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WILDFLOWER WALKS WILDFLOWERS OF THE SEASON with Lori Artiomow. Walk the trails of the woodlands and prairies at Hawthorn Hollow and see and learn what s blooming. From shrubs to trees and forbs to vines, something is sure to be blooming here this spring through summer. Don t forget to bring your camera! Members $4, Non-members $9 WALK DATES. Saturday, May 27 th, 10am Noon -Hawthorn Hollow has a great display of woodland spring ephemerals Saturday, September 26 th, 10am Noon -Fall is officially here! Let s see what s blooming and what has gone to seed. MAPLE SUGARIN TIME! Maple Sugarin Family Class! Come join us as we tap our sugar bush during the month of March. Take a journey back in time and discover the magic of maple sugaring.the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin s heritage. Participants will experience through handson activities the arts and traditions of tapping sugar maples. The visit provides a history of Native American traditions and techniques for capturing, collecting and cooking of maple syrup.this program is for families and adults. It is a 2 hour outdoor program. Dress for the weather! Wear warm coats, hats, mittens, and boots if there is snow on the ground. Adults $10, Children $5 Saturdays, 10am-12pm March 11 th, 18 th, 25 th BIRD LOVERS Attracting Bluebirds with Rick Fare. Learn about the annual life cycle of the Eastern Bluebird and how to attract them to your yard during the breeding season. Nest boxes, the proper placement of them in good habitat, along with good predator control will be discussed. The importance and tips on becoming a successful bluebird trail monitor will also be covered. A short walk on Hawthorn Hollow s bluebird trail will follow Members $4, Non-members $9 Saturday, April 29 th, 10am-12pm BIRD WALK SERIES with Rick Fare. The month of May is an exciting time to see birds. It is a period of maximum migration. Warblers, sparrows, flycatchers, orioles, hummingbirds, and tanagers to name a few will be arriving in our area. Hawthorn Hollow, with its prairie, woods, and Pike River is a great place to see colorful wonders. Join us for these Thursday evening walks. Fee: Complimentary! Donations graciously accepted. Thursdays, 5:30pm-7:30pm Apr27 th, May 4 th, 11 th, 18 th Winter Birds with Rick Fare. Many species of birds can survive our Wisconsin winters. This program will help you identify them and inform you about the physiological and behavioral adaptations they have evolved to cope with harsh winter conditions. Learn ways to attract these hearty winter birds to your yard. Members $4, Non-members $9 Saturday, November 4 th, 10am-12pm
HERITAGE WORKSHOPS Starting Heritage Seeds Heirloom heritage plants are hard to come by at your local garden store, despite increasing in popularity from year to year. Learn to plant heritage seeds with success, why they are increasing in popularity, and how to keep them healthy and strong from seed starting pot to garden. Tour the ins and outs of heirloom variety gardening, explore seed catalog resources, and select a variety seeds to start for your garden. Materials are provided to plant your own flat of heirloom seeds to take home for their garden. Saturday, Apr 8 th, 10am-12:30pm, $29 Instructor: Kate Jerome Creating a Garden Trellis Trellising has been a longstanding garden tradition for both function and beauty. From the living corn stalk trellises used in a Three Sisters Garden with squash and pole beans, to the cold metal tomato cages used in many of today s gardens, the trellis is an essential garden structure for healthy plants that also brings aesthetic beauty to your landscape. Let your creative side run wild with willow branches and jute twine to design and construct your own custom garden trellis to incorporate into your garden at home. Trellis making materials and tools are provided as part of the registration fee for each participant to design and build their own garden trellis. Trellis making material is provided for at least one large trellis or a number of small trellises depending on your preference. Saturday, May 20 th, 10am-12:30pm, $29 Instructor: TJ Leveque Sewcial Barn Quilting - People have been quilting to support their causes or display their local pride for hundreds of years. After a tour of the local history of quilt block designs from the time of the settlers through the evolution of quilting up to modern times; we ll explore a modern twist on quilting by laying out and painting a historical quilt block to make what we now call a barn quilt. Each person in the class will get to make their own 2 x2 barn quilt block that they get to take home and display on their home, garage, or even hang in the living room. No quilting experience needed. Materials are provided for to create a 2-foot by 2-foot barn quilt pattern. Saturday, June 