June 22, 2013

Garden Tea Party

The Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Volunteer Jamie Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler shows a french press she uses to make tea at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Delain Stafford pours a cup of a drink made using local plants during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Volunteer Jamie Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Merideth Roseman, 8, drinks a cup of a beverage made using local plants during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Volunteer Jamie Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler shows some a jar of camomile used to make tea at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler shows some fragrant sumac berries used to make tea at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler, right, leads a group through the garden at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler, second from the left, leads a group through the garden at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

Volunteer Jamie Koehler, blue shirt in middle, leads a group through the garden at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center during the Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the nature center located at 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

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The Garden Tea Party Saturday, June 22, at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. Volunteer Jamie Koehler showed attendees several plants native to Missouri that can be used to make teas before taking them back to the center's patio for a tea party featuring food and drink made from native plants. The party was one of several educational events being held at the center this summer including the Outdoor Adventure Camp, Tuesday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 26, Dutch Oven Drop-by and Tools of the past, Saturday, June 29, Wild Edibles, Saturday, July 6, Gone Frogging, Friday, July 19, and Fishing 101 Saturday, July 27. More information on these and other events can be found on the center's website http://mdc.mo.gov/node/297

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