June 15 Aquaponics Workshop Fish Ladder Open House

Want to have fun on Fathers Day weekend? Brattleponics is coming to Bellows Falls!

 

Heres the official press release.

The fish are jumping! The Nature Museum at Grafton will offer a full day of events related to rivers and fish on Saturday, June 15, in Bellows Falls. All events are free and open to the public. These events are part of Connecting the Drops, The Nature Museum’s year-long series of programs on water issues.

Aquaponics is an ancient gardening practice of growing edible plants by fertilizing them with the waste water from fish in a sustainable closed system. An Introduction to Aquaponics with Mark Crowther will be held on June 15 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Windham Hotel ballroom at Popolo, the restaurant at 36 The Square in Bellows Falls. Crowther is the founder of Brattleponics, creating aquaponic systems and leading workshops to teach others about the practice. This workshop will acquaint you with how to create your own home aquaponics system. Admission is free; donations are welcome. Learn more about Mark Crowther at markcrowther.blogspot.com.

Around the corner at the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder Visitor Center, The Nature Museum will offer a free Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., also on June 15. Check out the exhibits, see live fish, and find out how the fish ladder works. Activities with naturalist Susan Foster will include a mystery animal hunt, a pond life touch tank, and nature crafts. Lael Will, a Fisheries Biologist with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, will talk about the health of the Connecticut river and its fish from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.

The Fish Ladder Visitor Center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from now through Labor Day weekend. Admission is always free. The Nature Museum at Grafton operates the Visitor Center on behalf of TransCanada Corporation, owner of the fish ladder as well as the hydroelectric facility in Bellows Falls.
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Located at 186 Townshend Road in Grafton, Vermont, The Nature Museum offers engaging exhibits, programs for adults and children, tours for school groups, and in-depth naturalist residencies in schools. This summer, the Museum will host a drop-in summer camp on Thursdays for pre-K through 5th graders. Information about this and other upcoming events can be found at www.nature-museum.org or on The Nature Museum at Grafton’s Facebook page.
 

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