WILDFLOWER WEEK CELEBRATED STATEWIDE

Wildflower Week Celebrated Statewide

Inspired by a identical inhabitant event, Nebraska Wildflower Week is a jubilee of wildflowers and native plants in the furious and in the landscape through an form of events and activities opposite Nebraska. In 2011, it will be celebrated the first week in Jun (May 28-June 5), when many of Nebraska’s prairies and gardens are at their prime.

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Inc. serves as coordinator for Wildflower Week activities, bringing together organizations and people opposite the state who commend the worth of wildflowers — not only for their beauty but also for what they indicate and symbolize.

“Where wildflowers are thriving, it is a pointer that the environment is healthy,” pronounced Bob Henrickson, whose hothouse prolongation work with the nursery concentrates on local and regionally suitable plants.

Opportunities for wildflower enthusiasts opposite the state embody guided tours; presentations on using wildflowers in home landscapes; song on the prairie; wildflower activities for children, etc.

Events, photos and more report can be found at arboretum.unl.edu/wildflower.

Wildflower Events

May 28-June 5 nearby Harrison. “Wildflower Walks on the Prairie” at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument at 10:30 and 1:30, withdrawal from caller core as staffing permits. Plant signs on route and herbarium in caller core for self-guided tours. www.nps.gov/agfo, Lil Mansfield, (308) 436-9760 or (308) 668-2211, lil_mansfield@nps.gov

May twenty-eight nearby Red Cloud. “Music on the Cather Prairie” featuring Mike Adams and Pilgrim Classic Country at 2 p.m. Guests will also have the event to try Cather Prairie, located 5 miles south of Red Cloud, to sense about singular plants, the communication in between glow and extending and the Willa Cather Foundation’s replacement efforts. This 608-acre ecological value is the largest never-plowed, local level in 6 counties. Fee: $10. www.WillaCather.org, info@willacather.org, (402) 746-2641

May twenty-eight nearby Kimball. “Kimball Wildflower Week” to suffer the consternation of Nebraska’s shortgrass level ecosystem. Morning yoga, followed by bird hike, at 7 a.m. Wildflower travel at 10. Bring pouch lunch and libation or revisit one of Kimball’s restaurants to stay for afternoon travel at 2 p.m. Campfire prohibited dogs and s’mores at 6 p.m. (bring a splash and something to share). Evening wildflower/sunset travel at 7:30 p.m.; giveaway but referred to concession of $5/adult to go to Kimball Community Arboretum. Site use donated by EJE Ranch. Inclement continue make-up date is Jun 4 with same events. Directions: From Kimball stoplight (Hwy 71/30) drive 3 miles south, then 3 miles west on CR 28. Turn right on CR 35 and drive 1.2 miles north (crossing over I-80) and follow signs. Shaun Evertson, (308) 241-0878, shaunevertson@charter.net

May twenty-nine nearby Burwell. “Blowout Penstemon Tour,” guided debate through area with involved flat tire penstemon from 1:30-4. Meet at Calamus Outfitters, sixteen miles northwest of Burwell on Highway 96, for a jeep debate through the Sandhills. Cost: $25/person. Call to haven your spot. (308) 346-4697 or hbswitzer@nctc.net

May 30-June 5, “Wildflower Plant Sale” at Gardenland (retail multiplication of Bluebird Nursery, Inc. at Sixth & Linden in Clarkson). Wide preference of Nebraska local wildflowers and grasses and other audacious U.S. natives. Monday-Friday 8-5, Sat. 8-4, Sun. 1-5 through Father’s Day. (402) 892-3442, gardenland@bluebirdnursery.com

June 4 in Bellevue. “National Trails Day” at Fontenelle Forest Nature Center from 10-4, featuring guided wildflower walks, outdoor photography tips, hiking rigging demos and interactive stations. www.fontenelleforest.org, (402) 731-3140.

June 4 in Omaha. “Wildflower Walks” at Lauritzen Gardens led by Director of Conservation Jim Locklear. Walking debate of the Woodland Trail from 10-11:30 a.m. through the garden’s 10-acre local mount of oak-hickory forest. Walking debate from 2-3:30 p.m. to comply level locals (wildflowers and grasses) in gardens and landscape of Lauritzen Gardens. Fee: $7 per adult; giveaway to members of Lauritzen Gardens. No allege registration required. www.lauritzengardens.org, (402) 346-4002

June 4 nearby Gering. “Wildflowers of the Wildcat Hills” guided wildflower travel at 9 a.m., continue permitting,at Wildcat Hills Nature Center 10 miles south of Gering around Nebraska Highway 71. Meet at the Nature Center. Plant signage on trails. (308) 436-3777, ngpc.wildcat.hills@nebraska.gov

June 4 nearby Clearwater, “Wildflower Walk” through an eastern sandhills local level from 11-12 with the Nebraska Native Plant Society. The level is 2.8 miles south of Clearwater on Highway 275, easterly side of River Road (516th Ave). The site has a accumulation of habitats from wetland swales to small dunes. akrohn@shoestringseed.com

June 4 nearby Marquette. “Griffith Prairie 5K/10K Fun Run/Walk” offers a good time to try this extraordinary post-burn, fresh, immature and flowering Platte River bluffs level with on foot or using friends. Check-in at 8:30 a.m. Entry form and more at www.prairieplains.org/assets/files/Final%20race%20form%20for%20web.pdf.

June 6 in Omaha. “Mommy and Me: Wildflowers” preschool module for young kids ages 3 to 5 and an concomitant adult from 10-11:30 a.m. Read about wildflowers, go on a wildflower travel and emanate your own wildflower book to take home. Fee: $8/member, $14 non-member. Advance registration required. www.lauritzengardens.org, (402) 346-4002

June twelve nearby Denton. “Weekend Wildflower Walk” at Spring Creek Prairie from 3-4 p.m. Jun is a good month for observation local level wildflowers on a travel led by botanist Kay Kottas. Wonderful event to see local plants up tighten and to sense to use them in home landscaping projects. Fee: $6/adult, $4/children ages 8-12 accompanied by an adult. Register by Jun 11. springcreekprairie.audubon.org, (402) 797-2301

The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is both a non-profit horticultural classification and a module of the Nebraska Forest Service, part of the University of Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. NSA achieves the goal of “sustainable landscapes for full of health homes and communities” through initiatives in education, village landscapes and the environment.