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Last Call for Spring Wildflowers - by Bill Malcolm
posted: Apr. 17, 2015

by Bill Malcolm
It is the end of the spring wildflowers season at area parks. (They stop blooming as the trees get their leaves.)

Last Call for Spring Wildflowers - by Bill Malcolm
image courtesy of Norma Wallman

Don't miss Holliday Park, Broad Ripple Park, and Marott Park (75th and College) for a display of wood poppies, virginia blue bells, wild geraniums (see Norma's photo below), and jack in the pulpits.
Norma Wallman, author of Wildlfowers of Holliday Park, will lead a spring wildflower hike on Saturday May 9th, 2015, at 10 a.m. at Holliday Park where you can learn the names of the flowers you are seeing including my favorite, shooting stars.

Last Call for Spring Wildflowers - by Bill Malcolm
image courtesy of Norma Wallman

Also at Holliday Park:
April 24, 2015, is a dig n discuss learn and labor workshop (9 a.m.) where you can work in the rock garden and also learn about gardening from horticulturist Chris Turner.
April 25th, 2015, will be the grand opening of the nature center's remodeled exhibit hall. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
May 16, 2015, is a rafting the White River trip.
May 28, 2015, is the first outdoor concert at 7 p.m.
Not at Holliday Park this year is Orchard n Bloom, the annual garden show. They are taking a year off as the "ruins" at Holliday Park are under renovation. (The event usually is the first weekend in May.)
Check the IndyParks website or the Friends of Holliday Park website for other events at Holliday Park. www.hollidaypark.org
In other news:
May 1, 2015, is the start date for the new Iowa Pacific operated train to Chicago which will feature a dome car.
Details at www.indianahighspeedrail.org where you can also find their newsletter, All Aboard Indiana. They also are on Facebook as is the Facebook site, Hoosiers for Passenger Rail.

Bill Malcolm is a Board member of the Indiana Passenger Rail Alliance and a long-time Broad Ripple resident.

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