MATC's seed library opens for spring, and other garden notes
With spring here, it's no surprise garden-related events are popping up around town. Here are a few to enjoy.
First, gardeners can get up to five packets of flower or vegetable seeds free through Milwaukee Area Technical College’s seed library, which just opened for spring. New seeds are added to the inventory weekly. Seeds can be picked up at the Mequon Campus library, ordered online for pickup there, or ordered online for library pickup at the Milwaukee, Oak Creek or West Allis campuses.
To see the selection of seeds or for more information go to guides.matc.edu/seedlibrary, call (262) 238-2209, or email Stacy Mose at moses@matc.edu.
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Villa Terrace friends host garden lecture series
The Friends of Villa Terrace are hosting a series of garden lectures and films on Wednesdays at Villa Terrace, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Lectures begin at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for registration, wine and light refreshments.
Individual tickets are $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. For more information, see friendsofvillaterrace.org. The events are:
English Country Houses. April 12. Corbin Horn of Hindman Auctions & Appraisals will discuss his experience at the Attingham Summer School in England. It will focus on the contents, architecture, gardens and social history of country houses in five counties in England.
Lakefront Landscapes, Northwestern University Campus and Beyond. April 26. A talk by Sarah White, Northwestern University’s campus planner, whose work includes overseeing Jens Jensen’s Shakespeare Garden. She will explore the landscape and the connections to other lakefront gardens and parks, which she helped to steward in her role as lakefront planning coordinator with the Chicago Parks District.
Restoration of Washington D.C.’s Yoshino Cherry Trees: May 17. Ron Henderson, a landscape architect and director of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Landscape Architecture and Urbanism program, was selected as a Japan-U.S. friendship commission creative artists fellow for his project “Routine Maintenance: Caring for Plants in Japan,” in which he studies practices around the Japanese cherry tree and cherry blossoms. He will share stories of his current work with Japanese master gardener Fujimoto Kurato, to detail indigenous Japanese techniques for maintaining cherry trees during restoration processes.
Daffodil walk starts garden season
The South Milwaukee Historical Society is hosting a daffodil walk in a large garden from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 29 at 104 Brookdale Drive in South Milwaukee.
The event is free, but donations to the Historical Society are appreciated. For information call (414) 762-5214.
Children's book celebrates Eagle trail
A new children’s book, “Restoring Prairie, Pond and Woods: How a Small Trail Can Make a Big Difference,” (April of 23, Holiday House) by Laurie Lawler, of East Troy, gives information about the small Eagle Nature Trail in Eagle. The trail, which was recently restored and is managed by area citizens, adjoins the Eagle Elementary School and the Eagle Municipal Building. It now includes an ephemeral pond, woodland and a prairie.
The trail was started as a way to provide children at the school an opportunity to be in nature and to learn about nature. The book includes the history of the land. Some proceeds from the book will go to improving the trail.
Lawler will hold a book signing from 2 to 3 p.m. May 20 at the Eagle Municipal Building, 820 E. Main St.
For more information call Jean Weedman, (262) 594-5996.
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