2012 Spring/Summer Public Programming
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Sustainable High-Altitude Gardening Series May 2012 |
This course will cover everything you need to know to plan and prepare for a successful summer in your high altitude garden. There will be hands-on activities at every session at the Pleasant Avenue Nursery in BV and in Salida at the Salida Community Garden.
About the Instructor, Maggie Gaddis, M.S.
Maggie teaches Biology courses for Colorado Mountain College and Colorado Community Colleges Online. She formerly owned a landscaping business in Colorado and has maintained gardens from 5,000 - 10,000 feet. She studied Rocky Mountain Gardening at the Denver Botanic Gardens and researches ecological restoration with the University of Denver. She has an M.S. in Biology from the University of Denver.
Buena Vista Class:
Friday mornings from 9:00 - 11:00 am
Pleasant Avenue Nursery, 506 S. Pleasant, BV
Salida Class:
Friday afternoons from 4:00 - 6:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church, 7 Poncha Blvd., Salida
CLASS TOPICS
May 4 - Assessing Your Landscape: Backyard Ecology
May 11 - Selecting Seeds and Germination Techniques
May 18 - Season Extension and Successive Harvests / Making the Most of a Short High-Elevation season
May 25 - Garden and Landscape Design
June 1 - Alternative Techniques, including Indoor Hydroponics
REGISTRATION/FEES
$60 for the 5-week series
$15 per class
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal links below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
ENTIRE SERIES
Please select your location - price includes pay pal fee
INDIVIDUAL CLASSES
MAY 4 Assessing Your Landscape: Backyard Ecology date past |
MAY 11 Selecting Seeds and Germination Techniques date past
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MAY 18 Season Extension and Successive Harvests
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MAY 25 Garden and Landscape Design
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JUNE 1 Alternative Techniques, including Indoor Hydroponics |
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Beginner Landscape Photography Workshop Saturday, June 2 |
Local photographer, author, musician Ed Berg will teach the basic rules of composition and lighting while focusing on discovering and observing imagery that is pleasing. The group will experiment with ways to capture and communicate observations of the natural world. The class will include morning class time, a mid-day photography session, and an afternoon review session.
Ed taught this GARNA photography class last year to rave reviews. He is helping to organize and schedule the photography club outings.
Location: Salida area, details to follow
Times: 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Participants need to bring a digital camera with a removable memory card (preferably SD) or a USB cable for transferring images to a laptop. Bring snacks, a sack lunch, and something to drink. Water is available on the premises. Comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, and a hat are recommended.
For more information about joining the photography club, please contact Ann Graham at 719-539-7400 or anng@q.com.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$25 for GARNA members
$35 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Raspberry Gulch Bird Walk Thursday, June 7 |
This is a jointly sponsored program by GARNA and the Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas. Andrew Mackie, LTUA Executive Director, will lead a walk on US Forest Service land adjoining a conservation easement. The group will learn about easements and identify birds in the area.
Location: Please check back for more information
Time: 8:00 until 10:00 a.m.
Cost: This program is free of charge but space is limited. Please email GARNA at info@garna.org to register.
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13th Annual Headwaters Institute Friday, June 8 |
Join first year river guides and others for a fun, interactive full-day workshop on all things Arkansas River. This is a great overview for new residents or those who just want to learn more about the Upper Arkansas River Valley. Lectures and break-out sessions will be presented by numerous local and regional experts. Topics will include the history of the Arkansas Valley, water quality, the effects of global climate change on the Arkansas, wildlife and wildflowers found along the river, and local issues such as Brown's Canyon Wilderness Proposal and "Over the River". Some time will also be spent on methods of interpreting what can be seen along and near the river.
Times: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Salida Scout Hut / Riverside Park
Bring: Water bottle, note taking materials
REGISTRATION/FEES
$20. Includes light breakfast, picnic lunch and pizza & beer at the Vic
Your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
HEADWATERS INSTITUTE - You may make a quantity selection at check out, price includes pay pal fee
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Fieldtrip to Zapata Ranch and Falls Saturday, June 9 |
Tour The Nature Conservancy's 100,000 acre Zapata Ranch and get a very-close up view of the wild bison herd (about 1,700 animals). See abundant wildlife and three of the oldest ranch homesteads in the San Luis Valley. Paul Robertson, professional ecologist, GARNA Board Member and The Nature Conservancy's San Luis Project Director will lead the tour.
