Riveredge programs include gifting, hikes

Holiday gift giving is taking center stage during several programs at Riveredge Nature Center in the Town of Saukville.

“Growing Green: Herbal Gift-Making”  with Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11.

Conroy will run the make-and-take workshop for students ranging from budding herbalists to experienced medicine makers. Those attending will make 10 or more herbal gifts to for the holidays, including body spray, lip balm, felted soap, herbal condiments, herbal bath soak, lotion bars, dream pillows and tea blends.

Conroy is a bioregional herbalist, expert wild forager, permaculturist and community organizer who has studied with herbalists and foragers from around the world and has been offering programs for more than three decades.

The program, intended for people 14 and older, will be held at the Wellspring Education Center just west of Riveredge.

  The cost for All Access Members is $50, for Trail Pass Members $60 and nonmembers $65.

“Gifts from the Kitchen” is the topic for the 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, Kids Cooking Series.

The workshop will focus on gifts such as hot chocolate on a stick and play dough bath soap and includes time to make wrapping paper.

The class for youngsters ages 8 to 12 is $18 for All Access members, $21 for Trail Pass members and $25 for nonmembers.

Other December programs at Riveredge include:

“Tea & Topics: Winter Constellations,” which will be held in-person and online from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8.

The 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nature Tots program on Saturday, Dec. 10, will follow the theme “Winter Wonders.”

An open house and welcome hike will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

Storytelling around the fire will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

“Birding at the Bog” will be the theme for the 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, Family Nature Club session.

“Winter Identification and Management of Woody Species” will be discussed from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Owls will be the theme for the 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, Nature Tots program.

  The Buckthorn Bonfire Bonanza, a fundraiser for goat grazing, will be held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16.

A night ski, snowshoe and candlelit hike will be held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16.

Riveredge is at 4458 Hwy. Y.

For more information or to register for any of the programs, visit riveredgenaturecenter.org or call (262) 375-2715.