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« Saturday February 02, 2008 »
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Landscape design and water quality symposium Start: 8:30 am End: 5:00 pm Linking Land to Lake: Landscaping in Celebration of Water Cleveland Botanical Garden and the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes will present their third annual sustainability symposium, this year focusing on the impact of gardening and landscape design on the Lake Erie Watershed and other water systems in Northeast Ohio. As stewards of one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water and 95 percent of the U.S. supply, people living near the Great Lakes' watershed have a particular responsibility to support and inform about the importance of water and conservation. Registration information. 6th Annual Marmots' Meander Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm Groundhog Day Bicycle Ride Meet (at the bike co-op) after 10am, ride leaves around 11am. Supper* served (back at the bike co-op) beginning at 1pm Ride (6 to 40 miles, flat terrain) to Clark Field sledding hill (3 miles); stay for sledding, or continue to the new Ohio Erie Canal Reservation Mountain Bike Trail (7 miles); ride the trail (if it's not wet) and/or continue south on the Towpath Trail into the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Return on the same route**. Helmets are required (loaners available), and mountain bikes are recommended (a limited number are available for rent, or for loan to members who clean and tune them up afterwards). Bring any sleds, skis or snowboards you can carry (some loaners will be provided, and transported). We'll break out the ski-bikes, and perhaps a sleigh-bike if we get it built. Our new, gas-powered (!?) bike-washing equipment will be available (and the shop for drying and re-lubing) after the ride.