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Naturally Arkansas

Bringing Nature to Your Yard

2024-04-27 10:00:00 2024-04-27 13:00:00 America/Chicago Naturally Arkansas Are you wanting to plant native plants to bring more wildlife to your yard and help nature? Learn what you need to know and buy the plants at CALS 2nd Bringing Nature to Your Yard event. Children's Library -

Saturday, April 27
10:00am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-04-27 10:00:00 2024-04-27 13:00:00 America/Chicago Naturally Arkansas Are you wanting to plant native plants to bring more wildlife to your yard and help nature? Learn what you need to know and buy the plants at CALS 2nd Bringing Nature to Your Yard event. Children's Library -

Are you wanting to plant native plants to bring more wildlife to your yard and help nature? Learn what you need to know and buy the plants at CALS 2nd Bringing Nature to Your Yard event.


Learn how to bring native bees, butterflies, & birds to your yard--how to select native species--how to start a pollinator garden--how to buy plants--and what plants not to buy--from experts who will be on hand to answer your questions! Learn about environmental groups and programs from exhibitors! Buy native plants from eight local sellers! And bring your kids, because library staff will offer a variety of children's activities!

  • Leslie Cooper (Arkansas Monarch & Pollinator Coordinator, Quail Forever) Planting for Bees and Butterflies 10:15AM & 10:45AM
  • Kevin Krajcir (Conservation Biologist/Grants Coordinator, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission) Creating a Bird-Friendly Yard 11:15AM & 11:45AM
  • Theo Witsell (Co-Founder & Chief Conservation Officer, Southeastern Grasslands Institute) Choosing Plants 10:15AM & 11:45AM
  • Anne & David Holcomb (Arkansas Master Naturalists & Native Gardeners) Tips for Pollinator Gardens 11:15AM & 12:15PM
  • Lynn Foster (Arkansas Master Naturalist & Vice President, AAS) Buying Native Plants 10:45AM & 12:15PM

AGE GROUP: | All ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Science & Nature | Fun & Play |

TAGS: | NaturallyArkansas | EarthMonth |

Children's Library

Phone: 501.978.3870
Branch manager
Shya Washington-Webb

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Branch manager
Shya Washington-Webb
Address
4800 West 10th Street
Little Rock, AR 72204
Tel: 501.978.3870

About the branch

The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center includes a computer lab with fourteen computers, teaching kitchen, large activity area, individual and group study rooms, theater, and community room in addition to a collection of more than 21,000 books, DVDs, and CDs.

In the 165-seat theater, children can experience all aspects of theater, including designing and building sets, writing plays, acting, and costume design. The state-of-the-art sound system, lighting, and projection screens is also be used for movies, concerts, and lectures.

The Children’s Library’s grounds are integral to the entire facility’s program. A greenhouse and teaching garden helps children learn about growing healthy foods as well as provide produce that are used in the teaching kitchen programs. The grounds reflect the topography of Arkansas’s ecosystems, from the native hardwood trees in the highlands to vegetation of the wetland areas, which are both planted and original to the site. Walking paths offer families an attractive place for exercise while learning the names of the trees and plants, and an amphitheater has seating for outdoor programs or nature watching.

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Sat, Nov 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Mon, Nov 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Wed, Nov 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Theatre
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Wed, Nov 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Thu, Nov 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Sat, Nov 15, 10:00am - 11:00am
Maker Space Lab
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Mon, Nov 17, 10:00am - 11:00am
Theatre
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Tue, Nov 18, 10:00am - 11:00am
Maker Space Lab
Dive into hands-on sensory fun—leave the cleanup to us!

Tue, Nov 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Wed, Nov 19, 10:00am - 10:30am
Theatre
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Wed, Nov 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Nov 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Maker Space Lab
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Thu, Nov 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Fri, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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