Vermillion County
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Phillip Cox is the Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator in Vermillion County. He is on the Indiana Small Farm Conference team and has served on the Trade Show subcommittee for the past several years. He also coordinates programming that includes such topics as pesticide safety, native plants, invasive species, gardening, natural resources, farming, wildlife management, and forestry.
Contact Us
Purdue Extension
Extension Educator - Vermillion County
cox119@purdue.edu
765-492-5330
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Wabash Valley Audubon Society Annual Meeting - April 16
The Wabash Valley Audubon Society (a 501(c)3 nonprofit) will hold its annual meeting and dinner on Tuesday, April 16th at the Vigo County Historical Museum, 929 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute. The guest
speaker will be Dr. Suzannah Evans Comfort, The Media School at Indiana University, discussing “Birdwatcher or Journalist?: Audubon Magazine and the Connections between Environmentalism and
Journalism”. She will discuss how the National Audubon Society revamped its magazine, Audubon, to adopt the practices of journalism to draw attention to, and legitimacy for, its campaign to protect birds
and habitats in the 1960s, and what that tells us about journalism and the environment today. Comfort’s presentation is sponsored by Indiana Humanities.
The social hour, silent auction, and live violin music start at 5:30 pm with dinner catered by Piloni's Italian Restaurant at 6:30 pm. Members and non-members alike are invited to this event. The buffet-style banquet is $25 per person (includes Comfort’s presentation). There is an opportunity to come to only the presentation at 7:30 pm for $5. Payment for both will be made at the door with cash or check. Seating is limited and advance reservations are required by April 11th by contacting Carissa Lovett at carissa.lovett@terrehaute.in.gov or 812-877-1095. In addition, those wishing to donate silent auction items please contact Carissa by April 11th for details.
The Wabash Valley Audubon Society serves Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties. To learn more about the Wabash Valley Audubon Society like their Facebook page or visit their website
at www.wabashvalleyaudubonsociety.org.
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Volunteers Needed at the Lusk Heritage Kitchen Garden, Turkey Run State Park – April 19th
Weather permitting we are planning our first garden work day on April 19th at 10:00 AM. We will be tilling and weeding and doing some planting if time permits. We will continue our once a month evening gardening so the people not able to be there in the mornings can get volunteer hours. We will keep it at the second Tuesday at 6 PM. Starting Tuesday April 23 we will plan on starting at 9AM. Hope to see you there. Purdue Extension Master Gardeners or Indiana Master Naturalists are welcome to volunteer. Contact Mary Sullivan (sullivanm50@protonmail.com) or Brooke Meschen (meschen5@gmail.com) for more information.
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“Arbor Day Celebrations”, April 22, 24 and 26
FREE Purdue Extension will host “Arbor Day Celebrations” on April 22, 24 and 26. Proper techniques to plant trees and native trees to plant for wildlife will be discussed. In addition, free trees will be available for participants to adopt, take home, and plant in celebration of Arbor Day. Participants will have choices of White Oak, Shagbark Hickory, Black Oak, Shingle Oak, Chestnut Oak, Pecan, Shumard Oak, Swamp White Oak, Pin Oak, and Overcup Oak seedlings for adoption. Please join us for this family friendly program to learn all about Arbor Day and planting trees for wildlife! The programs will be held in the upstairs meeting room. No RSVP is required.
The programs will be held as follows.
April 22: 4:30 to 6:00 pm at the Vermillion Co. Public Library, 385 E Market St, Newport
April 24: 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the Vermillion County Fairgrounds Community Building, Cayuga
April 26: 1:00 to 2:30 pm at the Clinton Public Library, 313 S. 4th St.
For more information contact the Vermillion County Extension Office at 765-492-5330 or cox119@purdue.edu.
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10th Annual Plant Auction, Sponsored by the Putnam County Master Gardener Association, April 27th
Goat Barn @ the Putnam Co. Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN. See attached flier for details.
Storybook Hike at Jackson Schnyder Nature Preserve, April 27th, 10 – 11:30 am
FREE Ouabache Land Conservancy is partnering with the Vigo County Public Library on April 27th for a hike at Jackson-Schnyder Nature Preserve (JSNP) accompanied by a reading of Outside In by Deborah Underwood and Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer. These short stories encourage people to be curious about the outdoors and to spend more time there.
We hope you’ll join us for this free, family friendly event, dressed appropriately with good walking shoes. The entrance to JSNP is at 3635 W. Concannon Ave., West Terre Haute, IN 47885.
Experience Otter Creek, May 4th, 9:00 am – Noon
FREE See attached Save the Date flier for more info.