Location: San Luis Valley near the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Please check back for more information about meeting times and carpooling.
Time: 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$25 for GARNA members
$40 for non-members
Participants are also asked to contribute $5 to cover gas expenses for drivers of the carpool.
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Early Wildflower Identification Hike Wednesday, June 13 |
Explore early summer wildflowers with hike leader Ruth Runge-Barnes, local wildflower expert and Crested Butte Wildflower Festival presenter. Location will be decided based on which plants are blooming at the time of the hike. Registered participants will received detailed information when the hike locale is determined.
Please wear sturdy hiking shoes and dress for the weather (consider bringing rain gear and sun screen). Please bring plenty of water and a picnic lunch.
Participants leaving from Salida should meet at 8:30 am at the public parking area by Safeway for carpooling.
All participants must meet at 9:00 am at at the public parking area behind K’s Dairy Delite in Buena Vista.
The hike will begin at 9:30 am. The outing will last until about 2:30 pm.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$7 for GARNA members
$15 for non-members - or join GARNA at any membership level and the hike is free! Please contact the GARNA office at 539-5106.
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
You may make a quantity selection at check out, price includes pay pal fee
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Chalk Creek Mining District - Historic Walk through St. Elmo Friday, June 29 |
St. Elmo provided goods and services to the miners of Chalk Creek Mining District, which was home to the silver-rich Mary Murphy mine and numerous other lode mines. Itinerant miners dug out "glory holes" throughout Chalk Creek Canyon. Very few of these adventurous miners struck it rich but the hillsides are pockmarked with the evidence of their work.Tour the old historic mining town including St. Elmo school house and cemetery to explore the rich history of this mining district.
Please bring water, wear sturdy shoes and sunscreen. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Location: St. Elmo
Time: 10:00 until 11:00 a.m.
To carpool from Salida meet at 8:45 am at the public parking west of Safeway; from BV meet at 9:00 am at the public parking behind K’s Delite; 10:00 am all participants meet at St Elmo General Store.
Directions: From Hwy 285 at Nathrop, turn west onto County Road 160 (Mt.Princeton Hot Springs), follow for about 19 miles to St. Elmo.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$5 for GARNA members
$10 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Hike to Interlaken Saturday, June 30 |
Interlaken was once one of the most attractive tourist resorts in Colorado. In 1979, the Bureau of Reclamation agreed to record and stabilize the historic district that includes the Interlaken Hotel. Join GARNA for a 2-mile hike along Twin Lakes Reservoir, ending up at this beautiful historic resort. Then learn about bats and view the bats that live there at dusk.
Bring water, a sack dinner, jacket, headlight or flashlight for walking back in the dark. Wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Be aware, there are no restroom facilities at the hike destination.
Location: Twin Lakes Reservoir
Time: 6:30 until about 9:00 pm
To carpool from Salida meet at 5:15 pm at public parking west of Safeway; from BV meet at 5:45 pm at public parking behind K’s Delite; All participants meet at the Interlaken parking lot at 6:30 pm.
Directions: From Highway 24 North, turn left (west) on Highway 82 toward Independence Pass. Follow Highway 82 for .6 mile, go past the Lost Canyon Road and turn left (south) onto this unsigned dirt road across from the little log cabin. Low-clearance vehicles should park at the wide area just south of the dam; high-clearance vehicles can continue along the left fork at the Colorado Trail sign to the end of the road, where a large parking area is available.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$10 for GARNA members
$20 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Alpine Wildflower Identification Hike Date change: Saturday, July 7 (was Saturday, July 14) |
Join Marilyn Moore on Cottonwood Pass to identify flowers of the alpine tundra and learn how these exquisite jewels of the plant world survive and thrive in one of the harshest environments on Earth.
