sausage, real Nature Center maple syrup, live music, and syruping demonstrations. Call 362-0664 for ticket information. |
| THE NATURE CENTER'S BUILDINGS WILL BE CLOSED. TRAILS ARE OPEN AS USUAL. |
| PRESCHOOL PROGRAM-MAPLE SYRUPING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND PARENTS-9:30 TO 10:30 AM-$4/PERSON-This unique, fun pioneer activity can only be experienced in late winter. Listen to an American Indian legend, tap a tree, learn how we gather and boil sap, and visit the Maple Sugar House to see how sap becomes syrup. The hour ends with a taste of our real maple syrup on ice cream! Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-NIGHT WALKS: WANING CRESCENT MOON WALK-7 PM-MEMBER ADULT:$3-NONMEMBER ADULT:$5-CHILD:$1-The waning crescent moon slips toward new moon as the earth turns toward the vernal equinox. A warming south wind softens the crust of snow. Animals migrate and spring peepers call. Join us while we wander the trails and take in the night sky. Dress warmly for these walks on Nature Center trails. We have an indoor alternative in case of cloudy skies. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-IT'S MAPLE SYRUPING TIME!-1 TO 2 PM-$3/PERSON-Enjoy a guided maple syruping experience to learn about American Indian and early Colonial sugarmaking. Learn to identify a maple tree in winter, discover how maple trees make sweet sap, use the sugarmaker's tools to tap a tree, and visit a Vermont-style sugarhouse to learn how sap becomes syrup. End with a taste of maple syrup on ice cream. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-IT'S MAPLE SYRUPING TIME!-2 TO 3 PM-$3/PERSON-Enjoy a guided maple syruping experience to learn about American Indian and early Colonial sugarmaking. Learn to identify a maple tree in winter, discover how maple trees make sweet sap, use the sugarmaker's tools to tap a tree, and visit a Vermont-style sugarhouse to learn how sap becomes syrup. End with a taste of maple syrup on ice cream. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-IT'S MAPLE SYRUPING TIME!-1 TO 2 PM-$3/PERSON-Enjoy a guided maple syruping experience to learn about American Indian and early Colonial sugarmaking. Learn to identify a maple tree in winter, discover how maple trees make sweet sap, use the sugarmaker's tools to tap a tree, and visit a Vermont-style sugarhouse to learn how sap becomes syrup. End with a taste of maple syrup on ice cream. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-DEEP NATURE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM IOWA-2 PM-MEMBER:$3-NONMEMBER:$5-Linda and Robert Scarth will show images from and discuss their recent book, "Deep Nature: Photographs from Iowa," published by the University of Iowa Press. The Scarths specialize in photographing the small, lovely flora and fauna that live in grass, under trees and along wetlands. This book celebrates the beauty of Iowa, especially when closely observed. The Scarths' book will be available to purchase. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-IT'S MAPLE SYRUPING TIME!-2 TO 3 PM-$3/PERSON-Enjoy a guided maple syruping experience to learn about American Indian and early Colonial sugarmaking. Learn to identify a maple tree in winter, discover how maple trees make sweet sap, use the sugarmaker's tools to tap a tree, and visit a Vermont-style sugarhouse to learn how sap becomes syrup. End with a taste of maple syrup on ice cream. Call 362-0664 to register. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-BURN SCHOOL-10 AM TO 4 PM-MEMBER:$12-NONMEMBER:$18-Participants will learn about the history and role of fire in prairie, how to set goals and develop burn plans, safe techniques for prescribed fires, fire equipment, and how to conduct a prairie burn. Wear old, natural fiber clothing. Bring leather gloves, a water bottle, and a sack lunch. CALL 362-0664 BY 4 PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 25 TO REGISTER. |
| PUBLIC PROGRAM-GREEN AND SIMPLE: EDIBLE LANDSCAPING-2 PM-MEMBER:$5-NONMEMBER:$8-Edible landscaping is about yards that taste as good as they look! Judy Kash will provide suggestions and encouragement for growing your own fresh food--even with limited time, experience, money, and garden space. Seed Exchange: Bring your extra garden seeds to trade with other gardeners. Learn how to save seeds for next year. Heritage Seeds from Seed Savers Exchange may be purchased. Call 362-0664 to register. |
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