Tour of the Prairie 2025 – June
Join us for a tour through the arboretum, prairie, and around the ponds. Discover something new each month! Each Tour will begin at the Gottfried Shelter (east parking lot adjacent …
environmental education
Tour of the Prairie 2025 – May
Join us for a tour through the arboretum, prairie, and around the ponds. Discover something new each month! Each Tour will begin at the Shelter and take approximately 1 hour. …
Tour of the Prairie 2025 – April
Join us for a tour through the arboretum, prairie, and around the ponds. Discover something new each month! Each Tour will begin at the Shelter and take approximately 1 hour. …
Seed Collection Workshop 2025
Take a piece of the Gottfried home with you! The Gottfried Prairie is a hidden gem: a successful 50-acre prairie restoration. Most of the species originated from the last remaining …
Fall in Love in the Prairie
We all love the Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum, a hidden gem in Fond du Lac County! It is a place for visitors to enjoy solitude, quiet time, and observe nature. The …
Prairie Fest 2025
Celebrate nature with yoga, prairie tours, environmental education and art displays, short nature pop-up presentations, and more at this year’s Prairie Fest on Saturday, August 2 from 8:00 AM – …
Winter Wreath Making Class
Do you want to create a beautiful fresh evergreen wreath with native plant material from the Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum? We are bringing back our popular wreath-making class so join …
Goin’ Batty in the Prairie
Join us to learn more about bats in Wisconsin. After a brief presentation, there will be about a hour walk exploring and listening for bats using echolocation devices. What to …
Tree (trans)Planting Workshop
Friends of the Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum offer this free workshop that follows a Prairie Tour at 9 am. Learn how to transplant a Red Cedar Tree from the property …
Prairie Fest -Fly Above the Prairie!
Celebrate nature with yoga, prairie tours, environmental education displays, short nature pop-up presentations, and a monarch butterfly release at this year’s Prairie Fest on Saturday, August 3rd from 9:00 AM …