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. …
Gottfried Prairie
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. …
Winter Luminary Hike-CANCELLED
NOTICE: ***Due to windy conditions and low temperature wind chills this afternoon and evening, the Winter Luminary Hike, is CANCELLED for this evening and will be postponed to late …
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 …
Father’s Day with the Fireflies
Join us for a Father’s Day walk through the prairie looking for fireflies. Meet at the Shelter and the group will head out around dusk. Lead by Douglas Stadler. Bring …