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Prairie Fest
At the Gottfried
Prairie and Arboretum
UW-Fond du Lac Campus
400 University Drive
(enter from Highway 23/Johnson St.)
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 10 am-3 pm
Rain or Shine - FREE admission!!
A combination of interactive events,
presentations, tours and entertainment, Prairie Fest
is a one-of-kind event!
Prairie
Run/Walk
Registration - 8 am
5K race - 9 am
Children's 1K Fun Run - 9:15 am
Click here
to download the Run/Walk brochure and entry
form.
About the event
Prairie Fest is a fun, family-centered event to celebrate the Gottfried
Prairie and Arboretum and our native plants heritage. This is a great way to spend your Saturday -- lots to learn and lots to do! The event is FREE, and open to the general public. Bring your own picnic and lawn chairs or blankets. Refreshments will be available.
Click
here to download the information below as a
printable PDF file.
Programs & Tours
10:00 Yoga on the Prairie—Start
off a relaxing Prairie Fest with yoga. Group
leaves from the run/walk breakfast table.
10:00 Prairie Tour—learn about
native prairie plants in our prairie
restoration. (Tour leaves from the picnic
shelter)
10:00—Cooking with Natural Foods-Vicky
White of Mom’s Market teaches you how to
make cool cool foods for the hot hot summer!
(Programs tent)
10:30 Birds of Prey-Barb Harvey—Introduces
her live raptor friends. (Indoors, Room UC
113-114)
11:00 Mammals of Wisconsin—Real
animal skins to touch and look at with Bill
Volkert of the DNR. (Under the trees)
11:00 Creative Designs with Prairie
Flowers—Patrick Creed, AIFD, of
Botanicals Floral Studio shows you how to
create stunning floral arrangements with
native flowers. (Programs Tent)
11: 30 Plants on the Frontier—Find
out about history and lore of prairie plants
used by early Americans. (Tour leaves from
the picnic shelter.)
12:00 Make Tracks! Learn how to
make a plaster mold of animal tracks. Take
your tracks home with you. (In the
children’s area)
12:00 Finding Beauty Within—Karen
Hartman shows you how to use wild materials
to help people live off the land. (Programs
Tent)
1:00 Cranes of the Tallgrass Prairie
—Learn about cranes with Alyssa Rod of the
International Crane Foundation . (Programs
tent)
1:00 Monarch, Milkweed and Migration—Students
will learn about the monarch , its favorite
plants and migration to Mexico—as well as
have the opportunity to hold monarch
caterpillars and feed the butterflies.
(Indoors, room UC 113-114)
1:30 Display Garden and Arboretum Tour—Learn
about the new display garden at the front
entrance to UW Fond du Lac, and the trees
and shrubs in the formal arboretum. (Tour
leaves from the picnic shelter)
2:00 Sustainable Backyards -
Join Chad Cook, a natural resources educator
with UW Extension, to explore how your
backyard can become more Earth (and people)
friendly. (Programs Tent)
Ongoing/All Day
Some of our activities are indoors.
Follow the signs to locations inside the UW.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all activities
are outdoors near the east parking lot.
Cranes Trunk—Learn about cranes
with help from the International Crane
Foundation. (Indoors)
Kite flying and building—Kite
making and flying early in the day; kits for
sale later.
FdL County Audubon Society—Bird
information, nature magazine exchange, and
free drawings.
Invasive Plants Booth—come learn
more about invasive plants of Wisconsin.
(Indoors)
Reptiles and Amphibians of WI—Visit
with live turtles, snakes, and frogs.
Atlatl—demonstrations and contest.
Try out a stone-age spear thrower.
Fond du Lac Co. Historical Society—History
comes alive with hands on activities and
books. (Indoors)
Alternative Energy—Learn how you
can save energy and more from We energies
and other organizations.
Fond du Lac Humane Society—Adopt
and Shop at Prairie Fest.
Wild Ones—Find out more about
native plants with information from this
local club.
Sustain Dane Rain Barrels—Learn
how to save water and help the environment
at the same time.
Plus—a bevy of other non-profit
organizations and groups!
Don’t Miss Out! Some of our
activities are indoors. Follow the signs to
locations inside UW Fond du Lac.
Activities for Children
Unless otherwise mentioned, activities
are located in the Children’s Area tents.
10:00 Old Shoe Planters—Create
your own flower planter to take home.
12:00 Make Tracks!
2:00 Dreamcatchers—Make your own
dreamcatcher. Workshop fee of $2 covers
supplies.
Prairie Garden Hats—Make your own
paper hat with all the trimmings. (Indoors)
Face Painting—Betty Trent paints
flowers, insects and animals.
Coloring Table—Color a picture of
a bug, reptile, bird or flower.
Leaf Print T-shirts—decorate a
T-shirt, bandana or piece of paper with a
prairie leaf print.
Pine Cone Bird Feeder—Make a bird
feeder for your feathered friends.
Prairie Fest Welcomes
 Ken
Lonnquist
Ken Lonnquist is a funny, enjoyable
songwriter from Madison, Wisconsin. He
performs for audiences of all ages in a wide
variety of musical styles. His kids’ songs
are flat-out unique—insightful, rib-tickling
and literate—even old codgers and
hard-bitten young teenagers love them!
He’s appeared on NPR, CBC, and Pacifica
Radio and at festivals, colleges, nature
centers, schools and clubs everywhere. He’s
opened for Pete Seeger, Greg Brown, Holly
Near, Si Kahn, Metamora, Walkin’ Jim Stolz
and other distinguished performers.
Ken wears lots of different “musical
hats”. He’s a Minstrel For The Environment,
writing and performing about nature and
ecology around the U.S. and Canada. Some
know Ken as a kids and family entertainer;
others for his general audience concerts.
For more information, visit
www.kenland.com
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Fond du Lac Area
Foundation
Mercury Marine
Target
Hopper’s Silkscreen
Sharpviews.com Photography
Alliant Energy
Mom’s Market
Botanicals Floral Studio
Fond du Lac Co. Audubon Society
See photos from
last year!
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