Sustainable Yard & Garden Tour

Saturday, July 20 

9 am to Noon

Join us for a free guided tour of several Baraboo yards to learn what you can do to incorporate more native plantings in your own yard while supporting pollinators and managing rainwater runoff. The tour starts at 9 am at the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library, 230 4th Avenue, Baraboo, where tour participants will receive a map of the succeeding tour stops. Participants will tour each yard together as a group, travelling independently from the first stop through each succeeding scheduled stop. The last stop will be 531 11th St., with refreshments and a native plant giveaway! Hosts at each stop will tell how and why they developed the sustainable features in their yards or gardens. Marcy Huffaker, landscape designer and owner of Half Aker Designs, will join the host at each stop to help answer questions about landscaping with native plants.

Climate Friendly Farming

FREE FARM TOUR

Monday, August 12 from 6 to 7:30 PM

People who want to be part of local climate action can see how area farms that practice climate friendly agriculture can help restore the land, heal the atmosphere, and produce good food for the community. Powered Up Baraboo (PUB) invites the public to participate in a free tour of Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm on Monday, August 12, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. During the tour featuring the no-till garden and livestock on pasture, members of the Bula family will explain the regenerative agricultural practices they use, and the benefits these practices have for building healthy soil, growing healthy plants that feed people and animals, sequestering atmospheric carbon, and contributing to clean waterways. After the tour, there will be a free door prize drawing in which tour participants can win farm-fresh food products from the farm. Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm is located about 8 miles west of Baraboo at S4473 Scenic Rd., Baraboo, WI. To make sure parking for tour participants can be accommodated, attendees are asked to pre-register for the tour at https://www.poweredupbaraboo.org/upcoming-events/climate-friendly-farming.

Call for Volunteers

to Explore EV Charging Stations

in Downtown Baraboo

Are you interested in the possibilities of the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles? Would you like to help Baraboo move forward in developing the infrastructure to make this transition a reality?

Powered Up Baraboo is working on a project with Downtown Baraboo, Inc. to explore the options for installing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in downtown Baraboo for use by the public. We are looking for volunteers to research information about costs for purchase, installation and maintenance, pricing for use, siting, and performance of available models of charging stations.

If you are interested in volunteering, or in learning more about this project, please contact Jerry Jackson at jerry0083@live.com. He will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!

Did you miss the program about preventing Bird-Window Collisions in May or the program about adding Solar Energy for Your Home, Business, or Farm in June? Check out the Powered Up Baraboo video page. You can access these and other informative programs presented by Powered Up Baraboo that have been recorded for your convenience.

Do you know someone who might be interested in receiving the PUB CONNECTIONS newsletter and favors working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Baraboo and Sauk County area? Leave a message at the PUB website contact page.