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Wild Edibles of Central Vermont
Sunday, April 12th, 1:00-3:00.
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Join Mike Ather—naturalist, photographer and gardening guru from Gardener’s Supply Company—in an introduction to commonly found and easily identified wild edibles. This is an indoor workshop.
$10/member $15/non-member
Register by April 10th.
Mosaic Bird Bath Workshop, ages 15+
Monday & Tuesday,
April 14th and 15th, 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: Frog’s Leap Art Glass, Elmore
Join Kathy Hadley of Frog’s Leap Art Glass in this two session workshop to create a glass mosaic bird bath to enhance your yard, garden or porch. Your feathered friends will love you for it!
$55/member $65/non-member
*** No latex allergies.
Space is limited. Register by April 8th.
District Board Meeting, public welcome!
Wednesday, April 16th, 12:30-3:00
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Vacation Day Program, ages 6-11,
Geology Rocks!
Monday, April 21st, 9:00-2:00
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Put your geologist hat on and check out the Quakin’ Shakin’ Earth! We’ll become rock hounds and investigate mysterious minerals, crack and crumble boulders and eat dirt! $25/member $30/non-member
 Register by April 18th.
Earth Day
Tuesday, April 22nd, all day!
Remember, though, every day is Earth Day...
2008 Tree Sale
Saturday, April 26th, 10:00-12:00
See this newsletter for more information.
Preschool Naturalists, ages 3-5,
Signs of Spring
Monday, April 28th, 9:30-11:30
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Peep, peep, peep! Learn what’s making all that noise and find out who is returning to Vermont after a long winter vacation.
$8/member $12/non-member
Parents free of charge.
Register by April 24th.
Public Tree Planting Nights with the District
and the Lamoille River Anglers Association
Tuesday, May 6th
Tuesday, May 13th
Tuesday, May 20th
Tuesday, May 27th
Call 888-9218
for directions to the planting sites
in Lamoille County
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Green Up Day
Saturday, May 3rd, all day!
Go to www.greenupvermont.org
and select “my town” for details.
FREE!
Pizza Box Solar Ovens, Make Your Own!
Wednesday, May 14th, 2:45-4:00
Location: Stowe Free Library, Stowe
As the days continue to lengthen, it’s a great time to explore the sun’s place in space and see how the sun gives people energy to shake and shiver. We’ll then get out supplies and make our own solar ovens out of a pizza boxes! Excellent for making nachos and s’mores.
Pre-register at 253–6145.
Grades 2nd through 4th.
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Spring Trout Sale
Wednesday, May 14th and
Thursday, May 15th
See our newsletter for more information.
Wind Power in Vermont
Thursday, May 22nd, 7:00-8:00 pm
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Join the District and a representative from DC Energy Innovations as they explain the feasibility and costs associated with this renewable energy source.
www.dcenergyinnovations.com/
Donations requested.
FREE Soils Workshop
Wednesday, May 24th, 8:30-12:30
Location: Woodbury College, Montpelier
This NRCS sponsored workshop for professionals and general public will introduce the latest innovations in soil science and technology.
Call 295-7942 for more information or to register, space is limited.
Join Us on a FREE Family-Friendly
Farm Tour
May 24th, 10:30-2:30
Location: Kaiser Family Farm, Stowe
Join the District and the Stowe Free Library on a farm tour to include milking goats, sheep, pigs and chickens. This tour does require pre-registration at 253-6145. Space is limited.
Preschool Naturalists, ages 3-5,
From Rocks to Mud
Wednesday, May 28th, 9:30-11:30
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
Let’s become junior geologists and investigate how rocks are made and how hard rocks become ooshy, gooshy mud!
$8/member $12/non-member
Parents free of charge.
Register by May 26th.
District Board Meeting, public welcome!
Wednesday, May 28th, 12:30-3:00
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
JUNE...
Preschool Naturalists, ages 3-5,
Birds of Prey
Monday, June 9th, 9:30-11:30
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
What is a bird of prey? How do they find their food? What birds of prey live here and how can you identify them?
$8/member $12/non-member
Parents free of charge.
Register by June 4th.
Protecting Water Quality on Farms, FREE
Tuesday, June 10th, 7:00—8:00
Location: Stowe Free Library
Clean water is important to everyone, particularly to those who grow crops and raise livestock. Join the District and the Stowe Free Library as we share some of the tools that farmers use to protect water quality.
Pre-register at 253-6145.
District Board Meeting, public welcome!
Wednesday, June 18th, 12:30-3:00
Location: 109 Professional Drive, Morrisville
FREE,
Natural Beekeeping with Ross Conrad
Tuesday, June 24th,
Stowe Free Library, 253-6145 for details.
Celebrate National Pollinator Week!
Get the BUzZ on Bees! FREE!
Wednesday, June 25th, 2:00-3:00
Location: Stowe Free Library, Stowe
Join us as we learn why bees dance, investigate how exactly a bee collects pollen and then turns it into honey...and what exactly goes on in a bee hive, anyways?
Pre-register at 253-6145. Ages 4+
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