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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
January 2010
          1 2
          Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
Recycled Art
1pm-3pm
Madison Children's Museum
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Recycled Art
1pm-3pm
Madison Children's Museum
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet Starts
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
 
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
What's Happening Walk
1pm-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
All About Snow
1:30-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
  Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum Tiki Torch  Toboggan and Campfire Cookout
4-7pm (prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
Tracks in the Snow
9am-4pm
(prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
  Polar Dash/Tropic Bash
10am-12pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Animal Life in the Winter Woods, Prairies, and Wetlands
12:30-4pm
UW Arboretum
Winter Walk
1-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum   Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Children of the Rainforest African Dance Troupe
10:30am; 1:30pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Moonlight and Magic
6:30pm-8pm
UW Arboretum
31            
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
February 2010
  1 2 3 4 5 6
    Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
  Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
  Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
  Great Backyard Bird Count
1:30-3:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Winter Birds
1-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
Animal Tracks
1:30-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Winter Community Open House
6-8pm
Upham Woods
Children of the Rainforest Hmong Dance Troupe
10:30am; 1:30pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Madison Youth Grow Local Conference
8:30am-1pm
Troy Gardens
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
  Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Take a Self-Guided Tour of the UW Geology Museum Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
  Sounds and Stillness
6:30pm-8pm
UW Arboretum
28            
Winter Trees, Spring Trees: What's Happening on the Inside?
12:30-4pm
UW Arboretum
           

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
March 2010
  1 2 3 4 5 6
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
  Leopold Discovery Day
1-2:30pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Spring  Show Starts
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
  Leap Into Lakes Parent and Child Program at Verona Public Library
10-11am
(prereg. req.)
Madison Children's Museum
  Dig into Dinosaurs at Waunakee Library
3:10-4pm
Madison Children's Museum
Late Winter Community Open House
6-8pm
Upham Woods
 
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mud Walk
1:30-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
  Spring  Show
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
  Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Galileoscope Workshop
6-7pm
UW Space Place
Music Under the Stars
7-9pm
UW Space Place
Toddler Story and Stroll
10-11am
(prereg. req.)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Spring  Show
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Spring  Show Ends
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
        Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Skydance Walk
6:30-8pm
UW Arboretum
28 29 30 31      
Maple Syrup Fest
1-3pm
(prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Celebrate Spring!
1-2:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
  Botanical Dyes
K-2: 10-11:30am
3-5: 1-2:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Wonderful Worms
K-2: 10-11:30am
3-5: 1-2:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
 

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
April 2010
        1 2 3
    Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Amazing Herbs
K-2: 10-11:30am
3-5: 1-2:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Maple Syrup Festival
9am-2pm
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation

Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
     
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Frogs
1:30-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
Spring Hike at your Leisure
4am-1 hr after sunset
Madison Conservation
Parks


MCM Road Show at the Zoo
12-5pm
Madison Children's Museum
Hike & Explore on your own
8am-4pm
MacKenzie Environmental Center

MCM Road Show at the Zoo
9:30am-5pm
Madison Children's Museum
Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center

Explore Troy Gardens
Sunrise-Sunset
Community Groundworks

MCM Road Show at the Zoo
9:30am-5pm
Madison Children's Museum
MCM Road Show at the Zoo
9:30am-5pm
Madison Children's Museum

Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum

MCM Road Show at the Zoo
9:30am-1pm
Madison Children's Museum

Leaf Mulch Sale
2-5pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens

2010 Annual Midwest Crane Count
5:30am-7:30am
International Crane Foundation

Earth Day Parks Challenge
Madison Conservation Parks
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Henry Vilas Zoo's Earth Day
10am-4pm
Henry Vilas Zoo
Hike the Marsh
Cherokee Marsh

Hike at your leisure at the
Lussier Family Heritage Center
Take a Self-Guided Tour
Geology Museum
Garden Exploring
9am-4pm
(Free Admission to Bolz Conservatory 10am-12pm)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Earth Day Celebration
3:30-5pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center

Take a Self-Guided Tour at the
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Evening at Cherokee Marsh
Cherokee Marsh
Earth Day Parks Challenge
Madison Conservation Parks
25 26 27 28 29 30  
Annual Museum Open House
12-4pm
UW Geology Museum

Spring Festival
1-5pm
Bethel Horizons
    Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
     

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
May 2010
            1
     
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
  Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
  International Migratory Bird Day Hike
9am
International Crane Foundation
The Flustered Mustard and UFO Pulling Party
1-3pm
(prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Spring is Here
1:30-2:30pm
UW Arboretum
      Make a Paper Crane!
International Crane Foundation
   
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
      Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Populations
7:30-9:30pm
(prereg. req.)
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
 
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Plants and Animals with Wet Feet
12:30-4pm
UW Arboretum
Vision at the Zoo
9-11am
(prereg. req.)
Henry Vilas Zoo

    Family Trailside Backpack Program
Drop in anytime between 8:30am-4pm
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
  Sunset Serenade
8-9:30pm
UW Arboretum
30 31          
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
June 2010
    1 2 3 4 5
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
            Juniorpalooza
10am-12pm
Madison Children's Museum
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
      Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
  Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh
Cherokee Marsh
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
             
27 28 29 30      
           

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
July 2010
        1 2 3
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
            Outdoor Skills Day and Prairie Interpretative Tour
9am-2pm
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
      Bloomin' Butterflies Starts
10am-4pm
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
             
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
August 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
      Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
            Madison Children's Museum Reopens!
1516 17 18 19 20 21
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
         
29 30 31        
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
September 2010
      1 2 3 4
  Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
 
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
     
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
           
26 27 28 29 30    
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
October 2010
          1 2
          Hootenanny
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
           
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
Haunted Hay Ride
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
Haunted Hay Ride
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Halloween at the Zoo
10am-4pm
Henry Vilas Zoo
           
31            
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
November 2010
  1 2 3 4 5 6
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
 
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
       
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
 
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
       
28 29 30        
             

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *

 

 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
December 2010
      1 2 3 4
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
 
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
           
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
        Story Time
10:30am
UW Geology Museum
   
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
   
26 27 28 29 30 31  
           

* January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December *