Summer Library Program – 1st Grade and Up
This year’s Summer Library Program will ‘Color our World’. There will be stories, crafts, & activities with a different color as the theme each week! Join us for an exciting six-week journey as we explore various techniques
WILDFLOWER HIKES–BIG HILL PARK AND ROCK RIVER PRAIRIE
Meet at the parking lot of the Welty Environmental Center, 1201 Big Hill Court, Beloit Starting from the Welty Environmental Center, this hike begins in Big Hill Park to look for migrating birds and the earliest spring
WILDFLOWER HIKE ON DEVIL’S STAIRCASE TRAIL
Meet at the far north parking lot of Janesville’s Riverside Park near the picnic shelter On this hike, we’ll look for the blooms of Dutchman’s Breeches, Hepaticas, Violets, Spring Beauties, Wild Ginger, Anemones, and Buttercup. Dependent on
NATURE HIKE AT CARVER-ROEHL PARK
Meet at the far end of the park near the large picnic shelter. This 53-acre park is Rock County’s second oldest park and one of its most scenic. Containing a spring-fed brook flowing along small limestone cliffs
WOODLAND WILDFLOWERS AND BIRDS AT COOK ARBORETUM (JSOL)
Meet at the parking lot located at the end of the entrance road, 3550 W. County Hwy. A, Janesville. Much of this 160-acre arboretum is a beautiful mature forest, and it also includes a creek, prairie, and
LATE SPRING WILDFLOWER HIKE–BIG HILL PARK
Meet at the parking lot of the Welty Environmental Center, 1201 Big Hill Court, Beloit Two weeks later, we’re back to Big Hill Park to look for migrating spring warblers and the later spring wildflowers of the
WILDFLOWER AND BIRDING HIKE AT ANDRONE WOODS
Watch for a sign on Cleophas Road; then drive south down a short dirt road and meet on the north edge of the woods. Androne Woods is a 16-acre woodland parcel owned by the Green Rock Audubon
NIGHT NATURE HIKE AT ROCKPORT PARK
Meet at the west end of the parking lot next to the swimming pool in Rockport Park in Janesville. Join us for a night hike in Janesville’s largest park for a warm summer evening in June. This
NIGHT NATURE HIKE AT BIG HILL PARK
Bats, fireflies, glowworms, owls and an astounding chorus of tree frogs await! This event is free and open to the public.
NIGHT HIKE AT FAIR MEADOWS STATE NATURAL AREA
Meet at the Fair Meadows State Natural Area near Lake Koshkonong, 11305 N. Vogel Road, Milton WI. For this hike, we tour the privately owned Fair Meadows State Natural Area that we have visited several times before.