10 th, 10am-12:30pm, $29 Instructors: Bethany Wise & Dan Lyons Bees & Waxwork Candlemaking - Get to know your local pollinators and learn to make tapered beeswax candles using traditional dipping methods. This class starts off looking at the ins and outs of keeping bees to produce honey. We will open the beehives at Hawthorn Hollow to see how our honey is made. Bees make more than honey though, and the wax that bees produce has had many uses throughout history. We ll explore history of uses for beeswax leading into making your own set of tapered beeswax candles. Materials are provided to make a set of four 10 tapered beeswax candles. Saturday, July 22 nd, 10am-12:30pm, $29 Instructors: TJ Leveque & Dan Lyons Scarecrow Building Party! - Enjoy a fall Saturday morning at your local nature sanctuary being immersed in scarecrow lore. Your will be guided through the history and mythology of the scarecrow followed by an activity of making your own scarecrow to decorate your home or yard for the Fall Harvest Season! Materials are provided to construct the framework, head, body, and stuffing for each participant s scarecrow. Participants are encouraged to bring any of their own additional odds and ends to give your scarecrow a personalized look! Saturday, October 14 th, 10am-12:30pm, $29 Instructors: TJ Leveque & Dan Lyons
REGISTRATION Class sizes are limited, so please register early. Space cannot be held without accompanying fee. Registration fee includes all materials, unless otherwise specified. Registration by mail check or cash only. Fees refunded only if a class is filled or canceled. Mail this form with checks payable to: Hawthorn Hollow 880 Green Bay Road, Kenosha, WI 53144 Name Address City/State/Zip Phone/Email (in case of class cancelation) PROGRAM NAME MEM/ NON- MEM # TOTAL Fee Maple Sugarin Time (Adult/Child) $10/$5 Attracting Bluebirds w/ Rick Fare $4/$9 Winter Birds w/ Rick Fare $4/$9 Bird Walk Series (circle dates) 4/27 5/4 5/11 5/18 FREE Wildflowers Walks (circle dates) $4/$9 5/27 9/27 (per class) HERITAGE WORKSHOPS Starting Heritage Seeds $29 Creating a Garden Trellis $29 Sewcial Barn Quilting $29 Bees & Waxwork Candlemaking $29 Scarecrow Building Party! $29 N/A TOTAL ENCLOSED
MEMBERSHIP Enjoy all this beautiful Sanctuary has to offer by becoming a member of The Friends of Hawthorn Hollow. All membership contributions are used to support Hawthorn Hollow s mission to be a unique educational resource for the region. The Friends offer numerous public programs, manages trails for outdoor exploration and protects a critical natural resource. Membership has its privileges! Receive and be recognized in The Friends quarterly newsletter. Benefit from seasonal program announcements and reduced rates for special programs. Enjoy a discount at Hawthorn Hollow s gift shop. I am currently a Friends of Hawthorn Hollow member. I am not interested in membership at this time. I am enclosing Membership with this application. (Separate check, please)
INSTRUCTOR BIOS Lori Artiomow is the Restoration Ecologist at Hawthorn Hollow. She enjoys exploring the history of landscapes and how they change over time. She is currently working to restore the Original Prairie back to its former glory and is managing the woodlands to promote more oak, hickory, cherry regeneration, and improve the spring ephemeral diversity of the woodlands. Rick Fare a lifetime member of the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW) and the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSO). He is a past president of Hoy Audubon Society and currently Education Chair for that organization. He currently monitors three bluebird trails and has coordinated many others in Kenosha and Racine Counties. Kate Jerome is currently Director of the Urban Farm and instructor in the horticulture department at Gateway Technical College where she teaches urban farming, landscape design, plant ID and sustainable landscape management. Kate is the garden columnist for the Kenosha News and the fruit and vegetable columnist for Wisconsin Gardener. She is a regular guest horticulturist on local Wisconsin Public Radio. Bethany Wise is a local Renaissance woman and serial crafter, with over 45 years of sewing experience. She has been crafting and creating things since childhood. She has always had her hands on raw materials and made useful objects her whole life. Her experience making hundreds of quilt blocks and her larger than life personality make Sewcial Barn Quilting fun and educational. TJ Leveque is the Grounds Curator and Head Beekeeper at Hawthorn Hollow. Tending the grounds has inspired him to get creative with the materials he removes from the landscape. He has experimented with just about every tree or shrub part imaginable to create arbors, trellises, fences, and even reindeer for decorating a variety of garden landscapes.