Tuesdays Field Trips
T-1 LILLY NATURE CENTER AT CELERY BOG NATURE CENTERCelery Bog is a unique wetlands area where visitors will find some unusual plants and the opportunity to view different species of birds as well as rabbits, opossums and other small mammals. This tranquil spot for wildlife has a 4 mile paved walking trail and a 1 mile footpath with interpretive signs. The Nature Center provides learning opportunities on wetlands and is open to the public Wednesday – Sunday. Educational programs are offered throughout the year.
Lilly Nature Center in Celery Bog Nature Area is located along the Lindberg Road in West Lafayette. Celery Bog Nature Center contains approximately 185 acres of wetlands, adjacent woods and fields. It provides an excellent field trip destination where many interdisciplinary topics can be studied by groups of all ages.
Time: 2-5 PM, meet at Hawkins Registration Desk, $10
Indiana’s newest state park encompasses nearly 1900 acres and opened in 2004. Camping, hiking, birding and biking can be enjoyed. This park is unique because of the areas of prairie, prairie wildflower beds, and the seeps and fens of the wetlands. Several picnic areas can be found each with their own handicap accessible playgrounds. Four shelter houses. Campground with 110 modern campsites.
Native American culture and lifeways and American farming practices and farm lifestyles of the 1920s can be experienced through our unique partnership with the Museum at Prophetstown. We are restoring prairie and maintaining other habitats at Prophetstown, such as wetlands, wet slopes called fens, and open woodlands. We are creating places for you to enjoy the outdoors, with camping, hiking, birding and biking sure to top the list in the months to come
Time: 1-5 PM, meet at Hawkins Registration Desk, $10
Our "virtual" walking tour consists of three trails designed to show the variety of trees on Purdue’s campus. Each tree on the actual trail is identified by a small wooden post and a coinciding number. Some trees have both numbers and letters, indicating that they are a small distance from the actual trail. This site tries to reproduce what you would experience.
Meet the group at 1:30 PM Tuesday, under the mural in Stewart Center to start the Gold trail walk. We’ll give you a map and you can set your own pace. Each of the trails takes about an hour to walk. And is a good way to find your way around Purdue’s campus.
For more information about the trees on the trails, go to the following web site:
http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/grounds/trees/website/index.html
You might also want to stop and look at the PURDUE UNIVERSITY HORTICULTURE GARDENS which are adjacent to the Horticulture Building at Marstellar Street and the Agricultural Mall.
In just under half an acre, the gardens display a wide diversity of plants,
including over 300 cultivars of annual flowers and garden vegetables. Visitors
can see how cultivars perform in side-by-side plantings featuring many new
cultivars. Since the gardens were established in 1982, collections have grown
to encompass nearly 200 species of perennial flowers and foliage plants. Special
collections include peonies, daylilies, hostas, spring-flowering bulbs, and
ornamental grasses. The gardens are open for public enjoyment year-round, seven
days a week.
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM, meet at Hawkins Registration Desk, free
T-4 The Boiler Bug Barn
The Boiler Bug Barn opened in January 2006. Located in Smith Hall, Room 124 the Boiler Bug Barn features a number of live and pinned insects along with exciting educational exhibits on insect control, insect damage, insects as food, and insect products.
www.entm.purdue.edu/Entomology/ext/Outreach/bugbarn/index.html
Meet at Stewart Center at 1:30 PM. No charge.