Educational Programs

Earth Day Gardening 2008

On April 17, 2008 Eric Skoog brought 20 Antioch upper grade school students, who are also members of a Kiwanis Club, to Volo Bog State Natural Area to plant native plants in a prairie area near the Visitors Center. The morning started with the viewing of a DVD titled “America’s Lost Landscape – The Tallgrass Prairie.” Naturalist Stacy Iwanicki then led the students outside to plant the native grasses and forbs. Funding was provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Education Earth Day in the Parks Program with a grant from the Illinois Conservation Foundation. Each student was given a packet of information including a poster of Prairie Plants of Illinois. They were also invited to keep the hand trowels they used for planting. Volo Bog’s Prairie Gardeners Chris Brenner and Bob Vetter were on hand to both instruct and assist in the planting. Observing was DNR’s, Matthew Schmidt from the Chicago office. After all the plants were in the ground, a lunch of sandwiches, chips, cookies, and drinks was provided for everyone.

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