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Friday, June 8,  10:00 AM – 11:30 AM   City of Gering’s Nebraska Statewide Arboretum site tour.  Meet at Gering City Plaza, 11th Avenue and N Street. Tour stops:  Plaza Project, Monument Heights Island, Legacy of the Plains. Public invited to attend

Friday, June 8, Noon – 1:30 “Imagine the Possibilities”  Green

Team Luncheon.        Past and present Green Team or Greener Nebraska Towns team members are invited to brainstorm future public/private partnership projects and resources in the tri-city area.  Please RSVP to 630-8011 before Wednesday, June 6 if you plan to attend

Friday, June 8, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM City of Scottsbluff Downtown Project Tour.   Meet at the Downtown Plaza. Tour stops:  Bulb-outs, parking lot rain gardens, Wellhouse 3, Guadalupe Center. Public invited to attend.

Friday, June 8, 4:30 PM  – 6:30 PM  Panhandle Planning Team BBQ @ Peaceful Prairie.  Panhandle Wildflower Week Planning Team to meet at Peaceful Prairie

Friday, June 8, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Twilight Wildflower Hike at Wildcat Hills with Amanda Filipi.  Meet at Wildcat Hills Nature Center.  Public invited to attend.

Saturday, June 9, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM  Demonstration planting at Nebraska Pioneer Stadium.   Please call 436-3307 if interested in volunteering.

2018 Wildflower Week Events in Western Nebraska

June 2 near Lewellen. Wildflower Talk and Walk at Ash Hollow State Historical Park at 9am. Meet at the Visitor Center and dress for walking through tallgrass prairie. 308-778-5651, alison.bleich@nebraska.gov

June 3 near Harrison. “Wildflowers 101” talk and walk with a ranger through lowlands, prairie and rocky uplands to see a variety of wildflowers 2-4pm at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument visitor center, 301 River Rd. Trails are open dawn to dusk. agfo_ranger_activities@nps.gov, 308-665-4110

June 7 in Chadron. Western Nebraska Landscape: planting project, water use tour and wildflower presentation.  Meet at 9am at Chadron State College Range Land Lab, wear gardening togs and sunscreen; ends at noon. lmays@csc.edu

June 8 near Gering. “Wildflower Walk in the Wildcats” 7pm at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center, 210615 Hwy 71, Gering NE 69341. ngpc.wildcat.hills@nebraska.gov , 308-436-3777

June 8 in Gering. Tour of municipal landscapes 10-11:30am starting from Gering City Plaza, 11th Street and N St. 308-436-6834, pheath@gering.org

June 8 in Scottsbluff. “Imagine the Possibilities” brainstorming session with past and present Green Team or Greener Nebraska Town members from 12-1:30pm at Monument Shadows Grill.  Please RSVP by June 6.  308-630-8011, lsato@scottsbluff.org

June 8 in Scottsbluff. Tour of downtown landscapes from 2-3pm starting from 19th & Broadway. 308-630-8011, lsato@scottsbluff.org

June 10 near Harrison. “Wildflowers 101” talk and walk with a ranger through lowlands, prairie and rocky uplands to see a variety of wildflowers 2-4pm at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument visitor center, 301 River Rd. Trails are open dawn to dusk. agfo_ranger_activities@nps.gov, 308-665-4110

June 14 in Ogallala. During the Summer Concert Series, the 2nd street bump-outs with wildflower planters between Spruce and East A will be highlighted; concerts are in Rendezvous Square on East 2nd.