Events

2016 Toward Harmony with Nature Conference?website

Rosemary Eiden, former landscape designer for McKay Nursery, describes how to design your native garden planting using drifts of color, an alternative to the informal prairie meadow look. Explore the concept of using multiple plants in groupings of color and texture in your yard. ?Social, 7:00 pm Program

Rosemary Eiden will help you create a design for your yard. Bring the following information about the area you wish to plan:?dimensions, permanent features (buildings, fences, trees, etc.), sun and shade areas.? Register by contacting Rosemary at 920-233-1327 or [email protected] - $15 materials fee. *March 31st design talk a prerequisite.

Chad Casper, Winnebago Co. Land & Water Resource Conservationist, and Melanie Leet, Conservation Technician, will speak about designing shoreline buffers and their environmental benefits. ?6:30 pm Social, 7:00 pm Program

(Order form in Feb/March?newsletter & webpage) Contact: Sharon Ziebert (920) 410-6932

Will include a stop at the Chiwaukee Prairie, a recently designated International Wetland of Importance. We hope to see shooting stars in bloom and the endangered Blandings Turtle. Lunch at Infisimos, a popular Italian restaurant in Racine, and then a stop at Northwind Perennial Farm for a tour and shopping.?Registration information is?in the April/May newsletter. ? may tour flyer

Ben French from Johnson?s Nursery, will walk the grounds of the Wild Center for shrub & tree identification, followed by a slide show of native trees and shrubs for your landscape. ?6:30 pm Social, 7:00 pm Program

Four acres of rolling prairie surround a small pond. This 15-yr-old planting has much diversity and beauty. Master Gardner, Kay Langner, will lead us on a guided tour of her grounds.

All members welcome

Connie Ramthun, owner of Kettle Moraine Natural Landscaping and garden design consultant, will ?show? us the gardens and ?tell? ways to improve the native habitat and design. This long, narrow residential lot on Lake Winnebago has been transformed into a more-native landscape with emphasis on reducing turf and attracting butterflies.

Friends of Sullivan's Woods will show an introductory DVD followed by a tour of the property.

Pre-order pick-up only (Order form in August/September newsletter and on webpage)

Contact: Tim McKeag -? [email protected]

Members only. ?See the August-September newsletter for locations.

Loris Damerow will share some of the history and methods of natural dying. Participants will create a dyed silk scarf to take home. Materials cost is $5.

Kim Grveles will discuss the work of the Wisconsin Stopover Initiative including: Migratory birds and why stopover habitats are important to their survival; the significance of the Great Lakes region, particularly Wisconsin's Lake Michigan basin; helpful backyard habitat features, as well as easy contributions you can make to benefit migratory birds.