Create a Winter Wreath and Swag Class will be held at Lakeside Park Pavilion in Fond du Lac


Back by popular demand, please join us for the class “Create a Winter Wreath and Swag” with Jackie Scharfenberg on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the Lake Side Park Pavilion. The pavilion is in the park right next to Lake Winnebago at 71 Promen Drive, Fond du Lac. We moved the class to the pavilion as it is not carpeted and it will be easier for us to clean-up afterwards!

Using a variety of natural materials, we will create a beautiful wreath and swag that will enhance your home’s winter decor. We will incorporate dried wildflowers and grasses from the prairie and evergreen boughs. Please bring along pruning shears and $15.00 to cover material costs.

Jackie Scharfenberg is a Forest Naturalist/Natural Resources Educator with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Over the past 25 years, she has worked as an educator for the Great Blue Heron Girl Scout Council, Retzer Nature Center, Havenwoods State Forest, and currently for the Northern Kettle Moraine State Forest. She enjoys teaching all aspects of environmental education. Her goal is to get people connected or re-connected with the natural world, if it be through creating a nature craft, learning something about nature, trying a new outdoor skill or experiencing nature first hand.

To register for the class, please call Connie Ramthun, Education Coordinator for the Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum at 920-533-8939. The material fee of $15.00 will be collected the night of the class.

The Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum is offering monthly programs again this year. For a complete list of programs, please visit
www.fdl.uwc.edu/arboretum or pick up a brochure at UW Fond du Lac. These programs are made possible by donations from Consultant’s Laboratory, Fond du Lac County Master Gardeners, Grande Cheese, Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation and Set in Ink.