The Natural Garden offers a butterfly gardening class.
Who is that in my garden? How can I attract more?! Some butterflies, like the Monarch, are so easily recognized. But who else is visiting your flowers? We’ll talk a bit about identifying other common butterflies and how you can attract more to your garden. If weather permits, we will have some live butterflies to help us in our learning.
Enrollment Deadline: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Class Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm – 2: 00 pm
Location: The Natural Garden
Fee: free
Instructor: Janie Grillo
What:
Earth Day Festival
Where:
Campton Hills Park, at Peck and Campton Hills Road
When:
Morning Bird Walk … 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Ecological Restoration … 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Family Fun Fest … 12:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
- Learn how “keeping it local” can help you and your family reduce your impact on our great planet!
- Tap your feet and clap your hands with St. Charles musician Steven Keefe and his Family Jug Band
- Build a birdhouse with the carpentry experts from Home Depot
- Take an eco-tour of Campton Hills Park aboard a haywagondrawn by handsome Clydesdale horses from the George Alexander`s Lake Run Farm in Batavia
- Meet birds of prey and other local wildlife from Kane Area Rehabiliation and Education (K.A.R.E.)
- Get in touch with your rhythm roots with the Fox Valley Drum Circle
- Test your naturalist skills with a walk thru the Illinois Natural History Survey’s Traveling Science Center
- Learn about farm-fresh local foods from representatives of the Geneva Green Market
- Learn Kane County butterfly gardening tips from the University of Illinois Extension Service Master Gardeners
Directions to Campton Hills Park
From the intersection of Campton Hills & Peck Roads, travel west on Campton Hills Road. Use the 2nd park entrance on the left.
Come out and enjoy!
