Explore the Arboretum’s Oak Savanna Restoration

August 1, 2010

Wheeler Council Ring (photograph ©Nadine Goff)

Take a free walking tour of the UW-Madison Arboretum Wingra Oak Savanna Restoration and Monroe Street Environs at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 1st. You’ll be exploring a part of the Arboretum you may have driven by hundreds of time without knowing what lies beyond the sidewalk.

The tour will visit the restoration and the Wheeler Council Ring, designed by Jens Jensen, as well as two of the springs that made this area a living site for native Americans for at least the last 4,000 years.

If you want to participate in this tour, meet at the parking lot at the corner of Monroe Street and Arbor Drive. We visited the Wheeler Council Ring last week to take a photograph for this post and, based on our experience, would recommend you wear sturdy walking shoes and pants that cover your legs.

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