Events

Protect & Preserve – Paddle the Preserves – Kayak and Hike

Quaas Creek 2500 Country Creek Cir, West Bend, Wisconsin

Join us as we kayak the Milwaukee River in West Bend with the Savanna Institute Team! Quaas Creek Park ~Fellenz Woods~ Goeden Park Bring your own kayak OR kayak rentals available. Register Now

Agroforestry Field Day with Riveredge Nature Center

Riveredge Nature Center Saulkville, Illinois

The Agroforestry Field Day is a series of field demonstrations and workshops on agroforestry and ecological restoration. This full-day workshop will make ecological management accessible to everyone.

Permaculture Design & Forest Farming Workshop

Oceana Conservation District 1064 Industrial Park Drive, Shelby, Michigan

Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agricultural systems based on mimicking the ecosystems and patterns found in nature. Nathan Ayers will introduce one practice of Agroforestry called Forest Farming.

Full Circle Organic Experience Field Day

Full Circle Community Farm W2407 Hofa Park Rd, Seymour, WI

Join the 2024 Marbleseed Farmers of the Year for a tour of their farm! Learn from their diversified enterprises including organic vegetables, grass-fed beef, pastured pork and poultry as well as conservation practices implemented on the farm.

Agroforestry for Foresters Farm Tour

Lowery Creek, South Farm Spring Green, Wisconsin

This field day at the Savanna Institute’s Spring Green campus will introduce foresters to agroforestry practices such as silvopasture, alley cropping, windbreaks, forested riparian buffers, and forest farming.

$25

Forest Farming Workshop

North Farm E6856 Wisconsin 60 Trunk, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Join us for a walk through the woods to learn about different forest farming scenarios and what opportunities await in your forest!

$30

Stream Monitoring at Lowery Creek Watershed

Lowery Creek, South Farm Spring Green, Wisconsin

Come join us for Stream Monitoring in the Lowery Creek Watershed, help us measure water quality and have some fun!

2024 Comprehensive ElderBerry Workshop & Orchard Tour

Stony Creek Inn 2601 S Providence Rd, Columbia, Missouri

Learn from passionate experienced growers, researchers, value-added producers, and industry experts who’ve been diving into the best practices for growing and marketing your American elderberry crops and products. Learn More & Register

Agroforestry Office Hours

Online

Join Savanna Institute, Delta Institute, and Nathan Aaberg of The Land Connection for the last installment of The Agroforestry Series! This capstone webinar will feature successes from three years of work in Illinois and Wisconsin focused on agroforestry outreach, a live Q+A to answer any lingering questions about agroforestry basics, programs, incentives, and support, and […]

Twilight Tailgate with the Trees

Savanna Institute Agroforestry Demonstration Farm 1349 County Road 1900 East, Urbana, IL

What’s better than a field walk at the end of a summer’s day, cold drink in hand and friend by your side? Come hang out with fellow farmers, tree-lovers, and   at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. This 120-acre agroforestry demonstration farm features . […]

Wisconsin Agroforestry Demonstration Farm Tour

North Farm E6856 Wisconsin 60 Trunk, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Come join us for an introduction to Agroforestry on Savanna Institute’s North Farm on our Spring Green Campus, WI.

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