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<br />TREE CI1Y USAlI
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<br />RAMSEY TREE
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<br />& PLANT SALE
<br />Local Green
<br />Business Expo
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<br />It's Spring; It's Arbor Day;
<br />Must Be Time to Plant!
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<br />This year, 10 local, licensed, and
<br />inspected nurseries will be bring trees,
<br />shrubs, berries, ornamental plantings,
<br />flowers, and vegetables sets for sale.
<br />Shade trees and conifers of various sizes,
<br />both bare root and potted, will also be
<br />available for sale from $5.00 to $100.00.
<br />The shade tree varieties that will be for
<br />sale include Gingko, Hacl(berry, Linden,
<br />Oak, Maples, Cottonwood, Norway and
<br />White pines, spruce, crabapples, variety
<br />apples, pie and sand cherry trees. Other
<br />plants that will be featured are blueberry
<br />bushes, raspberry canes, strawberries, and
<br />plum trees. Seedlings, potted plants, and
<br />bare root plants will be priced from $5.00
<br />to $50.00.
<br />Green Valley Greenhouse will be
<br />at the Expo again this year with flowers
<br />and hanging basl(ets; Anoka Ramsey Farm
<br />and Garden will have vegetable plantings;
<br />and the Boy Scout Troop 362, with Jenny
<br />Penfield, will be selling perennial plants.
<br />The Master Gardeners, Ramsey
<br />Shademakers, Volunteer Tree Board, and
<br />scouts will again be bagging seedlings in
<br />compost for ease of planting. The
<br />Minnesota DNR Forest Nursery, with Art
<br />Widerstrom, our Metro District Forester,
<br />will again be providing free Arbor Day
<br />seedlings. Those seedlings will include
<br />Black Walnut, Red Oak, White Spruce, and
<br />Norway pine, which is the state tree of
<br />Minnesota.
<br />The local nurseries that will be
<br />participating include Maple Leaf Nursery,
<br />Henke Nursery, N orthwind Nursery,
<br />Better Yards and Gardens, Berry Hill
<br />Farms, Green Valley Greenhouse, Savanna
<br />Garden Nursery, Wirz Nursery, Morton's
<br />Nursery, Viking Trees, and Anoka Ramsey
<br />Farm & Garden.
<br />Hope to see you there!
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<br />RAMSEY ENVIRONMENTAL ExpO
<br />Saturday, April 29, 2000
<br />7:00 a.In. to 1:00 p.In.
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<br />Co-Sponsored by the City of Ramsey and Ramsey Elementary School
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<br />7:00 a.m.
<br />Plant, Shrub, and Tree Sale in the bus loop
<br />Food: cinnamon rolls, coffee, juice
<br />Parent/child bird watching on the nature trail with Lyle Bradley: Meet by flagpole
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<br />8:00 a.m. to noon
<br />Food: Hot dogs, chips, and pop
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<br />9:00 a.m. to noon
<br />OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES:
<br />Arts and Craft Sale
<br />Petting Zoo for Children
<br />Boy Scout Troop #362: Perennial Plant Sale
<br />Tree Climbing and Pruning: Canopy Tree Care with Tom Dunlap
<br />TEC Log Sawing Demonstration with Carl Vogt
<br />MN Science Museum Interactive Waterflow Exhibit
<br />Master Gardeners: Questions and Answer Booth
<br />DNR Seedling Distribution
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<br />9:00 a.m.
<br />Parent/Child Nature Walle "Look Through the Eyes of a Naturalist"
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<br />9:00 to noon
<br />Raffle every hour on the. . . . .
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<br />9:30 a.m.
<br />Arbor Day Ceremony
<br />Scavenger Hunt for Kids: meet at south playground door
<br />Treasure Hunt for Kids: meet at south playground door
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<br />10:00 a.m.
<br />Raptor Center presents hawk, owl, and eagle
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<br />10:30 a.m.
<br />Treasure Hunt for Kids: meet at south playground door
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<br />11 :30 a.m.
<br />Scavenger Hunt for Kids
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<br />12 :30 a.m.
<br />Scavenger Hunt for Kids
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<br />9:00 a.m. to noon
<br />INSIDE ACTIVITIES
<br />Games for Kids presented by Ramsey Student Volunteers
<br />Turtles, snakes, and lizards presented by the MN Herpetological Society
<br />Rocks and Minerals presented by the MN Geological Society
<br />Wargo Nature Center: "Prairie Creatures" presented by Vicki Nass
<br />BOOTHS:
<br />Bluebird Recovery
<br />Anoka Conservation District
<br />MN Dept. of Agriculture: oak wilt information, etc.
<br />MN Dept. of Natural Resources: "Neighborhood Wilds"
<br />MN Dept. of Natural Resources: "Best Management Practices"
<br />Land Stewardship Project: community supported agriculture: organic foods
<br />Clean Water Action
<br />Ramsey Park Commission
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<br />Quad Cities TV will be covering the Environmental Expo Events. Join in the fun.
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