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Hawthorn Hollow
100% Pure Maple Syrup
Now Availiable
$12 an 8oz. All proceeds go towards education programming.
Available at Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum and at the following locations in Kenosha and Racine:
Andrea’s
Circa Celest Cafe
DeBerg's
DP Wigly
The Bird Nest
Frank’s Diner
Peace Tree
Suburban Lawn and Garden
Tina’s Somers Inn
Van’s Gas
2013 Garlic Mustard Party
Saturday May 4th
9am-Noon
We are looking
for volunteers to join us in our annual garlic mustard removal party! This year
we will be focusing on the hollow, just off the Hawthorn Trail. Three hours of a
picking good time and you are invited! Coffee and donuts at 9am. Please call us at 262-552-8196 if you are interested and thank you!
It’s Maple Sugarin’ time at Hawthorn Hollow!
Come join us as we tap our sugar bush during the month of March. Visitors will take a journey back in time and discover the magic of maple sugaring. The Sugar Maple and history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage.
Participants will experience through hands-on activities the arts and traditions of tapping a maple tree. The visit provides students with history of Native American traditions and techniques for capturing, collecting and cooking of maple syrup. These are adult and family classes.
This is a 2 hour outdoor program. Dress for the weather! Wear warm coats, hats, mittens, and boots if there is snow on the ground.
Adult member fee: $10 each
Adult non-member fee: $15 each
Children: $5 each
Saturday, March 9th, 10 am - noon
Saturday, March 16th, 10 am - noon
Saturday, March 23rd, 10 am - noon
Hawthorn Hollow Receives Funding to Monitor Bats
Hawthorn Hollow received a Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to expand bat monitoring in Southeastern Wisconsin.
White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that fatally affects bats during their hibernation season, is getting closer to Wisconsin. This disease has been spreading out from New York State, where it was first discovered in 2006. WNS has been 100% fatal in some hibernacula, with bat death toll reaching more than 5.5 million in the U.S.
Short-term monitoring can help provide a baseline for the number and species of bats inhabiting areas. Long-term monitoring can help track the unfortunate decline of bat species as WNS spreads into this area.
We will be offering three bat house building workshops this October and a bat-roost monitoring workshop during May 2013. Members $35/Non-members $40. Registration is required.
Contact us for more information about our workshops. To learn more about bat monitoring in WI, call 608.266.5216 or visit wiatri.net/inventory/bats/.
Hawthorn Hollow Receives Funding to Develope a Master Plan
Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum is seeking the services of a Landscape Architect to develop a Master Plan for our grounds. Primary focus will be on our arboretum, gardens, and amphitheater areas (approximately 17 acres). It is intended that this plan will provide Hawthorn Hollow with a long-term vision for these areas and a phased approach for their transformation and maintenance over the next twenty years.
Funding for this plan was made possible by a generous grant from the Mary Frost Ashley Charitable Trust. The Plan will help guide us into the future and assure us that we are proceeding in an appropriate and environmentally sustainable direction.
Download the Request for Proposal
Pike River Future Meetings
The next meeting will be November 29th from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Somer Town Hall. This meeting will involve existing/future land use summary, review of streams, lakes, and wetland inventory, and water quality inventory.
The Following meeting will be Thursday January 24th from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Mount Pleasant Village hall. This meeting will involve prioritizing progammatic action plan and site specific action plan, and green infrastructure plan/recommendations.
For more information visit: www.rootpikewin.org