Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium - St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Institute for Traditional Crafts
The Art and Practice of the Kitchen Garden
Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. to Noon
Grown in the kitchen garden are those things which are cut and brought directly into the kitchen. This could be flowers, herbs, or vegetables. Not just a garden patch, the Kitchen Garden is a place of beauty, a source of functional aesthetics. This workshop is sure to inspire and provide you with the tools needed to start or strengthen your own kitchen garden. We will cover gardening basics, such as seed planting, garden calendars and planting techniques, as well as design methodologies. Each participant will go home with seeds to tend.
Members: $20 Non-members: $25

Tool Sharpening
Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Join Richard Montague as we gear ourselves to know the joy of working with properly sharpened tools in the kitchen, workshop or garden. Learn to condition and maintain a wide variety of edged household and workshop tools. Bring sharpening stones for comparison and discussion (if you have them) as well as tools needing an edge. Everyone will receive personal instruction time.
Members: $50 Non-members: $55

Call Tara Holt (802-748-2372) or email tholt@fairbanksmuseum.org with questions or to register for any of the Institute for Traditional Crafts workshops.

All events held at the Museum, unless otherwise noted. Please call for information and to register 802/ 748-2372 or email: info@fairbanksmuseum.org

AMPHIBIAN RESCUE!
Thursday, March 20, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Learn about our amazing amphibians and the perils they face during their annual spring migration. This free training program with experts from the North Branch Nature Center's Amphibian Monitoring Program introduces ways you can protect frogs and salamanders. Free and open to the public. Please call 748-2372 or email tholt@fairbanksmuseum.org to register.

The Bald Eagle: A Case Study in Species Ecology
Two Evening Workshops, Wednesdays, March 26 & April 2, 6 – 8 p.m.
Two Field Studies, Saturdays, March 29 & April 5, 8 – 11 a.m.
The Bald Eagle is the most carefully studied bird species in North America. This program, led by Museum Executive Director Charlie Browne, combines two workshops and two field trips, to explore the natural history of this national symbol, with an emphasis upon its identification, ecology, behavior, and comparison to other raptors. The Upper Connecticut River Valley offers some outstanding year-around habitat for Bald Eagles. Field trips will focus on spotting Bald Eagles and identifying the feeding, roosting, and breeding needs of eagles and the management practices that support their success.
Pre-registration required: $50 members, $65 nonmembers.

Glossy Buckthorn in the St. Johnsbury Town Forest: Real or Imagined Threat?
Thursday, March 27, 7 – 8 p.m.
What are invasive species? How do they differ from past species migrations? Why might glossy buckthorn be a problem both ecologically and economically? These and other questions are the starting point for this presentation by ecologist and conservation scientist Dr. Fritz Gerhardt.
These and other programs related to understanding the effects of climate on the natural world are possible through our partnership with NRG Systems, global leader in wind measurement technology.


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