Plan to join us for a free workshop, tours and lunch. Learn about seasonal high tunnels, being a friend to the monarch butterfly and the pollinators initiative.
When: June 6, 2017 at 9 AM to 2 PM
Where: Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center, 1899 S. Gordon Cooper, Shawnee, Oklahoma
The workshop and tours include:
Tours of the CPN people’s garden & hoop house (transportation provided from CHC)
Learn about the monarch butterfly & milkweed planting initiative
Being a friend to pollinators
Benefits and what you need to know about a seasonal high tunnel
Overview of the hoop house and garden project
Meet Myanabe, CPN Eagle Aviary’s golden eagle
Lunch at the bistro (transportation provided from CHC)
Agenda:
9-9:50 CPN hoop house and garden tour
Transportation provided from the CPN Cultural Heritage Center
9:50-10:10 Networking opportunity and refreshments
10:10 Workshop begins at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center
10:15 Opening prayer
CPN Langage Department
10:15 Welcome & introductions
Andrew Gourd, CPN Assistant Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
10:20 Euchee Butterfly Farm and TEAM Initiative
Monarch butterfly and planting milkweed
Jane Breckenridge, Euchee Butterfly Farm
10:40 Hoop house timelapse, garden project and youth’s role
Andrew Gourd, CPN Assistant THPO and Heath Steward, CPN Intern
11:10 Seasonal high tunnel benefits and programs
Joe Buford, NRCS Resource Specialist
11:30 Break and networking opportunities
11:45 CPN’s golden eagle & aviary special presentation
Meet CPN’s golden eagle Myanabe
Aviary Managers Jennifer Randell & Bree Dunham
12:30 Lunch at the bistro
Meal ticket and transportation to bistro and back will be provided
1:30 Final tour of people’s garden (transportation provided)
For more information and to RSVP call Andrew Gourd at 405-878-5830 or send an email to andrew.gourd@potawatomi.org or Carol Crouch at 405-612-9331 or carolcrouch@ok.usda.gov. There is no charge for the meeting and lunch will be provided. Sponsors include the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.