July 18 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm & 4:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Summer Plant ID and Management
Daytime and Evening Options
Get to know native and non native plant species in their natural settings and leave with a good understaning of how to and how not to manage them. In this short half day course students will tour the natura center’s high quality and low qaulity habitats alongside Matt Smith. Matt serves Riveredge as the Director of Research and Conservation. He has over 22 years of experience as a restoration ecologist and is the primary manager for this project responsible for monitoring, project implementation and reporting. He has worked throughout the great lakes region as both a technician, project manager, and consultant on projects small and large scale covering a wide range of disturbance and habitat type. These classes are rain or shine, please dress accordingly.
Choose the class time that works best for you: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm or 4:15 pm – 7:15 pm.
Ages 14+ | Member: $30 | Non-member: $35
Pre-registration is not required, but highly recommended.
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July 18
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7:15 pm
March 13 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Agroforestry: Pruning, Coppicing and Tree Release
Join Matt Smith, a professional Restoration Ecologist with over 22 years of experience, for an entirely outside hands-on field demonstration in the arts of pruning, coppicing and tree release for restoration and landscaping. Please dress for the weather and bring a lunch.
Ages 18+
Member: $65 | Non-member: $75
Pre-registration is required by March 12 at 9:00 am.
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*MEMBERS: Riveredge has a new registration system. Please login (for the member discount) by following these instructions.
Members:
Follow the instructions using the button below to login to your member account for member discounts on programs and events. You can use this login to check your membership status, see your expiration date, and renew your membership as well.
If you don’t see the member price after logging in, need help checking your membership status, or you are unsure what email address we have on file, please reach out to our Membership Manager, Renee Buchholz at rbuchholz@riveredge.us or call the Riveredge office at 262-375-2715.
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March 13
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9:00 am
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2:30 pm
November 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Tea & Topics:
Agroforestry
at Riveredge & on Zoom
Are you interested in planting native tree species for landscape diversity or wildlife restoration purposes? Would you like to increase the yield of your native fruit and nut trees, or berry bushes? Then this program is for you. Matt Smith, Riveredge’s director of research & conservation, will share insights into how to increase your success by better understanding the care and management of native grown species.
This program is offered in-person and virtually. If joining in person, meet at Riveredge in the barn. Zoom link is found below!
Tea & Topics are always free to join! | Ages 18+
Pre-registration is not required, but highly recommended for the In-Person option. No registration necessary for those joining on Zoom.
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November 14, 2024
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2:00 pm
August 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
CANCELED- LOOK FOR FUTURE DATES THIS SPRING
Foraging with Sam Thayer
RESCHEDULED TO FALL 2022 – DATE TBD
At the workshop, you’ll join Sam Thayer for a hands-on day of botany, foraging, and feasting. We’ll be exploring the varied landscape of Riveredge to learn about the edible plants of prairies, forests, lawns, wetlands, and everything in between. Of course, you’ll learn to identify these plants, but we’ll also discuss their ecology—so you know how to find them, and how to use them responsibly. Read more about Sam Thayer below.
Ages 16+
All Access Members: $55 | Trail Pass Members: $60 | Non-members: $65
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Ages 18+
All Access Members: $55
Trail Pass Members: $60
Non-members: $65
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Sam is a Wisconsin native and author of The Forager’s Harvest and Nature’s Garden. Along with speaking and writing, he is a maple syrup producer, wild rice harvester, and owns a small organic orchard. Besides wild food foraging, Sam is an all-around naturalist with particular interest in reptiles, amphibians, bird watching, botany, and mammals. His passion for wild food extends to studying the origin of cultivated plants and the socioeconomic history of the human diet.
Members:
Be sure to sign in to your account in the upper right corner to activate your membership benefits. Membership discounts on programs will be applied to your cart at checkout. If you haven’t created an account with our new system, be sure to create one using the email address associated with your membership.
If you need to check your membership status or you aren’t sure what email address we have on file, please reach out to our Membership Manager, Renee Buchholz at rbuchholz@riveredge.us.
To become a member, click here
August 21, 2022
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9:00 am
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1:00 pm
August 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
CANCELED- LOOK FOR FUTURE DATES THIS SPRING
Foraging with Sam Thayer
RESCHEDULED TO FALL 2022 – DATE TBD
At the workshop, you’ll join Sam Thayer for a hands-on day of botany, foraging, and feasting. We’ll be exploring the varied landscape of Riveredge to learn about the edible plants of prairies, forests, lawns, wetlands, and everything in between. Of course, you’ll learn to identify these plants, but we’ll also discuss their ecology—so you know how to find them, and how to use them responsibly. Read more about Sam Thayer below.
Ages 16+
All Access Members: $55 | Trail Pass Members: $60 | Non-members: $65
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Registration
Ages 18+
All Access Members: $55
Trail Pass Members: $60
Non-members: $65
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Become a Member
Take advantage of member benefits and discounts!
Join Now
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Explore other upcoming events!
Event Calendar
Members:
Be sure to sign in to your account in the upper right corner to activate your membership benefits. Membership discounts on programs will be applied to your cart at checkout. If you haven’t created an account with our new system, be sure to create one using the email address associated with your membership.
If you need to check your membership status or you aren’t sure what email address we have on file, please reach out to our Membership Manager, Renee Buchholz at rbuchholz@riveredge.us.
To become a member, click here
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August 20, 2022
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8:00 am
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4:00 pm
April 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Tea & Topics: Neighborhood Habitat Improvement Project
Jennifer Phillips-Vanderberg will discuss the launch of Neighborhood Habitat Improvement Project by the Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory. The project teaches home owners how to improve urban habitat by using native plantings, reducing turf-grass and the use of chemicals. Jennifer will share the details of the project, how people can participate, and how any gardener can incorporate these practices in their garden space.
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Registration
Ages 18+
All Access Members: $55
Trail Pass Members: $60
Non-members: $65
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April 14, 2022
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