ZoopolisTour
Nature in the City
Sunday, August 3, 2014
The 2014 Zoopolis Tour features seven private properties that feature bio-diversity, earth friendly practices and wildlife habitat. See excellent examples of birdscaping, rain gardens, butterfly gardens, ponds, prairie restoration, and the use of native plants in landscaping. Profits will be used for habitat restoration in the Fond du Lac area and for public environmental education opportunities. For more information, call 920-922-7931, email dianahbeck@gmail.com or check the Audubon website at fdlaudubon.org.
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1. Margie and John Winter
N6786 Hilltop Drive
Enjoy the view from the top of the Ledge from a yard
featuring prairie gardens, shade gardens, a rain garden
and many trees, shrubs and plants native to Wisconsin.
2. Terri and Alan Fuller
N6275 County Road K
Enter a magical habitat garden created as a place
with food for birds and insects, great beauty and
bio-diversity (35 tree and 23 bush species).
3. RJ Gross and Christine Watts
220 Oak Street
What was only asphalt, concrete and grass around
an old warehouse has been transformed with
landscaping, plantings, and artwork into an oasis
in the city.
4. Sharon and Cal Lewis
40 Roberts Court
Walk through an acre of beautiful prairie extending
down to the west branch of the river and see many
native plantings around the house.
5. Liz Roy
N5806 Esterbrook Road
Explore a one and a half acre property that is slowly
reducing turf grass, introducing native plants and then
allowing nature to take over.
6. Julie and David LaBorde
N6521 Canterbury Drive
See the results of careful research on what landscape
features and plantings would attract birds. 35 bird
species have been seen there.
7. Janet and Frank Johnson
N7746 Hwy C, Eldorado
Discover a gem in Eldorado in this yard with 55
species of trees, many offering fruits and nuts, as well
as many native perennials.