Making Kenosha Green!

WHEN: Saturday, June 20th
8:00am till 2:30pm
WHERE: 60th Street South and
East of 8th Ave to the Lake

RECYCLE There will be a drop off site at the Southport Beach House parking lot where you can drop off your TVs (for small charge of 35cents per lb) And computers, electronics, printers for no charge. We will also be collecting your old cell phones to donate to Women’s and Children’s Horizon

For more information call
Kathy @658-3645
DO NOT MISS THIS GREAT SALE!

recycle, renew, reuse

CONSCIOUS GARDENING STATION — 6th avenue A

• 10:00 Re-potting plants/ GIveaway — Maria Caravati/ZinniaMaria –
  The first 200 people will have the opportunity to experience recycling AND planting at the same time. Attendees will use newspaper pots, fill with soil and re-pot a vegetable or flower plant to take home and plant directly into ground or container. The promise of nurturing the plant required. Interactive workshop
• 11:30 Container vegetable gardening — Kate Keener/The Green Wheel –
  Learn how simple it can be to grow your own vegetables in a container.
• 12:30 Build living wall — Kate Field –
  Observe a demonstration of building ‘Living walls’ and how to create one inexpensively using recycled and re-purposed materials.

• 1:00 Vermicomposting — Kate Jerome and Frederick Brookhouse –
  Observe these 2 experts creating compost using natures’ best source for building rich garden compost. Worms galore! Interactive workshop

• 2:30 Perennial gardening — Kate Jerome –
  Learn some basic steps in perennial gardening such as selecting the right plants, planting, deadheading, dividing and general care. Interactive workshop

• 4:00 Intro to Permaculture/Turfless Yards — Maria Caravati/ZinniaMaria —
  Learn how to create a balanced eco system in your garden using the Permaculture philosophy. This system goes hand
  in hand with creating a turfless yard without the hard physical labor of removing your sod.

FRESH VEGETABLE COOKING DEMONSTRATION

Learn how to make 2 simple dishes using fresh ingredients from your garden from Chef/Instructor Chris De Santis of Intorno alla Tavola - Traditions in Regional Italian Cooking.

• 11:00: A traditional Italian omelette, Frittata, made with fresh ingredients
• 12:00 Summer-veggie pasta dish.

All fresh ingredients sponsored by the following vendors of HarborMarket which will be available during Bloomin’ Days on 6th avenue.

Mushrooms — Ray’s Stand
Eggs and onions — Curzio, Garlic and More
Asparagus — Riverwood Produce Farm
Fresh herbs — ZinniaMaria

THANK YOU GREEN KENOSHA

The Green Kenosha committee has rallied almost 100 volunteers to man the 10 recycling receptacles for the 2 day Bloomin’ Days event. We are so proud of all of you!

Thank you Penny Schaubel for being the best Volunteer Coordinator in the world!

Remember to recycle, or better yet, bring your own reusable bottle. Filtered water available for re-fills at the Green Kenosha/Green
Street station (6th avenue A.)

GREEN STREET CONSCIOUS GARDENING STATION

• 10:00 Re-potting plants/giveaway–Maria Caravati
• 11:30 Container vegetable gardening–Kate Keener
• 12:30 Build a living wall–Kate Field
• 1:00 Vermicomposting — Kate Jerome and Frederick Brookhouse
• 2:30 Perennial gardening–Kate Jerome
• 4:00 Intro to Permaculture/Turfless yards–Maria Caravati

Green Street Exhibitors

• Latent Energy Solutions LLC
• Blind Dragon Tai Chi Studio
• CEDAR Center for Environmental Education Demonstration and Applied Research
• Clean Light Green Light
• Conscious Gardening
• EcoKids
• Fiddlehead Yarns
• Gateway Technical College Sustainability Programs
• Get-Wired Communications
• Green Street/Green Kenosha Information
• Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum
• Kenosha Bicycle Ambassadors
• Kenosha Storm Water Utility
• Project SOARR Kenosha–Supporting Opportunities in Advancing Renewable Resources
• Spectrum Pest Control Eco-Tech LLC
• The Green Wheel
• WI League of Conservation Voters

Additional Information:
Blind Dragon Tai Chi Studio will do a Tai Chi and Judo demo at Green Street.

Gateway Technical College Sustainability Programs
Representatives from Gateway Technical College will be in attendance to answer questions about the Colleges programs in Geothermal, Wind, Torque, and Solar energy.

www.TheEcoZone.net
SPECTRUM PEST CONTROL ECO-TECH LLC
Locally owned and operated by Brent and Judith Towle.
Brent Towle has been in pest control since 1985. Brent performs all services and inspections. Which means, you will always get someone with the best training in the area. Brent is a Certified Master Technician, (highest score). He is also well respected by his peers, serving as the immediate Past President of the Wisconsin Pest Control Association.

Spectrum Pest Control has been offering green services since 1994. Only we did not call it green, we called it Eco-Tech.

Brent will be offering “Quick Courses on What’s Buggin’ You” You will learn about many of the common pest that impact our daily lives such as Carpenter Ants, Wasp/Hornets, Mice, Termites (yes termites are here) and how to know the difference between, organic, green and low impact chemicals. There will be many different insect displays for the kids to see. We will also help you
sort through all the hype of “going green”. Some synthetic chemicals are actually safer then natural. Do you know which ones? You will at Green Street.

Project SOARR Kenosha
Supporting Opportunities in Advancing Renewable Resources
Project SOARR Kenosha allowsYouth and Business to come together to protect our Renewable Resources.
This non profit organization trains our inner city youngsters the technical aspects of running their own business to reduce our use of national resources. Retired Seniors volunteer their skills to train young men and women to install solar energy systems in residential and business buildings. The result, a trained youth group with skills to make it on the own and energy users reducing their natural gas usage by 65%. Donations into the charity are returned back to other non profit agencies in the Kenosha community. Youth are then certified by Focus on Energy to install solar systems and Project SOARR then aids these technicians with job placement in a five state area.

Green Street
6th Avenue ‘A’ at 59th Street (10am – 6pm)
Learn how to make YOUR street a green street.

Powered by Green Kenosha, Green Street is an educational and inspirational day filled with interactive exhibits, workshops including alternative energy, conscious gardening, recycling and of course EcoKids “green” games. The first 200 visitors receive a free plant! Learn from Gateway Technical College instructors about geothermal solar and wind energies. Learn “why on EARTH should I” and “how on EARTH do I” recycle? Hands-on gardening including planting, deadheading, dividing, and general flower gardening. Learn what permaculture is all about, how to make your own compost (by Kate’s Green Circle), vermiculture (worms!), making living walls, saving money by growing your own vegetables and more. EcoKids free “green games” include old-fashioned games for kids from 4 to 104, including 4-square, Bag-O, clothespin drop, hula-hooping, jump rope and juggling. Also check out Kenosha Bicycle Ambassadors’ cool bike machines and art! See a detailed schedule at www.greenkenosha.org.

Green Kenosha will be responsible for all recycling materials during Bloomin’ Days. Please help us by being mindful when placing waste in the appropriate receptacles!

• Event signs have been designed with reuse in mind. Each piece is made from environmentally friendly materials.
• Ride your bike, carpool or take public transportation to our event.
• Use recycling bins at the event.
• Bring your own reusable water bottle to the event.
• Bring your own utensils to Bloomin’ Days!

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