Nov. 5
Today is the deadline to preregister for a presentation by horticulture expert David Salman of High Country Gardens. His 7 p.m. talk in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Union auditorium will focus on “The Water Thrifty Garden: Enjoying colorful native and adapted perennials in your Nebraska landscape.”
Call 402-472-2971 to preregister. Cost: $10 for members of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, event host; $12 for nonmembers; and free to students with identification. On-site registration will be from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. the day of the program.
High Country Gardens is a mail-order nursery specializing in plants that meet Nebraska's requirements to be hardy, water-thrifty, ornamental and environmentally friendly.
A professional nurseryman, greenhouse grower and gardener in New Mexico, Salman writes the High Country Gardens catalog and selects the plants offered.
The Joseph & Dorothy Young Memorial Lectures in Horticulture program honors the late Dr. Joseph Young, a horticulturist who was a teacher, a researcher and an administrator at UNL. The lecture series is made possible by a gift from the Young family.
Nov. 7
Autumn adventures await at Fontenelle Forest: The Fontenelle Forest Nature Association offers a free fall day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Fontenelle Forest Nature Center, 1111 Bellevue Blvd. North in Bellevue. Admission, parking and shuttle service are free.
Visitors will be invited to make and take a pocket sun dial for sun exploration. Other activities include hourly guided hikes and encounters with critters and birds of prey.
Permanent features include Acorn Acres, an interactive forest play area; 19 miles of dirt trails; a milelong river-view boardwalk; and Habitat Hollow, an indoor nature exploration zone.
Visitors may bring a picnic or buy barbecue sandwiches and refreshments. For a schedule, visit www.fontenelleforest.org.
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