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« Saturday April 24, 2010 »
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

April 24 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Arboretum Earth Day Ecological Restoration Work Parties. Celebrate Earth Day by volunteering for restoration activities. Tools and training are provided. Time slots for groups are available with advance notice. Meet at the front steps of the Visitor Center. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu

Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Clean & Green Middleton

April 24, 2010

9:00 am to 1:00 pm

In the Former Sentry Parking Lot (corner of Maywood Ave. and Allen Blvd.) next to Middleton Springs Ace Hardware

The City of Middleton is making your spring cleaning easy, fun and green. The City of Middleton will help you with your spring cleaning during Earth Week. Drop off donations for local charities and properly recycle household items in one single location.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Creating a Raspberry Patch
Date: 04/24/2010 @ 09:00 AM
Location: Fitchburg Fields Garden, 5335 Lacy Road, Fitchburg. Please park on Ballyduff.
Cost: FREE
Hands-on workshop for beginning and intermediate gardeners:
Ever wanted delicious, free, raspberries just outside your door? Come and learn what it takes to create a healthy, productive patch as you help create ours. We'll dig, transplant, water and mulch donated raspberries.
Rain Date: 5/2/2010

Register at:
www.fitchburgfields.com
608.335.7295

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:30 pm

April 24 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Arboretum Class: "The Mystery of Migration." Learn about bird migration, an event that has captivated the imagination, and how to identify some of our early spring migrants. This class has an indoor and outdoor component. Dress for the weather. Binoculars and a bird field guide recommended. Fee: $25 ($21 for members of Friends of the Arboretum). Registration required. Contact the Arboretum for a registration form, or register and pay online at uwarboretum.org

Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Transplanting Seedlings Workshop
Date: 04/24/2010 @ 10:00 AM
Location: Focuscorp, Inc., 3201 Latham Drive, Madison 608.335.7295
Cost: $30.00

Hands-on workshop for beginning and Intermediate Gardeners:

Save money by growing your own seedlings indoors! Allen and Judy Pincus, experienced sustainable gardeners, will show you how to transplant the seedlings (you can bring your own or we will provide seedlings), how to build a cold frame and prepare the baby plants to move outdoors. Includes recipes for starter and transplant mixes and a garden planting guide/schedule.

Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Grades 1-4 of The Madison Waldorf School present THE FROG PRINCE on Saturday, April 24th at 11 am at Barnes and Noble, West Towne.

Beautifully handcrafted puppets will enchant you and your children.

Free of charge, but please use the coupon available at the store to support our school when making purchases that day at Barnes and Noble.

The Madison Waldorf School offers parent/child classes, Wondergarten, two Kindergartens, and grades 1-4.

We are located at 6510 Schroeder Road between Whitney Way and Gammon Road. Come see a magical puppet performance.
Questions:

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Green Building, Alternative Power Focus of Habitat ReStore Earth Day Celebration

Green building and alternative power sources will be the focus at the 2010 Habitat ReStore Earth Day Celebration. Learn from the experts and incorporate “green living” into your life at the ninth annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, noon to 4 p.m., at the Habitat ReStore, 208 Cottage Grove Road.

Start: 12:29 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Eat Your Landscape at Olbrich Botanical Gardens

April 24 Saturday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Registration Deadline: April 15

$12 Olbrich members/$15 public

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

April 24 - Saturday, 6:30-8 p.m.
Arboretum Night Walk: "Spring Sunset." Join us for an evening walk to enjoy wildflowers, and stay for the rising of the moon and woodcock dances.

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