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  • Permaculture Talk, Tour, and Plant Sale

    - This will be a field trip to a permaculture demonstration food forest on the northeast side of Madison. It's a talk and tour by Susan Hessel, program manager of Madison PermacultureWorks https://www.facebook.com/MadisonAreaPermacultureGuild/. Children are welcome. - BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! They're holding their Annual Perennial Edibles Plant Sale that day: stuff to buy. Their list of offerings may be posted beforehand. We will update this announcement as we learn more. - Note: For those with accessibility concerns, they can offer a path with few obstacles. Please let us know ahead of time, if you would prefer that.- We can coordinate ahead of time to car-pool

  • Owen Conservation Park Friends of Amphibians Field Tour

    HEY SUSTAINABLE HILL FARMERS! Join the Owen Peeps for an evening field trip to Owen Conservancy to learn about (https://jhua13.wixsite.com/friends-of-amphibian) monitoring efforts through Dr. Jessica Hua’s Lab at UW-Madison. Gail, Beth and Jane, otherwise known as the Owen Peeps will demonstrate the frog and toad survey they perform weekly March through September. Maybe you’ll even want to become an Owen Peep! Amphibians are widely regarded as the most threatened vertebrate group globally. Habitat change and diseases are identified as the top two drivers of amphibian declines. Our goal is to better understand how disease and human activities associated with urbanization influence amphibian communities by monitoring amphibian populations in urban ponds across Madison. Notes:- Will meet at the entrance to the Conservancy- For those with accessibility concerns, we will walk a short distance on a gravel path and there is a bench nearby to use.- Dress in layers as it can get chilly as daylight fades. - Rain date June 11.

  • Visit Alex’s re-wilded yard — and more

    In February, Wisconsin Master Naturalist Alex Singer did an inspiring presentation for us on what he’s done over the past decade to turn his suburban yard into a homegrown national park. We're invited to tour that yard while it is at its summer best. Please join us at his place (410 Luster Ave, Madison) on Sunday July 20 at 10am. There won't be a formal presentation, but we’ll have the opportunity to see what he’s done and ask questions. Alex lives on the north side of Madison so we can carpool or come on our own. Since we’ll be on the north side anyway, it would be easy to check out Troy Farm (https://rootedwi.org/troy-farm/) after and then the Lansing Food Forest (https://www.wisconsinfoodforests.com/lansing-food-forest/). If you're interested in coming to any or all of this, let Scott and Gloria know and we can plan from there.

  • Hill Farms Honey Bees

    If you've been curious about how beekeeping works, now's your chance to find out! Hill Farms beekeeper Chris Pierce has offered to introduce us to his bees and speak a bit about how they work and produce that fantastic Hill Farms honey. Join us in Chris's front yard  Sept 20 at 3pm. The two hives in his front yard are accessible to all. He will have honey available for purchase.