Are you interested in learning how to manage your land in a healthier, more environmentally- friendly way? 

Join us for a bus tour highlighting six sites throughout Luzerne County that showcase a variety of management techniques such as native plants, riparian buffers, rain gardens, parking lot bio-infiltration, grass parking pads, green roofs, pollinator gardens, native grassland meadows, community gardens and more.

The bus tour, organized by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Penn State Cooperative Extension, and PA Environmental Council, will be held on May 31 from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Participants will begin at the Kirby Park Natural Area in Wilkes-Barre where they will board a charter bus and travel to the Plains Animal Hospital, Lands at Hillside Farm, Butler Township Community Garden/Center for Landscape Stewardship and Design, Life Expression Wellness Center, and Nescopeck State Park.

The cost for the program is $20 which includes the bus tour, lunch, and a tour booklet highlighting our stops will be included.

For more information and to register (by May 10) please contact the Penn State Cooperative Extension at 570-825-1701 or download the registration form.

4/15/2013