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Chase away your winter blues with the greens of spring during WinterGreen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 17, at Mead Public Library.
Featuring FREE programs for all ages on beekeeping, birding, computer recycling, crafts, cupcake decorating, local food, seed bombs, starter gardens, sustainable gardening/landscaping, upcyclying, water filtration, yoga and more!
SCHEDULE:
Morning Salutation: Yoga for Teens & Adults
10 - 11 a.m., Quiet Study Room (second floor)
Start your morning with a healthy stretch with Liz Licht, of YogaLoft. BYO yoga mat or towel.
ReFABRICation Station
10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Imaginarium (second floor)
Refashion used clothing into something “new”
Lakeshore Technical College Horticulture Program
10 am. - 3 p.m., second floor main area
Learn about LTC’s horticulture program
Nature Garlands
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Maas Teen Learning Center (third floor)
Join Bookworm Gardens staff in using natural materials to create art
Shades of Green
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., third floor main area
Drop-in coloring for all ages
Goodside Grocery
10 am. - 4 p.m., second floor main area
Learn about Sheboygan’s only food cooperative.
Sustainable Gardening & Landscaping
10:30 a.m., The Loft (third floor)
Lakeshore Technical College Instructor Ray Rogers discusses the process and benefits of sustainable gardening and landscaping
Étude Trash Boys
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rocca Room (first floor)
Etude students will collect trash for TerraCycle, which converts the items into new products
Ecology for Young Audiences
11 a.m., Story Garden (third floor)
Featuring live readings of ecology stories for kids written by Etude Middle School students
Starter Gardens & Plant Cuttings
11 a.m. - 2 p.m., second floor main area
Create your own egg carton starter garden and learn about plant cuttings with Janna Nelson, horticulture facilities assistant at Lakeshore Technical College
Seed Library Checkouts
11 a.m. - 2 p.m., second floor main area
Pick up free vegetable and flower seeds using the Mead Seed Library
DIY Wildflower Seed Bombs & Plant Markers
11 a.m. - 2 p.m., second floor main area
Create your own seed bombs and garden markers
Kids’ Cupcake Decorating
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Children’s Activity Room (third floor)
Kids can decorate their own green cupcakes with Luz de Luna staff
Reboot Sheboygan
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rocca Room (first floor)
Donate unwanted computers to benefit families in need
ReBike
Noon to 3 p.m., Rocca Room (first floor)
Learn about ReBike and the Sheboygan County Non-Motorized Transportation Initiative
It’s Easy to Eat Green!
Noon to 1 p.m., Jerry Black’s Cafe (first floor)
Learn to cook basil pesto salad and massaged kale salad with Nourish
Know Your Neighbor Birds
1 p.m., The Loft (third floor)
Learn about the birds visiting your yard with Rebecca Sher, of the Sheboygan County Audubon Society
Hobbyist Beekeeping
2:30 p.m., The Loft (third floor)
Learn beekeeping basics with Amanda Strojinc, a hobbyist beekeeper and RN
Trash Stash Construction
2 - 4 p.m., Imaginarium
Create art using recyclables with MAKER Break
Curiosity Labs: Water Filtration
2 p.m., Maas Teen Learning Center (third floor)
MilliporeSigma scientists will lead a hands-on workshop on water filtration