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POSTPONED – Friends of Wisdom Prairie Dinner Lecture

Holy Wisdom Monastery* 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Rivers and Drifts: Natural Patterns in Designed Places with Darrel Morrison This program has been postponed. We will give you more details as we get them. Join the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for dinner and lecture by professor emeritus Darrel Morrison. Darrel will share his insights on landscape designs using native plant communities as the artistic palate. Darrel has gained a national reputation for his extraordinary skill at designing natural landscape gardens which include the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin TX and the Native Wisconsin Garden at the UW-Madison Arboretum.  His exceptional knowledge of natural ecological communities and ...

$40

POSPONED – The Climate Crisis and Eco-spirituality

Holy Wisdom Monastery* 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Join the Sacred Citizenship Group and the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for a dinner and lecture on The Climate Crisis and Eco-spirituality led by David Barnhill and Daniel Vimont. Dr. Daniel Vimont will provide up-to-date scientific information about climate change. He will also speak to the need to look beyond simple economics to broader social issues in addressing the problem, as Pope Francis suggested in his encyclical, Laudato si. Daniel is the director of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. David Barnhill will offer a Buddhist meditation ...

$40

Event Series Butterfly Action Week

Butterfly Action Week

Holy Wisdom Monastery* 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Take a self-guided butterfly walk on Wisdom Prairie. Holy Wisdom is one of the sites for Butterfly Action Week, a virtual Olbrich Garden butterfly program. On August 4, 6, 7, and 8 from 10 am - 12 pm, volunteers will provide tips for butterfly viewing and hand out a one page guide to the butterflies you are most likely to see here this time of year. If you miss these morning viewing times, pick up a guide at the kiosk near the parking lot. Bring your magnifier if you have one, or get one from us. While you are out ...

Free

Fall Color Tour

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Come and enjoy the beauty of the prairies, savannas and woodlands in the autumn.  We might even see some birds and bees and other critters that live at Holy Wisdom Monastery.  The prairie plants will be putting a lot of energy into food storage in their root system so that they can survive the winter and spring up again next year.  The trees will shed their leaves to reduce water loss in the winter when the ground is frozen.  Please join us to appreciate the spirit of the land in the autumn. Naturalist Sylvia Marek and Greg Armstrong will lead ...

Free

POSTPONED – Caring for Common Ground

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Caring for Common Ground Education for Spiritually-based Ecological Restoration Program postponed - due to current restrictions of group gatherings we are postponing this program until June 2021 People from diverse spiritual/religious (and non-religious) traditions are invited to learn together how to heal the land and restore relationships and spirit! Workshop Topics: Dialogue about intersections of faith and contemplative spirituality, ethics, and environmental care Hands-on experience in land care Strategies for engaging others in spiritual ecological action Reflection and fellowship Come as a member of a group, or as an individual. Holy Wisdom Monastery is an ecumenical, inclusive Benedictine community committed to hospitality, prayer, justice, and ...

Indigenous Arts and Sciences: Ecological Restoration Education with Indigenous WI Tribes

Virtual Event takes place online, WI

The Friends of Wisdom Prairie invite you to join us for a presentation on Indigenous Arts and Sciences. This webinar will be hosted via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 from 12:00-2:00 pm. The program will focus on Indigenous Arts and Sciences, a statewide collaboration between five Wisconsin tribes and the University of Wisconsin that aims to combine science with indigenous knowledge and culture. We will learn about inspiring collaborations that address social justice, equity and offer Ho-Chunk perspectives on stewardship and connections to the land. Presenters Michelle Cloud, member of the Ho-Chuck Nation and Culture and Community Education Division ...

$16

Rivers and Drifts: Natural Processes and Patterns in Designed Places

Virtual Event takes place online, WI

Join the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for this virtual lecture This talk will explore how we can celebrate the patterns and processes of wild landscapes, and mimic them in the context of intentionally-designed gardens and landscapes. We will see examples of landscapes that Darrel has designed, drawing on inspiration from naturally-evolving landscapes. These will include the Native Plant Garden at the UW-Madison Arboretum, as well as the Native Flora Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and The Old Stone Mill site in the New York Botanical Garden, among others. Participants will enjoy beautiful imagery of native landscapes and develop their ...

$18

Kids on the Prairie

Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

Earth Week Walk for Kids This Sunday after Sunday Assembly, we invite children and their parents or grandparents to celebrate Earth Week with a walk on the monastery grounds. Kids On the Prairie walks are a chance for kids ages 5 to 15 to explore parts of the monastery grounds with a naturalist. Children 3-4 are also welcome with parent support. This month we will feature burned areas, signs of spring all around and whatever engenders a sense of wonder and surprise. We might even pull some garlic mustard! We meet at the kiosk near the main parking lot at ...

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4200 County Road M
Middleton WI 53562
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