Today the Master Gardeners put together a day of fun and learning for kids. Dorothy and I had our bat display. Dorothy made a great poster and she had paper bats for the kids to make or color and a colection of children's books on bats. I had a fabulous bat cave made by Bill the Handyman. We used bat Beanie Babies to toss into the cave. The kids loved it. Thank you Katie Rose for letting us use your "Batty" Beanie Baby. Batty had a ball flying around with his other bat friends but he is a little tired and resting now.
Different craft projects included making bird houses out of orange juice containers, cardboard ladybugs, fancy hats and colorful butterflies. There was a greatl insect desplay and also a table about vermi composting. We even had a costumed master gardener transform from a caterpillar into a butterfly to the accompaniment of harp music! Tours were given of the children's garden, and the PAR (plant a row) garden from which vegetables are given to a local food bank and of a rain garden which was planted by master gardeners last year. Water from the parking lot now flows into this rain garden rather than into the sewer.
It was a very successful day.
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