Participants leaving from Salida should meet at 8:30 am at the public parking area by Safeway for carpooling.
All participants must meet at 9:00 am at at the public parking area behind K’s Dairy Delite in Buena Vista.
The outing will last until about 4:00 pm.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$7 for GARNA members
$15 for non-members - or join GARNA at any membership level and the hike is free! Please contact the GARNA office at 539-5106.
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card
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Mining, Madonna & Monarch: A Living History Tour of the Monarch Area Friday, July 20 |
Mining plays leading role in the history of the Monarch Pass area. The Monarch mining camp (above the Madonna Mine) grew rapidly from a population of 100 in 1879 to a population of 1,000 residents in 1884. The camp serviced the Columbus, Monarch, Silent Friend and Madonna mines. Join GARNA on a tour of Monarch Park and cemetery to learn about the important role mining had in Monarch’s rich history.
Please bring water, wear sturdy shoes and sunscreen. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Location: Monarch Park and vicinity
Time: 10:00 until 11:00 am
To carpool from Salida meet at 9:30 am at the public parking west of the Safeway; from BV meet at 9:00 am at the public parking lot behind K’s Delite; 10:00 am all participants meet at the parking at the entrance of Monarch Park Campground.
Directions: From Poncha Springs, travel west on Highway 50 for about 15 miles, then turn left on County Road 231 and drive south to the Monarch Park Campground.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$5 for GARNA members
$10 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Intermediate Landscape Photography Workshop Saturday, July 21 |
Local photographer, author, musician Ed Berg will focus (!) on learning to first see and then compose landscape elements that tell a story as well as attract and hold the eye. It will include morning class time, a mid-day field trip, and an afternoon review session. Building on the beginning class held on June 2, more attention will be given to using camera controls to produce desired effects. Although point-and-shoot cameras are acceptable, a reflex camera will be more useful in this intermediate class. Participants need to be familiar with the focus and exposure (aperture and shutter speed) controls on their cameras.
Ed is a published author of poetry and photography books. His creative approach and passion for the art of photography is inspiring as well as instructive.
Location: Salida area, details to follow
Times: 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Participants need to bring a digital camera with a removable memory card (preferably SD) or a USB cable for transferring images to a laptop. Bring snacks, a sack lunch, and something to drink. Water is available on the premises. Comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, and a hat are recommended.
For more information about joining the photography club, please contact Ann Graham at 719-539-7400 or anng@q.com.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$25 for GARNA members
$35 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Chubb Park Ranch Visit Saturday, July 28 |
This is a jointly sponsored program by GARNA and the Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas. Andrew Mackie, LTUA Executive Director, will lead a visit to the Cogan Ranch conservation easement area in Chubb Park. Participants will learn the history of the ranch and identify plants growing there. The trip will end in the forest north of the ranch where the group will explore the flowers and trees in that area.
Location: Chubb Park area near Trout Creek Pass
Time: 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
To carpool from Salida meet at 8:25 am at the public parking west of the Safeway; from BV meet at 8:35 am at the public parking lot behind K’s Delite; 9:00 am all participants meet at the parking at the intersection of County Road 311 and Hwy 24/285.
Directions: From Johnson Village, travel north on Highway 24/285 towards Trout Creek Pass. Make a left onto CR 309 and park. Andrew will meet the group there.
Cost: This program is free of charge but space is limited. Please email GARNA at info@garna.org to register.
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The Hidden Sea at Bassam Park Saturday, August 4 |
Join GARNA on a paleontology-inspired field trip to Bassam Park for a 3-hour interpretive hike. At least 43 genera of marine invertebrates have been found in the Bassam Park Area including a new species ammonite species, Gastrioceras. Vertebrate fossils found in the vicinity include a shark tooth and the skull and tooth plates of a lungfish. To our knowledge, Bassam Park is the site of the first Pennsylvanian lungfish reported in Colorado and the only report of lungfish from the Atokan age in the United States.
