{"id":67843,"date":"2016-04-30T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T17:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67843"},"modified":"2016-04-29T23:26:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T03:26:01","slug":"blooming-and-growing-at-rogers-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67843","title":{"rendered":"Blooming and Growing at Rogers Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"4-28,<\/a>Put a spring in your step and join Friends of Rogers to search the forest floor for wildflowers May 7. Hikers will\u00a0explore the amazing adaptations and beautiful colors of May\u2019s blooms on this fun and exciting trek along one of the\u00a0many trails at Rogers Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to being aesthetically pleasing to the eye, wildflowers have an important role in the ecosystem, such as\u00a0providing an early nectar source for many pollinators,\u201d said Friends of Rogers Environmental Educator Sarah Freedman.\u00a0\u201cIt will be fun seeing how many different species we can identify.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guests should meet at 10 a.m. in the main parking lot and will head out as a group to the perfect location for\u00a0finding spring wildflowers. Pre-registration, at $2 for members and $3 for not-yet-members, is highly\u00a0recommended.<\/p>\n

For the third year in a row, those who enjoy growing their own flora are invited to garden at Rogers Center in one of the\u00a0raised bed plots now open for the season. Spots are available on a first come, first serve basis, and groups that plan on\u00a0using a plot to help raise crops for local food cupboards are eligible to participate. Preference is given to those without\u00a0space for a garden at their place of residence. Participants sign a contract for the 2016 season agreeing to garden rules,\u00a0and all gardeners are asked to have an active membership with Friends of Rogers.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing your own food is fun, good for you, and good for the environment,\u201d said Simon Solomon, Friends of Rogers\u00a0executive director. \u201cCommunity gardens bring people together from a wide variety of backgrounds and help build team\u00a0spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal of this initiative ultimately is to provide unique opportunities for increased exercise, health, recreation and\u00a0overall well-being. In addition to presenting participants with a natural and inexpensive stress reliever, community\u00a0gardens help to stimulate intergenerational, as well as cross-cultural, social interaction – not to mention the delicious\u00a0fresh food that is produced as a result!<\/p>\n

Rogers Center is operated by Friends of Rogers\u00a0Environmental\u00a0Education Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization that\u00a0offers educational programs for all ages. Seasonal winter hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through\u00a0Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call (607) 674-4733 or visit\u00a0www.friendsofrogers.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Put a spring in your step and join Friends of Rogers to search the forest floor for wildflowers May 7. Hikers will\u00a0explore the amazing adaptations and beautiful colors of May\u2019s blooms on this fun and exciting trek along one of the\u00a0many trails at Rogers Center. \u201cIn addition to being aesthetically pleasing to the eye, wildflowers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hEf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-28-Blooming-and-Growing-at-Rogers-Center-May-7.jpg?fit=4608%2C3456&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}