Prairie Grove Volunteers and Grand Prairie Friends Activity Calendar General Activities Grand Prairie Friends Native Plant Sale May 10, 2008, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, Lincoln Square Village, Urbana. For a list of potentially available species, click here Volunteer Stewardship Activities GPF Activity Calendar/List Through June 2008 April 14, 2008; April 21, 2008; April 28, 2008; May 05, 2008 Seedling Transplanting We will be transplanting seedlings into pots at the NRB greenhouse on the corner of Pennsylvania and Sixth in Champaign from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Please contact Jamie Ellis at jamese@[removethisfornospam]inhs.uiuc.edu for more information. May 09, 2008 Set up for Plant Sale We will begin transferring materials from the greenhouse to Lincoln Square Village and setting up our tables for the event. Meet at the NRB greenhouse on the corner of Pennsylvania and Sixth in Champaign from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Volunteers with trucks are especially needed. Please contact Jamie Ellis at jamese@[removethisfornospam]inhs.uiuc.edu if you are available to help on this date. May 10, 2008 Plant Sale! The sale has arrived and we need volunteers to help distribute plants to buyers, give advice, and be cashiers. There are two shifts, one from 8-10:30 and the other from 10:30-13:00. Clean up will follow the sale. Meet at Lincoln Square Village. Please contact Jamie Ellis at jamese@[removethisfornospam]inhs.uiuc.edu if you are available to help on this date. May 17, 2008 and May 24, 2008 Farmers' Market Plant Sale We need volunteers to give advice and sell plants at the Lincoln Square Farmers' Market from 6:00 to 12:00. Please contact Jesse Kurylo at jkurylo@[removethisfornospam]inhs.uiuc.edu if you are available to help on these dates. Urbana Park District Workdays:   Enjoy a natural area close to home. Help remove invasive species, improve trails, collect seed, and plant native species. Tools and refreshments will be provided. Call 384-4062 to register or contact Derek Liebert at 344-9583 for more information. Second Saturday of every month:      9-11 am: Busey Woods--Meet at APNC*.      1-3 pm: Weaver Grove--Pull off south of intersection of Main St. and Smith Rd Fourth Saturday of every month:      9-11 am Meadowbrook Prairie--Meet a Race St. parking lot. Every Sunday:  Red Bison.    Workdays held every Sunday unless otherwise noted. Members and non-members welcome. Meet at the University YMCA at I:00 pm. Contact Michael Avara (redbison@gmail.com) for more information. Bring a snack too if you'd like. Workday will start at 8:30 am (latecomers are more than welcome). Directions to Buffalo Trace Prairie: From I-74, take Route 47 North away from Mahomet. At first asphalt road to the left, turn left (2100 N) and turn left again at the next intersection (300E). Drive south to the parking lot on the left across from the cell-phone tower. Walk out on the bike path to the prairie between the 0.2 and 0.3 Mile mark on the bike path. Contact Phil Hult and Gail Snowden for more information (217-586-4511). Reminder - Please leave your pets at home. Pets are not allowed on Nature Preserves. Activities such as prescribed burnings may endanger pets, even if they are on leashes or otherwise supervised. *APNC (Anita Purves Nature Center) is located at 1505 N. Broadway Ave. in Urbana. HOME  > > WHAT'S NEW  > > OUR CALENDAR updated: December 19, 2007 www: www.prairienet.org/gpf email: gpf@prairienet.org