Please bring water, wear sturdy shoes and sunscreen. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Location: Bassam Park area
Time: 9:30 am until 12:30 pm
To carpool from Salida meet at 8:00 am at public parking west of Safeway; from BV meet at 8:30 am in at the public parking behind K’s Delite; 9:30 am all participants meet at County Road 185D, in the San Isabel National Forest. We will leave the park by 12:30 pm.
Directions: From Johnson Village, take Hwy 24/285 north; turn right onto County Road 307; go 1.6 miles and turn right onto County Road 187; go 5.8 miles and make slight right onto County Road 185; go .6 miles and turn right onto County Road 185D; park .1 mile on 185D.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$10 for GARNA members
$20 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Late Summer Wildflower and Plant Identification Hike Friday, August 10 |
Maggie Gaddis will lead this wildflower and plant identification hike. Location will be determined based on which plants are blooming at the time of the hike.
Location: To be determined
Time: 9:00 am until 3:00 pm
REGISTRATION/FEES
$7 for GARNA members
$15 for non-members - or join GARNA at any membership level and the hike is free! Please contact the GARNA office at 539-5106.
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card
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Iron City Historic Cemetery Flashlight Walk Saturday, August 11 |
Join GARNA on a historical flashlight interpretive walk of Iron City Cemetery near the infamous ghost town of St. Elmo. Hear old ghost stories and learn about mysterious mining accidents as we walk through the graves and stop by a ghost house. All are welcome on this night, that is if you can stand the fright. Appropriate for all but the youngest of ages.
Please bring water, wear sturdy shoes and a headlamp/flashlight. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Location: Iron City Cemetery
Time: 8:00 until 9:00 pm
To carpool from Salida meet at 6:45 pm at the public parking west of Safeway; from BV meet at 7:00 pm at public parking behind K’s Delite; 8:00 pm all participants meet at Iron City Cemetery.
Directions: From Hwy 285, go west on County Road 162 (Mt Princeton) and follow for approximately 18 miles to Iron City. Take the road through the campground and you will come to a well-marked cemetery. This road was the wagon road to St. Elmo and is now a 4-wheel drive down to Alpine.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$7 for GARNA members
$15 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
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Fourmile Area Guided Hike Sunday, August 26 |
Join members of GARNA’s Friends of Fourmile Chapter for their annual guided hike. This year's hike will be shuttle-supported with mostly downhill off-trail exploration of the major ridge west of Forest Road 375. This moderately strenuous 3-4 mile hike offers spectacular views over the Arkansas River Valley as well as some of the most interesting rocky knobs for which Fourmile is famous.
Location: Fourmile Travel Management Area
Time: 9:00 am until 4:00 pm
All participants meet at 9:00 am at the Buena Vista Community Center parking area at the riverside end of East Main Street. Hiking boots, hat, sunscreen, lunch, no pets and an adventurous attitude is recommended!
Cost: This program is free but donations to the Friends of Fourmile are appreciated. Please email GARNA at info@garna.org to register.
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Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway Tour Saturday, September 8 |
This is a jointly sponsored program by GARNA and the Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas. Visit three historic sites along the Byway and hear presentations about each. The sites are Hutchinson Ranch, the Zebulon Pike marker on US 285 and the Salida Smelter Smokestack.
Location: Salida and Poncha Springs areas
Time: 9:00 am until 12:00 pm
To carpool from Salida meet at 9:00 am at the public parking west of Safeway; from BV meet at 8:30 am at public parking behind K’s Delite. More information about the logistics of this program will be available to registered participants.
REGISTRATION/FEES
$10 for GARNA members
$15 for non-members
Space is limited; your registration is confirmed when we receive payment. Please use the paypal link below or mail a check to "GARNA" with your program choice.
Please note: you DO NOT need a pay pal account to use the secure online payment option below...just a credit card.
Awakening the Dreamer
Fall 2012
Awakening the Dreamer is a worldwide initiative that has inspired thousands of people to realize their tremendous potential as agents of change. The workshops equip participants to take on the challenges and opportunities of this moment in history, make a positive impact on your community, and live a fulfilling a life. For more information about this synposium, see www.awakeningthedreamer.org.
Date, time and location TBD.
Cost: FREE but donations are appreciated.
