Nourish Your Spirit with Springtime Events Around Town

 

Erythronium, a spring ephemeral
(photographed at Ryerson's Woods)

There are so many opportunities to learn about prairie plants, trees, gardening, birds, and more in our community in coming months!

Green Iowa AmeriCorps is hosting Nature Walks at Hickory Hill and Waterworks Prairie Park on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. throughout the spring and summer. Sign up to learn prairie plant ID on these hikes at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044caba728a1ff2-nature.

 The UI Pentacrest Museums are offering monthly Tree Tours to nourish your mind, body, and soul with informative walks around the campus. See the schedule at https://pentacrestmuseums.uiowa.edu/tree-tours.

Green Iowa AmeriCorps is also hosting a series of Gardening Basics sessions at the Wetherby Park garden plots for those interested in learning about growing and maintaining their own gardens. 

We've already shared that Green Iowa AmeriCorps will be leading neighborhood bird walks along the Greenway and at other locations around town...keep an eye out for those dates and times coming up in May. 

Johnson County Conservation is hosting a pair of hikes at Cangleska Wakan on April 22 and May 12 to see spring ephemerals, those woodland wildflowers that bloom briefly before the trees leaf out. Registration is required.

And then mark your calendars for a couple of opportunities to learn about our Iowa City infrastructure! Have you seen the new electric buses doing their thing on routes around town? The city is celebrating them with an Electric Bus Bash at Riverfront Crossings on Earth Day, April 22. And then on May 21 visit the new Public Works Building at an open house during National Public Works Week. 

Whew!