Nature Daze

7th Annual Nature Daze

Camp Rancho Framasa

Saturday, September 7, 2013

The 6th Annual Nature Daze held in September 2012 was a huge success!!  Great speakers, perfect weather, record attendance, delicious barbecue sandwiches for lunch, and a wonderful selection of native plants for sale made the day fun and informative for all.  Nature Daze 2012 was held at Camp Rancho Framasa in beautiful in Brown County. Resource professionals were on hand to present information on identifying and controlling invasive plants, conservation options for landowners, gardening with native plants and nature photography.

Planning is underway for Nature Daze 2013 so watch this website for details!! 

Nature Daze is an outreach of the Brown County Native Woodlands Project in an effort to help landowners better understand the importance of managing their property to create resilient native habitat that is free of invasive plants.

Download a copy of the 2012 event program.

Download a copy of the Nature Daze 2012 Native Plant List.


Thank You!

The 2012 Nature Daze Planning Committee and the Brown County Native Woodlands Project, Inc. would like to thank the following for their help and dedication in making Nature Daze 2012 a huge success! Without the support of so many we could not provide this wonderful educational experience!

Thank you to Camp Rancho Framasa, Kevin Sullivan and family, the cooks and others at the camp that helped put on Nature Daze; Gnaw Bone Mart Food and Fuel for preparing and bringing the pulled pork for lunch, which was so yummy; Bill and Becky Freeman, all those who help serve the food; presenters Ellen Jacquart, Dan Shaver, Duane McCoy, Jane Savage, Dr. Becky Dolan, Ruth Ann Ingraham, Dan McGuckin, David Savage, Jeff Danielson and Victor Shelton of NRCS, Camp Staff for doing kids programs and Andi Bartels. A huge thank you to Jane and David Savage for keeping the native plants alive and bringing them to be purchased during the hottest and driest summer in memory!

Door prizes were donated by Brown Co. Purdue Extension, Brown County Soil and Water Conservation, Bill and Becky Freeman, The Nature Conservancy, David and Jane Savage, Friends of Brown County State Park-Peg Lindenlaub, Kevin Sullivan-Camp Rancho Framasa, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, Pine Room Tavern, Br. Co. IGA, Br. Co. YMCA, Madeline’s, Bear Hardware, and Big Woods Brewing Company. Thank you to Bonnie Closey, Director for the Solid Waste Management District for setting up the recycling and helping at lunch with the compostable table service.

The Nature Daze Committee is awesome and did a great job! Thanks to Peg Lindenlaub for her assistance with our website and online registration.

Congratulations to Geoff Keller, this year’s winner of the Invasive Plant Zapper Extraordinaire award.

Our partners made it possible for everyone that participated in Nature Daze 2012 to have a better idea of how to deal with their land management problems and control invasive plants.

The 2012 Nature Daze Committee Bill Freeman, Chair
Delbert and Phyllis Crocker
Becky Freeman
Ruth Ann Ingraham
Pam Janos
Peg Lindenlaub
Jim and Betsy More
Cathy Paradise
Jane and David Savage
Dan Shaver
Kevin Sullivan

Nature Daze, September 8, 2012


Photos courtesy of Jeff Danielson, browncountyphoto.com, and Brian Howey.  Picasa album compiled by Peg Lindenlaub.