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Natural Path Sanctuary Native Garden – Groundbreaking and Seeding Celebration

agricultural conservation, beauty, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, friendship, fun, gardening, justice

Nov. 9, 2025

It’s time to plant the new NPS Native Garden, a designated area to grow native Wisconsin plants. Here, NPS cemetery members can engage and connect in various ways, such as tending the gardens, collecting seeds, or just enjoying the peace of the beautiful view. It will be an education and engagement resource, providing a regenerative, sustainable source for grave plantings. The goals of this project include demonstrating the importance of native plantings and providing an option for those who would like to plant on their own plot or around the grave of a loved one.

Please attend the “Groundbreaking and Seeding Celebration” on Sunday Nov. 9, 12:00 to 2:00 pm, to participate in leveling the ground, followed by scattering and tamping in the seeds that will overwinter to be ready to sprout next spring.

Questions? Please e-mail nps@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Walking Tour -Peace Songs 2025

art, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, folk music, Food, friendship, fun, music, Wisconsin, woods

Sept 13 – 1:00-2:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
Peace Songs 2025 (August 9 – October 31 – maps in the Farley Center kiosk)
2299 Spring Rose Road
Verona. Wi

Come join us at 1:00 PM on Sat, Sept 13 for the Farley Center Land Art tour during the Dane Arts/Farley Center/Visit Verona Art Festival (10:00-5:00). https://www.facebook.com/events/714939224673340

All participating artists will gather with visitors at the Farley Center kiosk at 1:00.

After a brief introduction, each artist will then take a small group to their own installation.

Artists will remain at their art installation from 1:00–2:00 PM to welcome visitors, talk about their work, and answer questions. Visitors will each have a map and will be free to explore at their own pace, choosing which installations to visit and in what order. This should help scatter visitors throughout the Sanctuary and avoid large crowds in one spot.

Support along the paths:

Caroline and Shedd Farley, along with Natural Path Sanctuary board members Brenda Emerson and Jayne Squirrell, will be stationed at key locations in the woods to help direct visitors and answer questions.

This is the seventh year (every other year since 2013) that area artists will create installations in the woods of the Natural Path Sanctuary on the Farley Center land. These artists are rising to the challenge of using only materials that can safely decompose back into the land. Thank you to Dane Arts and Visit Verona for your support of our artists, land art exhibit and Art Festival.

Thank you to all the Farley Center Land Artists:

Mona Cassis*
Kate Heiber- Cobb*
Cat Coberly*
Gene Delcourt*
Lester Dore
Thomas Ferrella*
Steve Heuer
Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke
Katrina Krueger*
Efrat Livny
Jon McComb*
Erin McWalter*
Billy Morgan*
Karen Reppen*
Sue Schuetz*
Barry Sherbeck*
John Steines*
Lindy Wilson*

* artists participating in the Land Art Walking tour

For more information, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

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Farley Center Volunteer Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS)

environmental, nps, volunteer

August 7, 2025

Please join Natural Path Sanctuary Board Member Brenda Emerson for an evening of outdoor work in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) from 5:00-7:00. Please meet in front of the red packing shed at 4:55. ,
Please dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. Wear comfortable, sturdy shoes or boots.
If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

FARLEY CENTER ON SITE SUPERVISOR(S)
NPS Board Member Brenda Emerson

If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Farley Center Volunteer Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS)

environmental, nps, volunteer

July 22, 2025

Please join Natural Path Sanctuary Board Member Brenda Emerson for an evening of outdoor work in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) from 5:00-7:00. Please meet in front of the red packing shed at 4:55.
Please dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. Wear comfortable, sturdy shoes or boots.
If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

FARLEY CENTER ON SITE SUPERVISOR(S)
NPS Board Member Brenda Emerson

If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Farley Center Farmer Julie Plotkin/Root to Bloom Flowers Tour and Workshop

agricultural conservation, beauty, community, Culture, environmental, friendship, fun, gardening, sustainability, sustainable farming

Tour and Workshop by Farley Center Farmer Julie Plotkin/Root to Bloom

Date and Time: Thursday, July 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Charge: No cost
SPACE IS LIMITED – must RSVP to programs@farleycenter.org to attend

Join us for a delightful evening of flowers at The Farley Center! Starting with a tour of the sweetly tucked back flower field, Julie, owner/farmer of Root to Bloom, will talk with folks about her growing methods. We will then gather under the oaks or in the barn for a bouquet-building demonstration followed by the opportunity to arrange your own bouquet to bring home with you!

