2nd Annual Wildflowers on the Water Gathering
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 09/07/2024
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Goals are to highlight and uplift the creative talent participating in the event, activate the park and increase public support for beautifying the prairies and for educational programming.
Local singer, songwriter and friend of the parks, Sarah Fierek, is curating an experience that honors the land, uplifts our creative economy and helps raise awareness for the work of Friends of Lakeshore State Park.
Admission is free!
Event is on Facebook here: https://tinyurl.com/WildflowersFB
Activities & Offerings Throughout the Park!
Community Drumming with Angie Mack
Live Cello by Malik Toure a.k.a. “99TheProducer”
DNR Naturalists will be hosting Take and Make: Native Plants for Tea 3:15-4:15 PM and a Late Summer Prairie Walk 4:30-5:30 PM. All ages and abilities welcome!
Canvas Painting – Small Make-and-Takes by Canvas & Company Canvas & Company will host a live outdoor painting session for all ages. Materials will be provided for the first 50 participants to join in the fun. Participants will create their own miniature masterpieces to take home as a keepsake. Artist’s will assist make-and-take sessions featuring 4×4 canvases with the theme “Wildflowers on the Water.”
Honey Petal Farms – Wisconsin Grown. A Sheboygan county farm, specializing in growing native, wildflowers and everlasting cut flowers in the most earthy way. Feel free to sniff away, their blooms are pesticide free!
All Hands Boatworks Table. Learn about STEAM boat-building projects for schools and other youth groups. Sign up for after-school teen skills and mentoring programs at the boat shop – It’s FREE! Community Workshops Info — Learn about workshops for adults to preserve skills in woodworking and maritime crafts. Paper boat-making and coloring activities for kids. Check out the new skin-on-frame canoe on display.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Table. Learn about the work done by MMSD, Highlights will include their Household Hazardous Waste Program, Take Back my Meds, Water Drop Alerts, Native Plant and Rain Garden information.
3:00PM Welcome and Remarks
3:05PM – 3:15PM Ceiba Chavez – Sound Bowl Healing Journey
3:15PM – 3:25PM Kavon Cortez Jones – Spoken Word Poetry
3:25PM – 3:55PM Lea the Princess – Spoken Word Poetry
Live Music
3:55PM – 4:10PM The Ukuladies
4:10PM – 4:30PM DJ Shawna
4:30PM – 5:00PM Wildered
5:00PM – 5:30PM Dandelion Delivery Service
5:30PM – 5:50PM Suzanne Grzanna
5:50PM – 6:10PM Sarah Fierek with special guest Angie Mack
6:10PM – 6:35PM Charlie Vibes
6:35PM – 6:55PM April Henry
6:55PM Closing Remarks
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.