Walk among wildflowers, learn to fly fish or tackle a rock climbing wall, and do it all for free. The 2008 Great Outdoor Weekend is coming up Sept. 27–28.
"During the Great Outdoor Weekend, local organizations give you the chance to get out and experience Greater Cincinnati’s outdoor activities -- for free," says a press release about the event. "The Tristate’s finest outdoor education organizations offer programs at venues across the region. For five years running, the Great Outdoor Weekend has encouraged respect of natural places through public education. Program locations and times vary to encourage guests to visit several locations to sample the variety of local outdoor venues."
Here are just a few examples:
Bubble-ology: Learn the science of bubbles with hands-on, eco-friendly experiments.
Therapy Pets: No, it’s not Freud for Dogs but an opportunity to learn how to train you pooch. (Fido isn't invited, just humans this time.)
Garbage Gardens: More than composting, this class teaches how to make container gardens from materials that might usually go to a landfill and grow beautiful house plants with kitchen scraps.
Overnight Oasis: For those who can’t get away for a camping weekend, stay in the city and have a night under the stars in an eight-acre green space in the ’hood.
Honey Harvest: As chemical pesticides decimate entire colonies of bees, it’s more important than ever to understand the importance of bees play in the health of plants. People of all ages are invited to this class to pollinate flowers, build a bee hive and more.
For a complete program list, visit www.CincyGreatOutdoorWeekend.org, call the event information line at 513-965-4898 or send an email to info@cincygreatoutdoorweekend.org.
— Margo Pierce
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