Julie Plotkin earned her certificate of Organic Farming from Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in 2004. Since then she has worked on and with organic farmers and gardeners. In 2020 she started Root to Bloom, LLC, a cut flower grower-owned business. She sells at the Eastside Farmers Market, subscriptions to members (anyone can join), bulk flowers for weddings and celebrations, and wholesale to restaurants and businesses.

“Strings to Roam” at the Farley Fall Festival

Apples, art, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, farm, Festival, folk music, Food, friendship, fun, music

Oc. 5, 2025

Come enjoy some great live music by Strings to Roam from 1:00-2:30 at the Farley Center Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 5. Don’t miss it!

“Together since late 2019, Strings to Roam has so much fun playing unique arrangements of great bluegrass music. From old standards to new inventions and 3 – 5 part vocal harmonies, we honor the music and artists who inspire us. Healthy doses of gratitude, good humor, and your great company mix with the music for an experience all can enjoy!”
https://www.facebook.com/stringstoroam

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert featuring Twila Jean – Peace Songs 2025

art, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, folk music, Food, friendship, fun, music, Wisconsin, woods

August 9, 1:00-3:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert – with Twila Jean
Peace Songs 2025

🎵 Twila Jean Live! 🎵

Join us as Twila Jean, songwriter, music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and activist, shares her iconic acoustic folk and pop Peace Songs! Twila will perform from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center

Learn more about Twila: www.twilajeansongstress.com

When: Opening day of the Farley Center Land Art Exhibit – August 9, 2025

Where: Farley Center, 2299 Spring Rose Rd, Verona, WI

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Natural Path Sanctuary Volunteer Day – Hunting and Gathering Wild Garlic Mustard

environmental, nps, volunteer

June 1, 2025

Please join Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Board Member Brenda Emerson and other volunteers for a day working in the Natural Path Sanctuary.

There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for the weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. We have been picking wild garlic mustard for some time now but could use more help so if we haven’t picked it all by then, we appreciate your help. There is always work to be done in the NPS so there will be plenty to do.

Meet at the Center at 1:55 p.m. at Farley Center Kiosk.

Farley Center Supervisors:
Natural Path Sanctuary Board Member Brenda Emerson
If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Farley Center/Palette Bar and Grill – Farley Fly By Fundraiser

bees, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, farm, Food, friendship, fun, honey, sustainable farming

4/12/25

The Palette Bar and Grill Spring menu will once again feature the Farley Fly-By cocktail, which includes sustainably farmed honey from the Farley Center!

Join us on April 12 for a cocktail hour from 5-7pm and try a Farley Fly-by (you can also order without alcohol). With every purchase of Farley Fly-Bys at this event, a portion of sales will go towards supporting Farley Center’s Beekeeping Program!

Learn more about the Farley Center

Learn more about Palette Bar and Grill

Learn more about the Farley Center beekeepers

Farley Center Volunteer Work Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS)

community, environmental, friendship, fun, gardening, volunteer, woods

3/9/25

Please join Natural Path Sanctuary Board Chair Jeanne Meier and other volunteers for a day working outside in the Natural Path Sanctuary(NPS).

“The concept for this work day and Amplify Joy began last year with a “Random Acts of Kindness for Zemi” week commemorating the one-year anniversary of beautiful Zemirah “Zemi” Somin Sung’s four-day stay here on Earth. Zemi’s body has been laid to eternal rest at Natural Path Sanctuary; her indomitable spirit lives on in us. May our actions spread like ripples of love around us, setting off a chain reaction of positivity that touches countless lives. Let’s really launch her legacy this year!”

There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for the weather and bring work gloves and water bottles.

Meet at the Center at 8:55 a.m. in front of the the red packing shed.

Farley Center On-Site Supervisor:
Natural Path Sanctuary Board Chair Jeanne Meier

If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.